Meaning of culver | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus.
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3. A culverin, a kind of handgun or cannon.
4. A number of places in the United States:
5. A town in Marshall County, Indiana.
6. A dove or pigeon.
7. A minor city in Ottawa County, Kansas.
8. (Animals) an archaic or poetic name for pigeon1, dove1
9. An unincorporated community in Elliott County, Kentucky.
10. any bird of the family Columbidae, having a plump body and small head, esp. the larger species with square or rounded tails. Compare dove 1 (def. 1) .
11. An unincorporated community and township in Saint Louis County, Minnesota.
12. Slang. a. a girl or young woman.
13. An extinct town in Bates County, Missouri.
14. A minor city in Jefferson County, Oregon.

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Examples

“Had he ſo doen, he had him ſnatcht away, / More light then Culuer in the Faulcons fiſt.”

“The palsie plagues my pulses when I prigg yoͬ: piggs or pullen your culuers take, or matchles make your Chanticleare or sullen”

“Then he walked on a little and came to a goodly cage, than which was no goodlier there, and in it a culver of the forest, that is to say, a wood-pigeon, the bird renowned among birds as the minstrel of love-longing, with a collar of jewels about its neck marvellous fine and fair.”

“Falcon and culver on each tower / Stood prompt, their deadly hail to shower; […]”

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