Froe

·noun A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow.

II. Froe ·noun An iron cleaver or splitting tool; a frow.

froe
A woman, wife, or mistress. Brush to your froe, or bloss, and wheedle for crop; run to your mistress...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
froe
An iron wedge. New England. The shingle-maker stands with froe in one hand and mallet in the other,...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.