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Meaning of rove
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rove
imp. & p. p  1: of Reeve
 2: To draw through an eye or aperture.
 3: To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool.
 4: To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool
 or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
 5: A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in
 boat building.
 6: A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty
 twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving.
 7: To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the
 seas in piracy.
 8: 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.
 9: To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of
 elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the
 point-blank range).
 10: To wander over or through.
 11: To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows
 together.
 12: The act of wandering; a ramble.