Dove

duv, n. a pigeon a word of endearment. — [AS duva dtijan, to dive, peril fiom its habit of ducking the head Dovecot, duv kot, Dovecote, duv'kot, «, a small cot or a box in which pigeons breed. Dovelet, duv'let, « a young or small dove. Dovetail, duv'tal, «. a mode of fastening boards together by fitting pieces shaped like a dove's tail spread out into corresponding cavmes — — v.t. to one thing into another Dowable, dow'a-bl, adj that may be endowed entitled to dower. Dowager, dow'a-jSr, a widow with a dower ox jointure a title given to a widow to distinguish her from the wife of her husband’s heir [O Fr. douagiere— Low L dotannm— L. dotare, td endow. See Dower.]