Defn: Fetid, musty; rank; disordered and offensive to the smell or sight; slovenly; dingy. See Frowzy. "Petticoats in frouzy heaps." Swift.
FROW Frow, n. Etym: [D. vrouw; akin to G. frau woman, wife, goth, fráuja master, lord, AS. freá.]
1. A woman; especially, a Dutch or German woman. Beau. & Fl.
2. A dirty woman; a slattern. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
FROW
Frow, n. Etym: [Cf. Frower.]
Defn: A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower.
FROW
Frow, a.
Defn: Brittle. [Obs.] Evelyn.
FROWARD
Fro"ward, a. Etym: [Fro + -ward. See Fro, and cf. Fromward.]
Defn: Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is
reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child.
A froward man soweth strife. Prov. xvi. 28.
A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as innovation.
Bacon.