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Rove (2)

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(1):

(v. i.) To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy.

(2):

(n.) A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.

(3):

(n.) The act of wandering; a ramble.

(4):

(v. t.) To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.

(5):

(v. t.) To wander over or through.

(6):

(v. i.) To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the point-blank range).

(7):

(v. i.) 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.

(8):

(v. t.) To draw through an eye or aperture.

(9):

(v. t.) To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.

(10):

(n.) A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving.

(11):

(v. t.) To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool.

(12):

(imp. & p. p.) of Reeve

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rove (2)'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/rove-2.html. 1828.
 
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