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Noah's Dove

American  

noun

Astronomy.
  1. the constellation Columba.


Etymology

Origin of Noah's Dove

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

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My favorite among his productions is the one on Noah's Dove, commencing, "O cease, my wandering soul"; but the man was greater than any song he ever wrote.

From Recollections of a Long Life An Autobiography by Cuyler, Theodore Ledyard

It tasted abominable, but he had licked Noah's Dove clean by the time Aunty Rosa and Judy returned.

From Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II by Kipling, Rudyard

She flew to her room, and seized Noah’s Dove, and in five minutes that much-travelled bird had spread his wings,—all six of them,—for the delectation of this mysterious critic.

From A Bookful of Girls by Fuller, Anna

“And you will send Noah’s Dove to the Gay Head?”

From A Bookful of Girls by Fuller, Anna

This was what she read: “My dear Miss Burtwell, “We like Noah’s Dove as much as I thought we should.

From A Bookful of Girls by Fuller, Anna

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