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Floe vs Froe - What's the difference?

floe | froe |

As nouns the difference between floe and froe

is that floe is a low, flat mass of floating ice while froe is a cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block or froe can be a dirty woman; a slattern; a frow.

floe

English

(wikipedia floe)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A low, flat mass of floating ice.

    • References

    * American Heritage Dictionary

    froe

    English

    Alternative forms

    * frow

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block
    • Derived terms
    * froe club

    Etymology 2

    See frow.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow.
  • * Drayton
    • raging frantic froes

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