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Frow vs Fros - What's the difference?

frow | fros |

As nouns the difference between frow and fros

is that frow is a woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one while fros is plural of lang=en.

As an adjective frow

is brittle.

frow

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one.
    • (Beaumont and Fletcher)
  • A slovenly woman; a wench; a lusty woman.
  • A big, fat woman; a slovenly, coarse, or untidy woman; a woman of low character.
    • (Halliwell)
    Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Etymology 3

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) brittle
    • (Evelyn)

    Etymology 4

    Compare frower.

    Noun

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

    • fros

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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