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dove
Part of speech: NounA pigeon; a term of endearment; one gentle and pure.
Usage examples "dove":- To and fro, to and fro over the fine red sand on the floor of the dove house, walked the two doves. - "The Garden Party", Katherine Mansfield.
- Close to the camp were the old " five- mile stone" on the way to Kingsbridge, and a tavern long known as " The Sign of the Dove." - "Nathan Hale", Jean Christie Root.
- I generally look at her, instead of looking at my prayer- book, for she is like a picture in our dining- room, that woman with the dove in her hand- at least she has eyes like it, and a nose too, a straight nose, that makes all her face look, somehow, what I call clear. - "Shirley", Charlotte Brontë.