Fro, adv. [OE. fra, fro, adv. & prep., Icel. fr, akin to Dan. fra from, E. from. See From.].
From; away; back or backward; -- now used only in opposition to the word to, in the phrase to and fro, that is, to and from. See To and fro under To. Milton. [1913 Webster]
a rebours, a reculons, against the grain, anticlockwise, arear, ass-backwards, astern, away, back, backward, backwards, counterclockwise, hindward, hindwards, in reverse, rearward, rearwards, retrad, widdershins