dovelet (duvlet)

[ The young Spirit That guides it has the dove - like eyes of hope. Shelley, Pro me the us Unbound, ii. 4. doveling (duv'ling), n . [ dove1 + dim. -ling1 .] A young dove; a dovelet. I will be thy little mother, my doveling . Harper's Mag ., LXXVI. 748. doven (dō'ven), v. i. Same as dove3 . dovening (doōv'ning), n . [Verbal n. of doven , v.] A slumber. Grose . [Prov. Eng.] dove-plant (duvʻplant), n. The Peristeria elata, an orchid of Central America: so called from the resemblance of the column of the flower to a white dove with expanded wings. Also called Holy Ghost plant. dover (dō'ver). v. i. Same as dove3, 1748 Jean had been lyin' wakin' lang, Ay think in' on her lover, An juste's he gae the door a bang, She was begun to dover. A. Douglas , Poems, p. 139. Dover's powder. See powder. dove's-foot (duvz'fut), n. 1. The popular name in England of Geranium molle, a common British plant: so called from the shape of its leaf. 2. The columbine.