| Drove (drove) |
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| imp. | (?) |
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| Drove |
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A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving;
a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a
body.
Any collection of irrational animals,
moving or driving forward; as, a finny drove.
A crowd of people in motion.
A road for driving cattle; a
driftway.
A narrow drain or channel
used in the irrigation of land.
A
broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; --
called also drove chisel.
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| Drove (drove) |
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| v. t. *** i. | (?) |
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| Drove |
| [imp. &
p. p. Droved (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Droving (?).] [Cf. Drove, n., and
Drover.] |
To drive, as cattle or sheep,
esp. on long journeys] to follow the occupation of a drover.
To finish, as stone, with a drove or drove
chisel.
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