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of Reeve |
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To draw through an eye or aperture. |
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To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool. |
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To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool
or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning. |
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A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in
boat building. |
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A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty
twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving. |
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To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the
seas in piracy. |
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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. |
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To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of
elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the
point-blank range). |
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To wander over or through. |
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To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows
together. |
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The act of wandering; a ramble. |