drove vs puddling

drove

noun
  • A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land. 

  • A cattle drive or the herd being driven by it; thus, a number of cattle driven to market or new pastures. 

  • A road or track along which cattle are habitually driven; a drove road. 

  • A large number of people on the move (literally or figuratively). 

  • The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel. 

  • A group of hares. 

  • A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface. 

verb
  • To herd cattle; particularly over a long distance. 

  • To finish (stone) with a drove chisel. 

  • simple past tense of drive 

puddling

noun
  • The act of lining a canal with puddle to make it watertight. 

  • The action of forming a puddle. 

  • The first true industrial process to produce steel from pig iron. 

  • A group of mallards (ducks). 

  • A behaviour in which animals like butterflies seek out moist substances to obtain nutrients. 

  • The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids. 

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