Definition of roving

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Roving (n.) A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slightly twisted; a rove. See 2d Rove, 2..

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Merovingian :: Merovingian (n.) One of the kings of this dynasty.
Justification :: "Justification (n.) The act of justifying or the state of being justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to law, justice, right, or duty; defense; vindication; support; as, arguments in justification of the prisoner's conduct; his disobedience admits justification..
Erration :: Erration (n.) A wandering; a roving about.
Delirium :: Delirium (n.) A state in which the thoughts, expressions, and actions are wild, irregular, and incoherent; mental aberration; a roving or wandering of the mind, -- usually dependent on a fever or some other disease, and so distinguished from mania, or madness..
Disapprobation :: Disapprobation (n.) The act of disapproving; mental condemnation of what is judged wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; feeling of censure..
Eugenics :: Eugenics (n.) The science of improving stock, whether human or animal..
Counterproving :: Counterproving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterprov.
Erratic :: Erratic (a.) Having no certain course; roving about without a fixed destination; wandering; moving; -- hence, applied to the planets as distinguished from the fixed stars..
Rampler :: Rampler (a.) Roving; rambling.
Rove :: Rove (n.) A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving..
Undomesticate :: Undomesticate (v. t.) To make wild or roving.
Proof :: Proof (a.) Used in proving or testing; as, a proof load, or proof charge..
Errant :: Errant (a.) Wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path; roving..
Regimen :: Regimen (n.) a systematic course of diet, etc., pursed with a view to improving or preserving the health, or for the purpose of attaining some particular effect, as a reduction of flesh; -- sometimes used synonymously with hygiene..
Reproving :: Reproving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reprov.
Portfire :: Portfire (n.) A case of strong paper filled with a composition of niter, sulphur, and mealed powder, -- used principally to ignite the priming in proving guns, and as an incendiary material in shells..
Roving :: Roving (n.) 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..
Transcurrence :: Transcurrence (n.) A roving hither and thither.
Refutation :: Refutation (n.) The act or process of refuting or disproving, or the state of being refuted; proof of falsehood or error; the overthrowing of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine, or theory, by argument or countervailing proof..
Migratory :: Migratory (a.) Hence, roving; wandering; nomad; as, migratory habits; a migratory life..
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