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culver

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11
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15
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6
Pronunciation
/ˈkʌlvə/

Definition of culver

9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (UK)A dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus.
    “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.”
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noun

  1. (UK)A dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus.
    “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.”
  2. A culverin, a kind of handgun or cannon.
    “Falcon and culver on each tower / Stood prompt, their deadly hail to shower; […]”

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Etymology

From Middle English culver, from Old English culufre, culfre, culfer, possibly borrowed from Vulgar Latin *columbra, from Latin columbula (“little pigeon”), from Latin columba (“pigeon, dove”).

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