Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Frow

Frow , noun

[Dutch vrouw; akin to German frau woman, wife, goth, fráuja master, lord, Anglo-Saxon freá.]

1.
A woman; especially, a Dutch or German woman. — Beau. & Fl
2.
A dirty woman; a slattern. [Provincial English] — Halliwell

Frow , noun

[Compare Frower.]

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

Frow , adjective

Brittle. [Obsolete] — Evelyn