Drove

Definition of Drove

imp.	1.	of Drive.
n.	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.
	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.
	5.	(Agric.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
	6.	(Masonry) A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; - called also drove chisel.
v. t. & i.	1.	To drive, as cattle or sheep, esp. on long journeys; to follow the occupation of a drover. [imp. & p. p. Droved ; p. pr. & vb. n. Droving .] He's droving now with Conroy's sheep along the Castlereagh. - Paterson.
	2.	To finish, as stone, with a drove or drove chisel.

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