dove-petrel

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• Petrel

  ·noun Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family Procellaridae. The...

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• petrel

  The Cypselli of the ancients, and Mother Cary's chickens of sailors; of the genus Procellaria. They ...

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• Dove

  ·- of <<Dive>>. II. Dove ·noun A word of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle. III. Dove...

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• Dove

  In their wild state doves generally build their nests in the clefts of rocks, but when domesticated ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• dove

  n. a well-known English bird-name,applied in Australia to the – – Barred-shouldered Dove – – Geopel...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• dove

  Dived. Very common among seamen. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Dove

  The first menton of this bird occurs in Gen. 8. The dove's rapidity of flight is alluded to in (Psal...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• cape-petrel

  See cape-pigeon ...

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• stormy petrel

  A small dark coloured sea-bird, Procellaria pelagica. ...

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• Dove plant

  ·- A Central American orchid (Peristeria elata), having a flower stem five or six feet high, with nu...

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• Dove-eyed

  ·adj Having eyes like a dove; meekeyed; as, dove-eyed Peace. ...

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• Sea dove

  ·- The little auk, or rotche. ·see ·Illust. of Rotche. ...

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• Dove Court

  1) East out of Addle Hill. In Castle Baynard Ward (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

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• dove-tail

  A species of regular answer, which fits into the subject, like the contrivance whence it takes its n...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• ground-dove

  n. 1) Tasmanian namefor the Spotted Ground-bird (q.v.). 1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol....

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• dove-tail

  The fastening or letting in of one timber into another by a dove-tailed end and score, so that they ...

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• greenland dove

  The puffinet; called scraber in the Hebrides; about the size of a pigeon. ...

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• Turtle, Turtle-dove

  Its peculiar peaceful and gentle habit its often referred to in Scripture. A pair was offered in sac...

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• Four Dove Court

  1) Out of Noble Street, Foster Lane (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. 2) West...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Three Dove Court

  In St. Martin le Grand (W. Stow, 1722). Not named in the maps. ...

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• dove-tail plates

  Metal plates resembling dove-tails in form, let into the heel of the stern-post and the keel, to bin...

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• Dove Court, Pavement, Moorfields

  West out of the Pavement at No. 5 four doors south from Ropemakers Street. In Coleman Street Ward (L...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.