Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Drove \Drove\, n. [AS. dr[=a]f, fr. dr[=i]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}.

Source : WordNet®

drove chisel
     n : a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone
         [syn: {drove}]