| Rove (rove) |
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| v. t. | (r v) |
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| Rove |
| [perhaps fr. or
akin to reeve.] |
To draw through an eye
or aperture.
To draw out into flakes; to card, as
wool.
To twist slightly; to bring together, as
slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before
spinning.
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| Rove (rove) |
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| n. | (rv) |
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| Rove |
|
A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat
building.
A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn
out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a
roving.
|
To practice
robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy.
Hence, to wander; to ramble; to rauge; to
go, move, or pass without certain direction in any manner, by sailing,
walking, riding, flying, or otherwise.
To shoot at rovers; hence,
to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually
being beyond the point-blank range).
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To
wander over or through.
To plow into ridges by turning the earth of
two furrows together.
|
The act of wandering; a
ramble.
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