Rove

·vt To wander over or through.

II. Rove ·noun The act of wandering; a ramble.

III. Rove ·vt To draw through an eye or aperture.

IV. Rove ·vt To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool.

V. Rove ·Impf & ·p.p. of Reeve.

VI. Rove ·vt To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.

VII. Rove ·vi To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy.

VIII. Rove ·noun A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.

IX. Rove ·vt To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.

X. Rove ·noun A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving.

XI. Rove ·vi To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the point-blank range).

XII. Rove ·vi 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.