Definition of dove

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Dove (n.) A word of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.

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Dowve :: Dowve (n.) A dove.
Dovetail :: Dovetail (v. t.) To cut to a dovetail.
Scaled :: Scaled (a.) Having feathers which in form, color, or arrangement somewhat resemble scales; as, the scaled dove..
Gray :: Gray (superl.) White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove..
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..
Columbary :: Columbary (n.) A dovecote; a pigeon house.
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..
Columbarium :: Columbarium (n.) A dovecote or pigeon house.
Dovekie :: Dovekie (n.) A guillemot (Uria grylle), of the arctic regions. Also applied to the little auk or sea dove. See under Dove..
Columbine :: Columbine (a.) Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored.
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..
Sea Dove :: Sea dove () The little auk, or rotche. See Illust. of Rotche..
Lewisson :: Lewisson (n.) An iron dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be fitted into a dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large stones, etc..
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)..
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..
Dovetail :: Dovetail (v. t.) To fit in or connect strongly, skillfully, or nicely; to fit ingeniously or complexly..
Culvertailed :: Culvertailed (a.) United or fastened by a dovetailed joint.
Dovetailing :: Dovetailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dovetai.
Bill :: Bill (v. i.) To join bills, as doves; to caress in fondness..
Pin :: Pin (n.) The tenon of a dovetail joint.
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