To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
To card wool or other fibres.
To plough into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
simple past tense of rive
simple past tense of reeve
To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
To roam or wander through.
To draw through an eye or aperture.
To practice robbery on the seas; to voyage about on the seas as a pirate.
A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boatbuilding.
A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and lightly twisted, preparatory to further processing; a roving.
The act of wandering; a ramble.
To travel or move about in an aimless, idle, or pretentiously casual way.
To declare (chiefly in first-person present constructions).
One whose grace etc. suggests a swan.
This bird used as a heraldic charge, sometimes with a crown around its neck (e. g. the arms of Buckinghamshire).
Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.