Drove
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
(2): ( n.) A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body.
(3): ( n.) A road for driving cattle; a driftway.
(4): ( imp.) of Drive.
(5): ( n.) Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as, a finny drove.
(6): ( n.) The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; - called also drove work.
(7): ( n.) A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; - called also drove chisel.
(8): ( n.) A crowd of people in motion.
(9): ( imp.) of Drive
(10): ( n.) To drive, as cattle or sheep, esp. on long journeys; to follow the occupation of a drover.
(11): ( n.) To finish, as stone, with a drove or drove chisel.
King James Dictionary [2]
Drove pret. of drive.
DROVE, n.
1. A collection of cattle driven a number of animals, as oxen, sheep or swine, driven in a body. We speak of a herd of cattle, and a flock of sheep, when a number is collected but properly a drove is a herd or flock driven. It is applicable to any species of brutes. Hence, 2. Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward as a finny drove. 3. A crowd of people in motion.
Where droves, as at a city gate, may pass.
4. A road for driving cattle. English.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
( עֵדֵר , E'Der , a flock or herd, Genesis 32:16; Genesis 32:19; מִחֲנֶה , Machaneh' , a troop or army, Genesis 33:8). (See Cattle).
