rove

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1. 1.To draw out into falkes; to card, as wool. Jamieson.
2. 2.To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
3. 3.A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.
4. 4.A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and
5. 5.To practice robbery on the seas;to wander about on the seas in piracy. [Obs.] Hakluyt.
6. 6.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. For who has power to walk has power to rove. Arbuthnot.
7. 7.(Archery) To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the point-blank range). Fair Venusson that with thy cruel dart At that good knoght cunningly didst rove. Spenser.
8. 8.To wander over or through. Roving the field, i chanced A goodly tree far distant to behold. milton.
9. 9.To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
10. 10.The act of wandering; a ramble. In thy nocturnal rove one moment halt. Young. Rove beetle (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of beetles of the family Staphylinidæ, having short elytra beneath which the wings are folded transversely. They are rapid runners, and seldom fly.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to draw out into falkes; to card, as wool. Jamieson called?
• What is to twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning called?
• What is a copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building called?
• What is a roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and called?
• What is to practice robbery on the seas;to wander about on the seas in piracy. [Obs.] Hakluyt called?
• What is to wander over or through. Roving the field, i chanced A goodly tree far distant to behold. milton called?
• What is to plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together called?