\Drove\, imp.
of {Drive}.

\Drove\, n. [AS. dr[=a]f, fr. dr[=i]fan to drive. See
{Drive}.]
1. A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for
   driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine,
   driven in a body.
2. Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving
   forward; as, a finny drove. --Milton.
3. A crowd of people in motion.
         Where droves, as at a city gate, may pass. --Dryden.
4. A road for driving cattle; a driftway. [Eng.]
5. (Agric.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation
   of land. --Simmonds.
6. (Masonry)
   (a) A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth
       surface; -- called also {drove chisel}.
   (b) The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove
       chisel; -- called also {drove work}.

\Drove\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Droved}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Droving}.] [Cf. {Drove}, n., and {Drover}.]
1. To drive, as cattle or sheep, esp. on long journeys; to
   follow the occupation of a drover.
         He's droving now with Conroy's sheep along the
         Castlereagh.                          --Paterson.
2. To finish, as stone, with a drove or drove chisel.