n. [ AS. drāf, fr. 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. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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 ]
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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
2. To finish, as stone, with a drove or drove chisel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
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