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Definition of Droved
1. drove [v] - See also: drove
Lexicographical Neighbors of Droved
Literary usage of Droved
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of the Farm by Henry Stephens (1852)
"Those of tlie two former should have a droved base coui-se, 12 inches in depth,
wilh 1^ inches washing, chamfered on the angles. The taps of Ihe. ..."
2. An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, and Practical by Joseph Gwilt (1842)
"It is the most inferior kind of hewn work in building. What is in that country
called broached work is sometimes done without being droved; but in good ..."
3. Builders' Reliable Estimator and Contractors' Guide: A Complete Guide for by Frederick Thomas Hodgson (1917)
"54-0 droved out and inband ... feet 8-0 13"X1U" droved checked lintels with 2-
i" margins and ~~ neatly ... droved projecting window sills, girding 22", ..."
4. A Supplement to the Imperial Dictionary, English, Technological, and by John Ogilvie (1855)
"droved, a. In masonry, an epithet used in Scotland to designate what in ...
droved ashlar, chiselled or random-tooled ashlar; the most inferior kind of hewn ..."
5. The Book of the Garden by Charles McIntosh (1853)
"Soles and lintels, neatly droved, la. 6d. per lineal foot. ... droved hewing,
do., 4d. per foot superficial, for labour only. ..."
6. Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry and Building: A General Reference Work by American School, (Chicago, Ill.) (1907)
"Random Tooled or droved: Cut with a broad tool into irregular ... Square droved:
Having the flutings perpendicular to the lower edge of the stone. ..."
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