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Pronunciation : Drove
Part of Speech : imp.
Definition : Defn: of Drive.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Drove
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. draf, fr. drifan to drive. See Drive.]
Definition : 1. A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body.

2. Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as, a finny drove. Milton.

3. A crowd of people in motion. Where droves, as at a city gate, may pass. Dryden.

4. A road for driving cattle; a driftway. [Eng.]

5. (Agric.)

Defn: A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land. Simmonds.

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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913