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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Dove-eyed :: Dove-eyed (a.) Having eyes like a dove; meekeyed; as, dove-eyed Peace..
Dovecote :: Dovecote (n.) A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house..
Dovecot :: Dovecot (n.) Alt. of Dovecot.
Dove :: Dove (n.) A word of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
Dovetail :: Dovetail (v. t.) To cut to a dovetail.
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 :: Dove () of Div.
Columbine :: Columbine (a.) Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored.
Sod :: Sod (n.) The rock dove.
Pigeonhole :: Pigeonhole (n.) A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; -- so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartments in a dovecote..
Toozoo :: Toozoo (n.) The ringdove.
Down :: Down (prep.) A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war..
Doveship :: Doveship (n.) The possession of dovelike qualities, harmlessness and innocence..
Culvertail :: Culvertail (n.) Dovetail.
Rotche :: Rotche (n.) A very small arctic sea bird (Mergulus alle, or Alle alle) common on both coasts of the Atlantic in winter; -- called also little auk, dovekie, rotch, rotchie, and sea dove..
Cushat :: Cushat (n.) The ringdove or wood pigeon.
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..
Turtledove :: Turtledove (n.) Any one of numerous species of pigeons belonging to Turtur and allied genera, native of various parts of the Old World; especially, the common European species (Turtur vulgaris), which is noted for its plaintive note, affectionate disposition, and devotion to its mate..
Lewisson :: Lewisson (n.) An iron dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be fitted into a dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large stones, etc..
Sea Dove :: Sea dove () The little auk, or rotche. See Illust. of Rotche..
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