drove
n. [AS. draf, fr. drifan to drive. See Drive.]
1. A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body.
2. Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as a finny drove. Milton.
3. A crowd of people in motion. “Where droves, as at a city gate, may pass.” Dryden.
4. A road for driving cattle; a driftway. [Eng.]
5. (Agric.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land. Simmonds.
6. (Masonry) (a) A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; — called also drove chisel. (b) The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; — called also drove work.
1. A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body.
2. Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as a finny drove. Milton.
3. A crowd of people in motion. “Where droves, as at a city gate, may pass.” Dryden.
4. A road for driving cattle; a driftway. [Eng.]
5. (Agric.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land. Simmonds.
6. (Masonry) (a) A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; — called also drove chisel. (b) The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; — called also drove work.
drove
v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Droved p. pr. & vb. n. Droving ] [Cf. Drove, n., and Drover.]
1. To drive, as cattle or sheep, esp. on long journeys; to follow the occupation of a drover. “He’s droving now with Conroy’s sheep along the Castlereagh.” Paterson.
2. To finish, as stone, with a drove or drove chisel.
1. To drive, as cattle or sheep, esp. on long journeys; to follow the occupation of a drover. “He’s droving now with Conroy’s sheep along the Castlereagh.” Paterson.
2. To finish, as stone, with a drove or drove chisel.
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