Found 1 hit - Term: drove work, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
drove \drove\, n. as. dr=af, fr. drimacfan 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.
1913 webster
2. any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving
forward; as, a finny drove. --milton.
1913 webster
3. a crowd of people in motion.
1913 webster
where droves, as at a city gate, may pass. --dryden.
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4. a road for driving cattle; a driftway. eng.
1913 webster
5. agric. a narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation
of land. --simmonds.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
see also:
drive drove chisel drove work
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