Trow vs Frow - What's the difference?
trow | frow |
Trust or faith.
(dated, nautical, countable) Any of several flat-bottomed sailing boats used for fishing or for carrying bulk goods
(Scottish, dated) troll
A woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one.
A slovenly woman; a wench; a lusty woman.
A big, fat woman; a slovenly, coarse, or untidy woman; a woman of low character.
A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower.
As nouns the difference between trow and frow
is that trow is trust or faith or trow can be (dated|nautical|countable) any of several flat-bottomed sailing boats used for fishing or for carrying bulk goods while frow is a woman; a wife, especially a dutch or german one or frow can be or frow can be a cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower.As a verb trow
is to trust or believe.As an adjective frow is
(obsolete) brittle.trow
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) trowen, trouwen, treuwen, treowen, from (etyl) .Noun
Etymology 2
Noun
Anagrams
*frow
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- (Beaumont and Fletcher)
- (Halliwell)