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Reeve \Reeve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rove} (r[=o]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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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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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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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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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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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} (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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