Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Droved"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Drove \Drove\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Droved}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Droving}.] [Cf. {Drove}, n., and {Drover}.]
1. To drive, as cattle or sheep, esp. on long journeys; to
follow the occupation of a drover.
He's droving now with Conroy's sheep along the
Castlereagh. --Paterson.
2. To finish, as stone, with a drove or drove chisel.
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