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<hw>Fro</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>fra</ets>, <ets>fro</ets>, adv. & prep., Icel. <ets>fr<?/</ets>, akin to Dan. <ets>fra</ets> from, E. <ets>from</ets>. See <er>From</er>.]</ety> <def>From; away; back or backward; -- now used only in oppositionto the word <i>to</i>, in the phrase to and <i>fro</i>, that is, <i>to and from</i>. See <er>To and fro</er> under <er>To</er>.</def>

<i>Millon.</i>

<h1>Fro</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Fro</hw>, <tt>prep.</tt> <def>From.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Frock</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Frock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>froc</ets> a monk's cowl, coat, garment, LL. <ets>frocus</ets>, <ets>froccus</ets>, <ets>flocus</ets>, <ets>floccus</ets>, fr. L. <ets>floccus</ets> a flock of wool; hence orig., a flocky cloth or garment;cf. L. <ets>flaccus</ets> flabby, E. <ets>flaccid</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A loose outer garment; especially, a gown forming a part of European modern costume for women and children; also, a coarse hirtlike garment worn by some workmen over their ther clothes; a smock frock; <as>as, a marketman's <ex>frock</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A coarse gown worn by monks or friars, and supposed to take the place of all, or nearly all, other garments. It has a hood which can be drawn over the head at pleasure, and is girded by a cord.</def>

<cs><col>Frock coat</col>, <cd>a body coat for men, usually doublebreasted, the skirts not being in one piece with the body, but sewed on so as to be somewhat full.</cd> -- <col>Smock frock</col>. <cd>See in the Vocabulary.</cd></cs>

<h1>Frock</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Frock</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To clothe in a frock.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make a monk of. Cf. <er>Unfrock</er>.</def>

<h1>Frocked</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Frocked</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Clothed in a frock.</def>

<h1>Frockless</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Frock"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of a frock.</def>

<h1>Froe</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Froe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Frow</er>.]</ety> <def>A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Raging frantic <i>froes</i>."

<i>Draylon.</i>

<h1>Froe</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Froe</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Frow</er> the tool]</ety> <def>An iron cleaver or splitting tool; a frow.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark>

<i>Bartlett.</i>

<h1>Frog</h1> <Xpage=598>

<hw>Frog</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>froggu</ets>, <ets>frocga</ets> a frog (in sensel); akin to D. <ets>vorsch</ets>, OHG. <ets>frosk</ets>, G. <ets>frosch</ets>, Icel. <ets>froskr</ets>, <ets>fraukr</ets>, Sw. & Dan. <ets>fr\'94</ets>.]</ety> <def>1. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> An amphibious animal of the genus <spn>Rana</spn> and related genera, of many species. Frogs swim rapidly, and take long leaps on land. Many of the species utter loud notes in the springtime.</def>

<note>&hand; The edible frog of Europe (<spn>Rana esculenta</spn>) is extensively used as food; the American bullfrog (<spn>R. Catesbiana</spn>) is remarkable for its great size and loud voice.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[Perh. akin to E. <ets>fork</ets>, cf. <ets>frush</ets> frog of a horse.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The triangular prominence of the hoof, in the middle of the sole of the foot of the horse, and other animals; the fourchette.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Railroads)</fld> <def>A supporting plate having raised ribs that form continuations of the rails, to guide the wheels where one track branches from another or crosses it.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <ety>[Cf. <ets>fraco</ets> of wool or silk, L. <ets>floccus</ets>, E. <ets>frock</ets>.]</ety> <def>An oblong cloak button, covered with netted thread, and fastening into a loop instead of a button hole.</def>