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Webster 1913 Edition
Drove
1.
A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body.
2.
Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward;
as, a finny
. drove
Milton.
3.
A crowd of people in motion.
Where
droves
, as at a city gate, may pass. Dryden.
4.
A road for driving cattle; a driftway.
[Eng.]
5.
(Agric.)
A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
Simmonds.
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
. Webster 1828 Edition
Drove
DROVE
, pret. of drive.DROVE
,Noun.
1.
A collection of cattle driven; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep or swine, driven in a body. We speak of a herd of cattle, and a flock of sheep, when a number is collected; but properly a drove is a herd or flock driven. It is applicable to any species of brutes. Hence,2.
Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as a finny drove.3.
A crowd of people in motion.Where droves, as at a city gate, may pass.
4.
A road for driving cattle. [English.]