Drove, n.
 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.
 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.
 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 chisel
      n : a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone
          [syn: drove]