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Drove
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
(2):
(n.) A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body.
(3):
(n.) A road for driving cattle; a driftway.
(4):
(imp.) of Drive.
(5):
(n.) Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as, a finny drove.
(6):
(n.) The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; - called also drove work.
(7):
(n.) A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; - called also drove chisel.
(8):
(n.) A crowd of people in motion.
(9):
(imp.) of Drive
(10):
(n.) To drive, as cattle or sheep, esp. on long journeys; to follow the occupation of a drover.
(11):
(n.) To finish, as stone, with a drove or drove chisel.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Drove'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/d/drove.html. 1828.
