FROE

Froe

A froe or shake axe is a tool for cleaving wood by splitting it along the grain. It is an L-shaped tool, used by hammering one edge of its blade into the end of a piece of wood in the direction of the grain, then twisting the blade in the wood by rotating the haft . A froe uses the haft as a lever to multiply the force upon the blade, allowing wood to be torn apart with remarkably little force applied to the haft. By twisting one way or the other the direction of the split may be guided.

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froe

Noun

  1. a cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block

Noun (etymology 2)

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


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