FROE

Definition: FROE

1. An iron cleaver or splitting tool; a frow.

2. A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow.

Specialty Definition: FROE

Domain	Definition
Food & Agriculture	A long wedge-shaped blade for splitting wood into shingles etc. Source: European Union. (references)
Slang in 1811	FROE, or VROE, A woman, wife, or mistress. Brush to your froe, or bloss, and wheedle for crop; run to your mistress, and sooth and coax her out of some money. DUTCH. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Image Slideshow: FROE

Photo Album: FROE

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Splitting shingles with froe and maul on Coalins Project area farm, in western Kentucky. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Expression: FROE

Frequency of Internet Keywords: FROE

Modern Translation: FROE

Language		Translations for "FROE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		spaltekniv (board splitter, cleaver, froe-knife, frow, riving knife, spreader wheel). (various references)

Dutch		splijtwig (froe-knife, frow). (various references)

French		départoir (froe-knife, frow). (various references)

German		Spaltkeil (froe-knife, frow). (various references)

Greek		σχίστης (clay-schist, froe-knife, frow, schist, shale). (various references)

Italian		cuneo da doghe (froe-knife, frow). (various references)

Pig Latin		oefray

Portuguese		rachador (cleaver, froe-knife, frow, kneader, shredder, slasher). (various references)

Spanish		cuña (chock, key, quoin, wedge). (various references)

Swedish		spaltyxa (froe-knife, frow), spaltkniv (froe-knife, frow). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations & Misspellings: FROE

Derivations
	Words beginning with "FROE": froes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"FROE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eroe, Fardoe, faroe, feor, feroe, fireo, foree, forei, forek, foreo, forep, forex, forje, forve, frae, frco, fre, freo, frie, froad, froam, froay, frob, frobe, froce, frod, Frode, Frodebu, froi, froin, frok, frol, frole, frome, frone, froo, frope, froq, fror, fros, frose, frou, froun, frove, Frowe, Froy, frue, frui, fruke. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Anagrams: FROE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: fore.
	Words within the letters "e-f-o-r"
	-1 letter: fer, foe, for, fro, ore, ref, roe.
	-2 letters: ef, er, oe, of, or, re.
	Words containing the letters "e-f-o-r"
	+1 letter: afore, fetor, force, fores, forge, forme, forte, foyer, froes, frore, froze, gofer, offer, ofter.
	+2 letters: before, coffer, confer, deform, doffer, effort, fedora, femora, fervor, fetors, flexor, florae, floret, flower, foamer, fodder, foetor, fogger, folder, fonder, footer, forage, forbye, forced, forcer, forces, forded, foreby, foredo, forego, forest, forged, forger, forges, forget, forked, forker, formed, formee, former, formes, fortes, foster, fouler, fowler, foxier, foyers, fozier, fresco, frozen, furore, gofers, goffer, golfer, hereof, hoofer, loafer, lofter, offers, reflow, refold, reform, reroof, rolfed, rolfer, roofed, roofer, softer, twofer, wolfer, woofer.
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