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Definition frow

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vrouwe (“lady”), from Old Dutch *fr?wa, from Proto-Germanic *frawj? (“lady, mistress”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr?w- (“right; judge, master”). Cognate with Dutch vrouw (“woman, wife, lady, mistress”), Low German frouw, frauw (“woman, wife, lady”), German Frau (“woman, wife, lady”), Swedish fru, Icelandic freyja (“lady, mistress”, in compounds), Old English fr?we (“woman”), Old English fr?a (“lord, master, husband”). Doublet of frau.

Noun

frow (plural frows)

1. A woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one.
2. (obsolete) A slovenly woman; a wench; a lusty woman.
3. (obsolete) A big, fat woman; a slovenly, coarse, or untidy woman; a woman of low character.

Etymology 2

Noun

frow (plural frows)

1. Alternative spelling of froe

Etymology 3

From Middle English frow, frough, frogh, frouh, frou? (“brittle; tender; fickle; slack; loose”), cognate with Scots frooch, freuch (“dry and brittle”). Of obscure origin. Perhaps also related to Middle Dutch vro, vroo, Middle Low German vrô, German froh.

Adjective

frow (comparative more frow, superlative most frow)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) Brittle; tender; crisp

Etymology 4

Compare frower.

Noun

frow (plural frows)

1. A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower.

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