DROVE

of Drive.

A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body.

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

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

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

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

A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; -- called also drove chisel.

The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; -- called also drove work.