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Frowy vs Frow - What's the difference?

frowy | frow |

As adjectives the difference between frowy and frow

is that frowy is (archaic) musty, rancid while frow is (obsolete) brittle.

As a noun 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.

frowy

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (archaic) musty, rancid
    • frowy butter
    frowy feed
    (Webster 1913)

    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.