| Rove |
imp. & p. p. |
of Reeve |
| Rove |
v. t. |
To draw through an eye or aperture. |
| Rove |
v. t. |
To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool. |
| Rove |
v. t. |
To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning. |
| Rove |
n. |
A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building. |
| Rove |
n. |
A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving. |
| Rove |
v. i. |
To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy. |
| Rove |
v. i. |
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. |
| Rove |
v. i. |
To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the point-blank range). |
| Rove |
v. t. |
To wander over or through. |
| Rove |
v. t. |
To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together. |
| Rove |
n. |
The act of wandering; a ramble. |
| Roved |
imp. & p. p. |
of Rove |
| Rover |
v. i. |
One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate. |
| Rover |
v. i. |
One who wanders about by sea or land; a wanderer; a rambler. |
| Rover |
v. i. |
Hence, a fickle, inconstant person. |
| Rover |
v. i. |
A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would go out if it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player of such a ball. |
| Rover |
v. i. |
Casual marks at uncertain distances. |
| Rover |
v. i. |
A sort of arrow. |
