DOVELIKE
Dove"like`, a.
Defn: Mild as a dove; gentle; pure and lovable. Longfellow.
DOVE PLANT
Dove" plant`. (Bot.)
Defn: 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.
DOVER'S POWDER
Do"ver's Pow"der. Etym: [From Dr. Dover, an English physician.]
(Med.)
Defn: 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 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.
DOVESHIP
Dove"ship, n.
Defn: The possession of dovelike qualities, harmlessness and innocence. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
DOVETAIL
Dove"tail`, n. (Carp.)