rove

1. imp. & p. p. of Reeve Source: opted

2. v. t. To draw through an eye or aperture. Source: opted

3. v. t. To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool. Source: opted

4. v. t. To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning. Source: opted

5. n. A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building. Source: opted

6. n. A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving. Source: opted

7. v. i. To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy. Source: opted

8. 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. Source: opted

9. 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). Source: opted

10. v. t. To wander over or through. Source: opted

11. v. t. To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together. Source: opted

12. n. The act of wandering; a ramble. Source: opted

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