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).
Roves
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Roving(n.)
- The operatin of forming the rove, or slightly twisted sliver or roll of wool or cotton, by means of a machine for the purpose, called a roving frame, or roving machine.
Roving(n.)
- A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slightly twisted; a rove. See 2d Rove, 2.