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Definitions for: Drove
[n] a chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone
[n] a moving crowd
[n] a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
Webster (1913) Definition: Drove, imp.
of Drive.
Drove, n. [AS. dr[=a]f, fr. dr[=i]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.
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.
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.
2. To finish, as stone, with a drove or drove chisel.
Synonyms: drove chisel, horde, swarm
See Also: animal group, chisel, crowd
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