An archaic or dialectal variant meaning to frown or scowl.
Likely a variant or corruption of 'frown', possibly influenced by or related to dialectal English words for frowning or grimacing, with roots tracing back to Middle English and Old French 'frogne'.
Regional dialects preserve words that have vanished from standard English—'frowl' shows how the same emotion (displeasure shown on the face) was expressed with slight variations across different communities and time periods.
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