DROVE
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Drove (?), imp. of Drive.
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Drove, n. [AS. dr&ā;f, fr. dr&ī;fan 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.
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2. Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as, a finny drove. Milton.
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3. A crowd of people in motion.
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Where droves, as at a city gate, may pass.
Dryden.
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4. A road for driving cattle; a driftway. [Eng.]
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5. (Agric.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land. Simmonds.
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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.
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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.
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2. To finish, as stone, with a drove or drove chisel.
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