(b) A sort of arrow. [Obs.]
All sorts, flights, rovers, and butt shafts.
B. Jonson.
At rovers, at casual marks; hence, at random; as, shooting at rovers.
See def. 5 (a) above. Addison.
Bound down on every side with many bands because it shall not run
at rovers.
Robynson (More's Utopia).
Rov"ing, n. 1. The operatin of forming the rove, or slightly twisted
sliver or roll of wool or cotton, by means of a machine for the
purpose, called a roving frame, or roving machine.
2. A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slightly twisted; a
rove. See 2d Rove, 2.
Roving frame, Roving machine, a machine for drawing and twisting roves
and twisting roves and winding them on bobbin for the spinning machine.
Rov"ing, n. The act of one who roves or wanders.
Rov"ing*ly, adv. In a wandering manner.
Rov"ing*ness, n. The state of roving.
Row (?), a. & adv. [See Rough.] Rough; stern; angry. [Obs.] "Lock he
never so row." Chaucer.
Row, n. [Abbrev. fr. rouse, n.] A noisy, turbulent quarrel or
disturbance; a brawl. [Colloq.] Byron.
Row (?), n. [OE. rowe, rawe, rewe, AS. rw, r&?;w; probably akin to D.
rij, G. reihe; cf. Skr. r&?;kh a line, stroke.] A series of persons or
things arranged in a continued line; a line; a rank; a file; as, a row
of trees; a row of houses or columns.
And there were windows in three rows.