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A dove. "Culver in the falcon's fist." Spenser.

The root of a handsome erect herb (Leptandra, syn. Veronica, Virginica) common in most moist woods of North America , used as an active cathartic and emetic; also, the plant itself.

A dovecote.

century, usually an 18-pounder with serpent-shaped handles. Trump, and drum, and roaring culverin. Mac

ant, perhaps the columbine or the bluebell squill (Scilla nutans). [Obs.] A girl cropping culverkeys and cowslips to make garlands. Walton.

A transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road, railroad, canal, etc.; a small bridge.

Dovetail.

United or fastened by a dovetailed joint.

A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from nine to thirteen pounds.

Of an unusual make or proportion; as, a bastard musket; a bastard culverin. [Obs.]

The talons of a bird of prey. [Obs.] More light than culver in the falcon's fist. Spenser.

The mouth of a river; the lower end of a water course; the open end of a drain, culvert, etc., where the discharge occurs.

A small piece of artillery. Wilhelm. On the bastions were planted culverins and sakers. Macaulay. The culverins and sakers showing their deadly muzzles over the rampart. Hawthorne.

coal. -- Wood cricket (Zoöl.), a small European cricket (Nemobius sylvestris). -- Wood culver (Zoöl.), the wood pigeon. -- Wood cut, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an engraving. -- Wood dove (Zoöl.), the stockdove. -- Wood drink, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods. -- Wood duck (Zoöl.) (a)…