Another word I have not seen for a long time.When I first
saw it, I thought it was typo for "forward".

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Definition: \Fro"ward\, a. [Fro + -ward. See {Fro}, and cf.
{Fromward}.]
Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is
reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward
child.

A froward man soweth strife. --Prov. xvi.
28.

A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing
as innovation. --Bacon.

Syn: Untoward; wayward; unyielding; ungovernable: refractory;
obstinate; petulant; cross; peevish. See {Perverse}. --
{Fro"ward*ly}, adv. -- {Fro"ward*ness}, n.