† froofen.
Obsolete. rare.
Apparently used by Chapman for ‘the handle of an auger’ (Nares).
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froofe?1615
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) ix. 530 And as you haue seene A ship-wright bore a nauall beame; he oft Thrusts at the Augurs Froofe; works still aloft; And at the shanke, helpe others; with a cord Wound round about, to make it sooner bor'd.
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