Noah's Dove

American  

noun

Astronomy.

1. the constellation Columba.

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Etymology

Origin of Noah's Dove

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

Here we have Noah's dove, as in the story of Tezpi and Menaboshu we have other birds substituted for it.

From Project Gutenberg

The frightened soul flits hither and thither across the waste of waters, seeking some place on which to rest its feet, and finding none; and unlike Noah's dove there is no ark to which it can return.

From Project Gutenberg

It was God’s purpose now to allow David to feel his own weakness; he was to pass through that terrible ordeal when, tossed on a sea of trials, one feels like Noah’s dove, unable to find rest for the sole of one’s foot, and seems on the very eve of dropping helpless into the billows, till the ark presents itself, and a gracious hand is put forth to the rescue.

From Project Gutenberg

I am hunted from one retreat to another, and since I left your Ark, like Noah's dove I can find no resting place.

From Project Gutenberg

The pros and cons about starting were many, and Abbas Khan was sent on horseback to reconnoitre, but he came back like Noah's dove, reporting that it was a trackless waste of snow outside.

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