n. [ OE. dove, duve, douve, AS. dūfe; akin to OS. dūba, D. duif, OHG. tūba, G. taube, Icel. dūfa, Sw. dufva, Dan. due, Goth. dūbō; perh. from the root of E. dive. ]
☞ The domestic dove, including the varieties called
O my dove, . . . let me hear thy voice. Cant. ii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dove tick (Zool.),
Soiled dove,
Like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having eyes like a dove; meekeyed;
n. (Zool.) A guillemot (Uria grylle), of the arctic regions. Also applied to the little auk or sea dove. See under Dove. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A young or small dove. Booth. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Mild as a dove; gentle; pure and lovable. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Bot.) 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
[ From Dr. Dover, an English physician. ] (Med.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.)
n. The possession of dovelike qualities, harmlessness and innocence. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]