Drove
Drove , imperfect
of Drive.
Drove , noun
[Anglo-Saxon drāf, from drīfan 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.
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.
4.
A road for driving cattle; a driftway. [English]
5.
(Agriculture) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land. — Simmonds
6.
(a) (Masonry) A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; -- called also drove chisel.
(b)
(Masonry) The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; -- called also drove work.
Drove , verb, transitive and intransitive
[Compare 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.
2.
To finish, as stone, with a drove or drove chisel.