Definition of Dovelet

1. n. A young or small dove.

Definition of Dovelet

1. Noun. (obsolete) a baby dove ¹

2. Noun. An affectionate term for someone. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dovelet

1. a small dove [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dovelet

dove's-foot
dove's foot geranium
dove grey
dove plant
dovecot
dovecote
dovecotes
dovecots
doved
dovehouse
doveish
dovekey
dovekeys
dovekie
dovekies
dovelet (current term)
dovelets
dovelike
doveling
doven
dovened
dovening
dovens
dover's powder
dovera
dovered
dovering
dovers
doves
doveship

Literary usage of Dovelet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Historical View of the Language and Literature of the Slavic Nations: With a by Talvj, Edward Robinson (1850)
"There I stood, lurking on the watch, In the night; Till one little dovelet I did catch, In the night, in the night. It had of all the sweetest bill, ..."

2. Pennsylvania in American History by Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker (1910)
"Come, dovelet, and mate me, Come, Angel, rejoicing to sate me. 6. ... My dovelet, where art thou ? Come, Angel, clean love in thy heart now. 8. ..."

3. The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature: A Biographical and by John Clark Ridpath (1903)
"The first time, Noah was obliged to draw her into the ark by force ; the second time, she flew freely in. Reason : The first time the dovelet had ..."

4. The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...: A Biographical and ...by John Clark Ridpath by John Clark Ridpath (1898)
"Reason : The first time the dovelet had nothing ; the dovelet was a poor devil, and durst not venture into the ark. The second time, it had an olive-branch, ..."

5. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations (1850)
"There I stood, lurking on the watch, In the night ; Till one little dovelet I did catch, In the night, in the night. It had of all the sweetest bill, ..."

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