reeve

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English - English
Any of several local officials, with varying responsibilities
A female of the species Philomachus pugnax, a highly gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; the male is a ruff
To pass a rope through a hole or opening, especially so as to fasten it
The president of a township or municipal district council
{n} a steward, bailiff, assistant
{v} to pass the end of a rope thro a hole
{i} head of a city council, chief administrator of a town
pass through a hole or opening; "reeve a rope"
pass a rope through; "reeve an opening"
female ruff fasten by passing through a hole or around something pass through a hole or opening; "reeve a rope"
To pass a rope through a hole or opening
Judge or referee for the battlefield These are the people you don't argue with or they will throw you off the field, or out of the park They check weapon safety and make judgment calls on weapon strikes
pass a rope through; "reeve an opening
Leeding a line through a block or other object
an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; the current derivation is sheriff, ie , shire reeve Originally, the reeve was local administrative agent of an Anglo-Saxon king Later, he was a medieval English manor officer responsible chiefly for overseeing the discharge of feudal obligations {W}
A local official, the chief magistrate of an area
churchwarden; early name for sheriff in England
female ruff fasten by passing through a hole or around something pass through a hole or opening; "reeve a rope" pass a rope through; "reeve an opening
The female of the ruff
To pass a line through a hole, as in block and tackle system
Churchwarden, an early name for sheriff in England
A medieval English estate manager responsible for collecting revenue from the lord’s demesne
means to pull the halyard through the truck, raising or lowering a flag
an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc
Old Norwegian? For any threading through action Submitted by Piers from London, UK
fasten by passing through a hole or around something
To pass the end of a rope or line through a hole or aperture such as an eye, block or sheave
Treasurer Term used at the local level in some Kingdoms See Officer
female ruff
To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like
The female ruff
{f} (Nautical) fasten with a rope, tie down with a rope; thread a rope through a block or pulley
reeved
Of a rope, passed through a hole, ring or pulley
rove
Simple past of rive
rove
To shoot with arrows (at)

And thou that with thy cruell dart / At that good knight so cunningly didst roue .

rove
{v} to ramble, wander, range, walk about
dike reeve
{i} person in charge of dams and drainage canals
reeves
plural of reeve
rove
Past tense of reeve
rove
To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool
rove
To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area
rove
To card wool or other fibres
rove
The act of wandering; a ramble
rove
(1 syl ) To shoot with roving arrows- i e arrows shot at a roving mark, either in height or distance To shoot at rovers To shoot at certain marks of the target so called; to shoot at random without any distinct aim “Unbelievers are said by Clobery to `shoot at rovers ”- Divine Glimpscs, p 4 (1659) Running at rovers Running wild; being without restraint
rove
a stroll, ramble; a wandering
rove
To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the point-blank range)
rove
{i} cotton or wool fiber that has been stretched and twisted prior to being spun into yarn
rove
1. If someone roves about an area or roves an area, they wander around it. roving about the town in the dead of night and seeing something peculiar She became a photographer, roving the world with her camera in her hand. = roam see also roving. An act of wandering about, over, around, or through. A past tense and a past participle of reeve
rove
To draw through an eye or aperture
rove
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
rove
A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving
rove
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
rove
A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building
rove
To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy
rove
To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together
rove
To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning
rove
{f} wander aimlessly, roam, meander; stretch and twist fibers to prepare them for spinning
rove
To wander over or through
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