n.
A pigeon of the genus Columba and various related genera. The species are numerous.
n.
A word of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
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.
a.
Having eyes like a dove; meekeyed; as, dove-eyed Peace.
n.
A guillemot (Uria grylle), of the arctic regions. Also applied to the little auk or sea dove. See under Dove.
n.
A young or small dove.
a.
Mild as a dove; gentle; pure and lovable.
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.
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.
n.
A small annual species of Geranium, native in England; -- so called from the shape of the leaf.
n.
The possession of dovelike qualities, harmlessness and innocence.
n.
A flaring tenon, or tongue (shaped like a bird's tail spread), and a mortise, or socket, into which it fits tightly, making an interlocking joint between two pieces which resists pulling a part in all directions except one.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Dovetail
v. t.
To cut to a dovetail.
v. t.
To join by means of dovetails.
v. t.
To fit in or connect strongly, skillfully, or nicely; to fit ingeniously or complexly.
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