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verb Rove v. t. 1.To draw through an eye or aperture. 2.To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool. 3.To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
Rove v. t. 1.To wander over or through. "Roving the field, I chanced A goodly tree far distant to behold." 2.To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
Rove v. i. (past & past part. roved; pres. part. roving) 1.To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy. (Obs.) 2.Hence, to wander; to ramble; to rauge; to go, move, or pass without certain direction in any manner, by sailing, walking, riding, flying, or otherwise. "For who has power to walk has power to rove." 3.(Archery) To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the point-blank range). "Fair Venus' son, that with thy cruel dart At that good knight so cunningly didst rove." Synonyms: To wander; roam; range; ramble stroll.
noun Reeve n. (past & past part. rove; pres. part. reeving) (Zool.) The female of the ruff., v. t. (Naut.) To pass, as the end of a rope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like., n. An officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc., a. Admitting of being reexamined or reconsidered.
Rove n. 1.A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building. 2.A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving.
Rove n. The act of wandering; a ramble. "In thy nocturnal rove one moment halt." Rove beetle (Zool.), any one of numerous species of beetles of the family Staphylinidae, having short elytra beneath which the wings are folded transversely. They are rapid runners, and seldom fly.
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