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roving

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rove  \Rove\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Roved};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Roving}.]  [Cf.  D.  rooven  to  rob;  akin  to  E.  reave.  See 
  {Reave},  {Rob}.] 
  1.  To  practice  robbery  on  the  seas;  to  wander  about  on  the 
  seas  in  piracy.  [Obs.]  --Hakluyt. 
 
  2.  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. 
 
  3.  (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  Venus'  son,  that  with  thy  cruel  dart  At  that 
  good  knight  so  cunningly  didst  rove.  --Spenser. 
 
  Syn:  To  wander;  roam;  range;  ramble  stroll. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Roving  \Rov"ing\,  n. 
  1.  The  operatin  of  forming  the  rove,  or  slightly  twisted 
  sliver  or  roll  of  wool  or  cotton,  by  means  of  a  machine 
  for  the  purpose,  called  a  roving  frame,  or  roving  machine. 
 
  2.  A  roll  or  sliver  of  wool  or  cotton  drawn  out  and  slightly 
  twisted;  a  rove.  See  2d  {Rove},  2. 
 
  {Roving  frame},  {Roving  machine},  a  machine  for  drawing  and 
  twisting  roves  and  twisting  roves  and  winding  them  on 
  bobbin  for  the  spinning  machine. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Roving  \Rov"ing\,  n. 
  The  act  of  one  who  roves  or  wanders. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  roving 
  adj  :  (of  groups  of  people)  tending  to  travel  and  change 
  settlements  frequently;  "a  restless  mobile  society"; 
  "the  nomadic  habits  of  the  Bedouins";  "believed  the 
  profession  of  a  peregrine  typist  would  have  a  happy 
  future";  "wandering  tribes"  [syn:  {mobile},  {nomadic}, 
  {peregrine},  {wandering}] 
  n  :  travelling  about  without  any  clear  destination  [syn:  {wandering}, 
  {vagabondage}]




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