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FroeDescription
A froe (or frow), 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 handle.
Froes are used in combination with mallets to split timber, to make planks, wooden shingles, or kindling. Age and maker unknown.