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A cleaving tool; an iron instrument with a blade set at right angles on a short…A cleaving tool; an iron instrument with a blade set at right angles on a short handle, used for splitting laths or rails.
Meaning
1 senses(Midlands, Southern England, West Country, dialectal)A cleaving tool; an iron instrument with a blade set at right angles on a short handle, used for splitting laths or rails.
Origin
From Middle English fromward, framward, from Old English framweard (“about to depart, depaFrom Middle English fromward, framward, from Old English framweard (“about to depart, departing, doomed to die; with his back turned”, adjective) and framweardes (“away from”, adverb), equivalent to from + -ward. Compare froward.
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