Part 502

{ Dove"cot` (?), Dove"cote` (?), } n. A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.

Like an eagle in a dovecote, I Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli.

Shak.

Dove"-eyed` (?), a. Having eyes like a dove; meekeyed; as, dove-eyed Peace.

Dove"kie (?), n. (Zoöl.) A guillemot (Uria grylle), of the arctic regions. Also applied to the little auk or sea dove. See under Dove.

Dove"let (?), n. A young or small dove. Booth.

Dove"like` (?), a. Mild as a dove; gentle; pure and lovable. Longfellow.

Dove" plant` (?). (Bot.) A Central American orchid (Peristeria elata), having a flower stem five or six feet high, with numerous globose white fragrant flowers. The column in the center of the flower resembles a dove; -- called also Holy Spirit plant.

Do"ver's Pow"der (?). [From Dr. Dover, an English physician.] (Med.) A powder of ipecac and opium, compounded, in the United States, with sugar of milk, but in England (as formerly in the United States) with sulphate of potash, and in France (as in Dr. Dover's original prescription) with nitrate and sulphate of potash and licorice. It is an anodyne diaphoretic.

Dove's"-foot` (?), n. (Bot.) (a) A small annual species of Geranium, native in England; -- so called from the shape of the leaf. (b) The columbine. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Dove"ship (?), n. The possession of dovelike qualities, harmlessness and innocence. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Dove"tail` (?), n. (Carp.) A flaring tenon, or tongue (shaped like a bird's tail spread), and a mortise, or socket, into which it fits tightly, making an interlocking joint between two pieces which resists pulling a part in all directions except one.

Dovetail molding (Arch.), a molding of any convex section arranged in a sort of zigzag, like a series of dovetails. -- Dovetail saw (Carp.), a saw used in dovetailing.

Dove"tail`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dovetailed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dovetailing.] 1. (Carp.) (a) To cut to a dovetail. (b) To join by means of dovetails.

2. To fit in or connect strongly, skillfully, or nicely; to fit ingeniously or complexly.

He put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed . . . that it was indeed a very curious show.

Burke.

Dov"ish (?), a. Like a dove; harmless; innocent. "Joined with dovish simplicity." Latimer.

Dow (?), n. A kind of vessel. See Dhow.

Dow, v. t. [F. douer. See Dower.] To furnish with a dower; to endow. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Dow"a*ble (?), a. [From Dow, v. t.] Capable of being endowed; entitled to dower. Blackstone.

Dow"a*ger (?), n. [OF. douagiere, fr. douage dower. See Dower.] 1. (Eng. Law) A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease. Blount. Burrill.

2. A title given in England to a widow, to distinguish her from the wife of her husband's heir bearing the same name; -- chiefly applied to widows of personages of rank.

With prudes for proctors, dowagers for deans.

Tennyson.

Queen dowager, the widow of a king.

Dow"a*ger*ism (?), n. The rank or condition of a dowager; formality, as that of a dowager. Also used figuratively.

Mansions that have passed away into dowagerism.