drove chisel : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: drove chisel	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for drove chisel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drove chisel n a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone Synonym(s): drove, drove chisel
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drove \Drove\, n. [AS. dr[be]f, fr. dr[c6]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}.