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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Reeve \Reeve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rove (r?v); p. pr. & vb. n.
     Reeving.] [Cf. D. reven. See Reef, n. & v. t.] (Naut.)
     To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block,
     thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rove \Rove\, v. t.
     1. To wander over or through.
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              Roving the field, I chanced
              A goodly tree far distant to behold.  --milton.
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     2. To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows
        together.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rove \Rove\, n.
     The act of wandering; a ramble.
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           In thy nocturnal rove one moment halt.   --Young.
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     Rove beetle (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
        beetles of the family Staphylinid[ae], having short
        elytra beneath which the wings are folded transversely.
        They are rapid runners, and seldom fly.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rove \Rove\ (r[=o]v), v. t. [perhaps fr. or akin to reeve.]
     1. To draw through an eye or aperture.
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     2. To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool. --Jamieson.
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     3. To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool
        or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rove \Rove\ (r[=o]v), n.
     1. A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched
        in boat building.
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     2. A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty
        twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rove \Rove\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roved; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Roving.] [Cf. D. rooven to rob; akin to E. reave. See
     Reave, Rob.]
     1. To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the
        seas in piracy. [Obs.] --Hakluyt.
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     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.
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              For who has power to walk has power to rove.
                                                    --Arbuthnot.
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     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).
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              Fair Venus' son, that with thy cruel dart
              At that good knight so cunningly didst rove.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     Syn: To wander; roam; range; ramble stroll.
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