groove (grov)

t.; pret. and pp. grooved, ppr. grooving. [= D. groeven = MHG. gruoben = ODan. gruve; from the noun.] 1. To cut or make a groove or channel in; furrow. One letter still another locks, Each groov'd and dovetail'd like a box. Swift, Answer to T. Sheridan. 2. To form as or fix in a groove; make by cutting a groove or grooves. High-pitched imagination and vivid emotion tend... to groove for themselves channels of language which are peculiar and unique. J. C. Shairp , Aspects of Poetry, p. 128. The glacier moves silently,. grooving the record of its being on the world itself. The Century, XXVIII. 146. grooved (grövd), p . a. Having a groove or grooves; channeled; furrowed. The aperture [is] grooved at the margin. A poly- grooved sporting carbine that formerly belonged to Napoleon I. Pennant , Brit. Zool., The Wreath Shell. W. W. Greener, The Gun, p. 74. Specifically-( a ) In bot . , marked with longitudinal ridges or furrows: as, a grooved stem. (b) In entom., having a longitudinal channel or channels: as, a grooved sternum; the beak of a weevil grooved for the reception of the antennæ.-Spiral-grooved guide. See guidel.