Definition of dove

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Dove (n.) A pigeon of the genus Columba and various related genera. The species are numerous.

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Dovetailed :: Dovetailed (imp. & p. p.) of Dovetai.
Culvertailed :: Culvertailed (a.) United or fastened by a dovetailed joint.
Dove :: Dove () of Div.
Disclosed :: Disclosed (p. a.) Represented with wings expanded; -- applied to doves and other birds not of prey.
Cobwork :: Cobwork (a.) Built of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, as in a log house; in marine work, often surrounding a central space filled with stones; as, a cobwork dock or breakwater..
Dover's Powder :: Dover's Powder () A powder of ipecac and opium, compounded, in the United States, with sugar of milk, but in England (as formerly in the United States) with sulphate of potash, and in France (as in Dr. Dover's original prescription) with nitrate and sulphate of potash and licorice. It is an anodyne diaphoretic..
Dovish :: Dovish (a.) Like a dove; harmless; innocent.
Turtledove :: Turtledove (n.) Any one of several species of pigeons more or less resembling the true turtledoves, as the American mourning dove (see under Dove), and the Australian turtledove (Stictopelia cuneata)..
Dove :: Dove (n.) A word of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
O :: O () O, the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, derives its form, value, and name from the Greek O, through the Latin. The letter came into the Greek from the Ph/nician, which possibly derived it ultimately from the Egyptian. Etymologically, the letter o is most closely related to a, e, and u; as in E. bone, AS. ban; E. stone, AS. stan; E. broke, AS. brecan to break; E. bore, AS. beran to bear; E. dove, AS. d/fe; E. toft, tuft; tone, tune; number, F. nombre..
Rough-footed :: Rough-footed (a.) Feather-footed; as, a rough-footed dove..
Dovelet :: Dovelet (n.) A young or small dove.
Dovekie :: Dovekie (n.) A guillemot (Uria grylle), of the arctic regions. Also applied to the little auk or sea dove. See under Dove..
Doo :: Doo (n.) A dove.
Coo :: Coo (v. i.) To make a low repeated cry or sound, like the characteristic note of pigeons or doves..
Cinque Ports :: Cinque Ports () Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were anciently accorded; -- viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich; afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and some minor places..
Dove Plant :: Dove plant () A Central American orchid (Peristeria elata), having a flower stem five or six feet high, with numerous globose white fragrant flowers. The column in the center of the flower resembles a dove; -- called also Holy Spirit plant..
Dove-eyed :: Dove-eyed (a.) Having eyes like a dove; meekeyed; as, dove-eyed Peace..
Peristeria :: Peristeria (n.) A genus of orchidaceous plants. See Dove plant.
Sod :: Sod (n.) The rock dove.
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