- (imp.&p.p.) of Reeve.
- (v.t.) To draw through an eye or aperture.
- (v.t.) To wander over or through.
- (v.i.) To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy.
- (v.t.) To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool.
- (n.) The act of wandering; a ramble.
- (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.
- (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).
- (n.) A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving.
- (v.t.) To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
- (n.) A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.
- (v.t.) To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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