frow (plural frows)
A woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one.
(obsolete) A slovenly woman; a wench; a lusty woman.
(obsolete) A big, fat woman; a slovenly, coarse, or untidy woman; a woman of low character.
frow (plural frows)
Alternative spelling of froe
frow (comparative more frow, superlative most frow)
(Now chiefly, dialectal) Brittle; tender; crisp
frow (plural frows)
A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower.
• rowf
Source: Wiktionary
Frow, n. Etym: [D. vrouw; akin to G. frau woman, wife, goth, fráuja master, lord, AS. freá.]
1. A woman; especially, a Dutch or German woman. Beau. & Fl.
2. A dirty woman; a slattern. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Frow, n. Etym: [Cf. Frower.]
Definition: A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower.
Frow, a.
Definition: Brittle. [Obs.] Evelyn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
