'At rovers' definitions:

Definition of 'At rovers'

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  • Rover \Rov"er\, n. [D. roover a robber. See Rove, v. i.]
  • 1. One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate. [1913 Webster]
  • Yet Pompey the Great deserveth honor more justly for scouring the seas, and taking from the rovers 846 sail of ships. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. One who wanders about by sea or land; a wanderer; a rambler. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Hence, a fickle, inconstant person. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Croquet) A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would go out if it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player of such a ball. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Archery) (a) Casual marks at uncertain distances. --Encyc. Brit. [1913 Webster] (b) A sort of arrow. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • All sorts, flights, rovers, and butt shafts. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
  • At rovers, at casual marks; hence, at random; as, shooting at rovers. See def. 5 (a) above. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • Bound down on every side with many bands because it shall not run at rovers. --Robynson (More's Utopia). [1913 Webster]

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