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Definition of froe in English: froenoun frəʊfrō A cleaving tool with a handle at right angles to the blade. Example sentencesExamples - Unfortunately, the froe has become virtually obsolete since power-driven splitters were introduced.
- Shafts could be ripped by handsaw from one-inch planks cut with a pit saw, or they were sometimes split from a billet with a froe, or wedge.
- My understanding is that you get a dry section of the wood you will use for shingles, put it on a surface at waist level, hold the handle of the froe in your left hand with the blade facing you.
- A beetle and froe were used for cleaving the sawn pieces, then a hatchet and drawshave were needed to roughly shape the lengths of wood; finally a pole lathe and various turning chisels finished off the work.
- Using a froe requires a maul or similar mallet which is usually wood or rubber, and soft enough not to damage the metal of the froe.
- Once the froe has begun to split the wood, the woodworker uses the handle of the froe as a lever by pushing and pulling the handle to and fro to force the wood apart.
- This is accomplished by levering the handle of the froe so that blade's heel presses against the massive side of the split.
Origin Late 16th century: abbreviation of obsolete frower, from froward in the sense 'turned away'. Rhymes aglow, ago, alow, although, apropos, art nouveau, Bamako, Bardot, beau, Beaujolais Nouveau, below, bestow, blow, bo, Boileau, bons mots, Bordeaux, Bow, bravo, bro, cachepot, cheerio, Coe, crow, Defoe, de trop, doe, doh, dos-à-dos, do-si-do, dough, dzo, Flo, floe, flow, foe, foreknow, foreshow, forgo, Foucault, glow, go, good-oh, go-slow, grow, gung-ho, Heathrow, heave-ho, heigh-ho, hello, ho, hoe, ho-ho, jo, Joe, kayo, know, lo, low, maillot, malapropos, Marceau, mho, Miró, mo, Mohs, Monroe, mot, mow, Munro, no, Noh, no-show, oh, oho, outgo, outgrow, owe, Perrault, pho, po, Poe, pro, quid pro quo, reshow, righto, roe, Rouault, row, Rowe, sew, shew, show, sloe, slow, snow, so, soh, sow, status quo, stow, Stowe, strow, tally-ho, though, throw, tic-tac-toe, to-and-fro, toe, touch-and-go, tow, trow, undergo, undersow, voe, whacko, whoa, wo, woe, Xuzhou, yo, yo-ho-ho, Zhengzhou, Zhou Definition of froe in US English: froenounfrō A cleaving tool with a handle at right angles to the blade. Example sentencesExamples - Unfortunately, the froe has become virtually obsolete since power-driven splitters were introduced.
- My understanding is that you get a dry section of the wood you will use for shingles, put it on a surface at waist level, hold the handle of the froe in your left hand with the blade facing you.
- A beetle and froe were used for cleaving the sawn pieces, then a hatchet and drawshave were needed to roughly shape the lengths of wood; finally a pole lathe and various turning chisels finished off the work.
- This is accomplished by levering the handle of the froe so that blade's heel presses against the massive side of the split.
- Shafts could be ripped by handsaw from one-inch planks cut with a pit saw, or they were sometimes split from a billet with a froe, or wedge.
- Once the froe has begun to split the wood, the woodworker uses the handle of the froe as a lever by pushing and pulling the handle to and fro to force the wood apart.
- Using a froe requires a maul or similar mallet which is usually wood or rubber, and soft enough not to damage the metal of the froe.
Origin Late 16th century: abbreviation of obsolete frower, from froward in the sense ‘turned away’. |