culver

n. [ AS. culfre, perh. fr. L. columba. ] A dove. “Culver in the falcon's fist.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Abbrev. fr. Culverin. ] A culverin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Falcon and culver on each tower
Stood prompt their deadly hail to shower. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dovecote. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. coulevrine, prop. fem. of couleuvrin like a serpent, fr. couleuvre adder, fr. L. coluber, colubra. ] A long cannon of the 16th century, usually an 18-pounder with serpent-shaped handles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trump, and drum, and roaring culverin. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A bunch of the keys or samaras of the ash tree. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An English meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the bluebell squill (Scilla nutans). [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A girl cropping culverkeys and cowslips to make garlands. Walton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or . [ So called after a Dr. Culver, who used it. ] (Bot.) The root of a handsome erect herb (Leptandra Virginica syn. Veronica Virginica) common in most moist woods of North America , used as an active cathartic and emetic; also, the plant itself. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Prob. from OF. coulouere, F. couloir, channel, gutter, gallery, fr. couler to flow. See Cullis. ] A transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road, railroad, canal, etc.; a small bridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Carp.) Dovetail. [ 1913 Webster ]