culvern.¹

Brit.

/ˈkʌlvə/, U.S.

/ˈkəlvər/

Forms: Old English–Middle English culfre, Old English culufre, culefre, culfer, Middle English cullfre, culure, kulure, colfre, Middle English coluere, Middle English colure, coluyr, Middle English–1500s culuer(e, coluer, colver, Middle English colvyr, coluour, couluour, culuor, culuyr, culuour, culvour, ( col(l)er, collour), Middle English– culver.

Etymology: Old English culfre weak feminine (and ? culfer strong feminine), not known in the other Germanic languages. By Grimm thought to be derived < Latin columba; but even if we take culufre as an earlier form (in which we are hardly justified), it is not easy to connect this phonetically with the Latin word. The thoroughly popular standing of the name is also against its adoption < Latin.

a. A dove, a pigeon.Formerly a common name for the wood pigeon in the south and east of England.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > pigeon

culverc825

pigeon1375

pigeon1581

cooer1862

mick1940

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > dove

culverc825

dovec1200

colombe1483

cooer1862

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > genus Columba > columba palumbus (wood-pigeon)

cushata700

culverc825

wood-culvera1100

wood-dovec1386

queest?1440

ringed dove?1533

ring-dove1538

wood-quest1543

wood pigeon1668

ring pigeon1776

woodie1947

c825 Vesp. Psalter liv. 7 [lv. 6] Hwelc seleð me fiðru swe swe culfran & ic fligu & gerestu.

OE Genesis 1464 Wæs culufre eft of cofan sended.

c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 131 Columba, culfer.

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 95 On culfre onlicnesse..wes godes gast isceawed.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1258 Cullfre iss milde. & meoc. & swet..& fedeþþ oþerr cullfress bridd.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 190 Foure wyte colfren.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS.) xii. vi In Egypte and in Siria a coluer is tauȝte to bere lettres and to be messangeres oute of on prouynce into anoþer.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xii. vii. 418 Wylde coluoures.

c1420 Chron. Vilod. 484 Þe colleron þ^t he was wond to kepe and fede.

1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance v. f. 9^v Egges of wildefoule and culuers.

1595 E. Spenser Amoretti lxxxix, in Amoretti & Epithalamion sig. F6 The Culuer on the bared bough, Sits mourning.

a1617 S. Hieron Bargaine of Salt in Wks. (1620) II. 469 Now, a doue, a culuer, is a bird that loues salt exceedingly.

1744 J. Thomson Spring in Seasons (new ed.) 21 Whence, borne on liquid Wing, The sounding Culver shoots.

1830 Ld. Tennyson Poems 81 The culvers mourn All the livelong day.

1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. IV. xii. 218 The lark, the thrush, the culver too.

†b. ? A vessel shaped like a dove. Obsolete. (Cf. columbine n.² 4).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > of specific shape

scallop1401

shipc1410

friar1463

columbe1488

culver1500

bell1651

cornet1677

churn1747

tulip-glass1755

situla1804

nacelle1873

thyrse1876

tsun1958

1500 Churchwardens' Accts. St. Dunstan's, Canterb. 27 A culver off latyn to ber frank-and-cense in.

1596 Churchwardens' Accts. Kirton-in-Lindsey in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries (1864) 14 Apr. Payd John Leverett for mending the culver.

c. figurative. An appellation of tender affection.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun]

darlingc888

belamy?c1225

culver?c1225

dearc1230

sweetheartc1290

heartc1300

sweetc1330

honeya1375

dovec1386

jewelc1400

birdc1405

cinnamonc1405

honeycombc1405

lovec1405

wantonc1450

mulling?a1475

daisyc1485

crowdy-mowdy?a1513

honeysop?a1513

powsowdie?a1513

suckler?a1513

foolc1525

buttinga1529

whitinga1529

beautiful1534

turtle-dove1535

soula1538

heartikin1540

bully?1548

turtle1548

lamba1556

nyletc1557

sweet-lovea1560

coz1563

ding-ding1564

pugs1566

golpol1568

sparling1570

lover1573

pug1580

bulkin1582

mopsy1582

chuck1589

bonny1594

chick1594

sweetikin1596

ladybird1597

angel1598

muss1598

pinkany1599

sweetkin1599

duck1600

joy1600

sparrowc1600

sucket1605

nutting1606

chuckaby1607

tickling1607

bagpudding1608

heartling1608

chucking1609

dainty1611

flittermouse1612

honeysuckle1613

fubs1614

bawcocka1616

pretty1616

old thinga1625

bun1627

duckling1630

bulchin1633

bulch?c1640

sweetling1648

friscoa1652

ding-dongs1662

buntinga1668

cocky1680

dearie1681

chucky1683

lovey1684

machree1689

nykin1693

pinkaninny1696

nug1699

hinny1724

puss1753

pet1767

dovey1769

sweetie1778

lovey-dovey1781

lovely1791

ducky1819

toy1822

acushla1825

alanna1825

treat1825

amigo1830

honey child1832

macushla1834

cabbage1840

honey-bunch1874

angel pie1878

m'dear1887

bach1889

honey baby1895

prawn1895

hon1896

so-and-so1897

cariad1899

pumpkin1900

honey-bun1902

pussums1912

snookums1919

treasure1920

wogger1922

amico1929

sugar1930

baby cake1949

angel cake1951

lamb-chop1962

petal1974

bae2006

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 79 Cum to me mi leofmon. mi culure.

1340 Ayenb. 142 Þet is þet coluerhous huerinne resteþ and him deþ þe colure oure lhord.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Song of Sol. vi. 8 Oon is my culuer, my parfit.

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xl. f. lxi^v/1 She herde oure lorde, whiche callyd her sayenge; Come to me my spowse my culuer or douue.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

† culver-dove n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Dvij^v The culuerdoues of auncient league The treweste twaine that bee.

culver-dung n.

ΚΠ

1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (1602) iv. iv. 437 If any Tanner..haue vsed any other, then Lime, Culuerdung, Hendung, cold Water..and Okenbarke.

culver-like adj.

ΚΠ

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 130 Angelike chastitie, culverlike simplicitie.

C2. Also culverfoot n., culver-house n., culver-tail n.

† culver-bird n. Obsolete a young pigeon.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > pigeon > young

dove-birdc1200

culver-bird1382

peepera1586

squab1694

dovelet1825

pigeon-poult1885

piper1885

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Lev. v. 7 Offre he two turturs, or two culuer bryddis.

Categories »

culver-headed adj. dialect soft-headed, stupid (Forby).

† culver-hole n. Obsolete a dove-cote, pigeon-hole.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > keeping or breeding pigeons > pigeon-hole

culver-hole1565

pigeonhole1577

locker1600

locker holea1640

cove1725

columbarium1881

1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Alveolus, a culuer hole, or a place made of woode for culuers.

† culverwort n. Obsolete = columbine n.²

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Ranunculaceae (crowfoot and allies) > [noun] > columbine

columbinea1350

cocksfoota1425

hawk's-foota1500

ancoly1561

culverwort1597

aquilegia1599

Jupiter's flower1601

1597 J. Gerard Herball App. Culuerwort is Columbine.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	culver
释义	culvern.¹ Brit. /ˈkʌlvə/, U.S. /ˈkəlvər/ Forms: Old English–Middle English culfre, Old English culufre, culefre, culfer, Middle English cullfre, culure, kulure, colfre, Middle English coluere, Middle English colure, coluyr, Middle English–1500s culuer(e, coluer, colver, Middle English colvyr, coluour, couluour, culuor, culuyr, culuour, culvour, ( col(l)er, collour), Middle English– culver. Etymology: Old English culfre weak feminine (and ? culfer strong feminine), not known in the other Germanic languages. By Grimm thought to be derived < Latin columba; but even if we take culufre as an earlier form (in which we are hardly justified), it is not easy to connect this phonetically with the Latin word. The thoroughly popular standing of the name is also against its adoption < Latin. a. A dove, a pigeon.Formerly a common name for the wood pigeon in the south and east of England. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > pigeon culverc825 pigeon1375 pigeon1581 cooer1862 mick1940 the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > dove culverc825 dovec1200 colombe1483 cooer1862 the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > genus Columba > columba palumbus (wood-pigeon) cushata700 culverc825 wood-culvera1100 wood-dovec1386 queest?1440 ringed dove?1533 ring-dove1538 wood-quest1543 wood pigeon1668 ring pigeon1776 woodie1947 c825 Vesp. Psalter liv. 7 [lv. 6] Hwelc seleð me fiðru swe swe culfran & ic fligu & gerestu. OE Genesis 1464 Wæs culufre eft of cofan sended. c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 131 Columba, culfer. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 95 On culfre onlicnesse..wes godes gast isceawed. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1258 Cullfre iss milde. & meoc. & swet..& fedeþþ oþerr cullfress bridd. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 190 Foure wyte colfren. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS.) xii. vi In Egypte and in Siria a coluer is tauȝte to bere lettres and to be messangeres oute of on prouynce into anoþer. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xii. vii. 418 Wylde coluoures. c1420 Chron. Vilod. 484 Þe colleron þ^t he was wond to kepe and fede. 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance v. f. 9^v Egges of wildefoule and culuers. 1595 E. Spenser Amoretti lxxxix, in Amoretti & Epithalamion sig. F6 The Culuer on the bared bough, Sits mourning. a1617 S. Hieron Bargaine of Salt in Wks. (1620) II. 469 Now, a doue, a culuer, is a bird that loues salt exceedingly. 1744 J. Thomson Spring in Seasons (new ed.) 21 Whence, borne on liquid Wing, The sounding Culver shoots. 1830 Ld. Tennyson Poems 81 The culvers mourn All the livelong day. 1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. IV. xii. 218 The lark, the thrush, the culver too. †b. ? A vessel shaped like a dove. Obsolete. (Cf. columbine n.² 4). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > of specific shape scallop1401 shipc1410 friar1463 columbe1488 culver1500 bell1651 cornet1677 churn1747 tulip-glass1755 situla1804 nacelle1873 thyrse1876 tsun1958 1500 Churchwardens' Accts. St. Dunstan's, Canterb. 27 A culver off latyn to ber frank-and-cense in. 1596 Churchwardens' Accts. Kirton-in-Lindsey in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries (1864) 14 Apr. Payd John Leverett for mending the culver. c. figurative. An appellation of tender affection. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] darlingc888 belamy?c1225 culver?c1225 dearc1230 sweetheartc1290 heartc1300 sweetc1330 honeya1375 dovec1386 jewelc1400 birdc1405 cinnamonc1405 honeycombc1405 lovec1405 wantonc1450 mulling?a1475 daisyc1485 crowdy-mowdy?a1513 honeysop?a1513 powsowdie?a1513 suckler?a1513 foolc1525 buttinga1529 whitinga1529 beautiful1534 turtle-dove1535 soula1538 heartikin1540 bully?1548 turtle1548 lamba1556 nyletc1557 sweet-lovea1560 coz1563 ding-ding1564 pugs1566 golpol1568 sparling1570 lover1573 pug1580 bulkin1582 mopsy1582 chuck1589 bonny1594 chick1594 sweetikin1596 ladybird1597 angel1598 muss1598 pinkany1599 sweetkin1599 duck1600 joy1600 sparrowc1600 sucket1605 nutting1606 chuckaby1607 tickling1607 bagpudding1608 heartling1608 chucking1609 dainty1611 flittermouse1612 honeysuckle1613 fubs1614 bawcocka1616 pretty1616 old thinga1625 bun1627 duckling1630 bulchin1633 bulch?c1640 sweetling1648 friscoa1652 ding-dongs1662 buntinga1668 cocky1680 dearie1681 chucky1683 lovey1684 machree1689 nykin1693 pinkaninny1696 nug1699 hinny1724 puss1753 pet1767 dovey1769 sweetie1778 lovey-dovey1781 lovely1791 ducky1819 toy1822 acushla1825 alanna1825 treat1825 amigo1830 honey child1832 macushla1834 cabbage1840 honey-bunch1874 angel pie1878 m'dear1887 bach1889 honey baby1895 prawn1895 hon1896 so-and-so1897 cariad1899 pumpkin1900 honey-bun1902 pussums1912 snookums1919 treasure1920 wogger1922 amico1929 sugar1930 baby cake1949 angel cake1951 lamb-chop1962 petal1974 bae2006 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 79 Cum to me mi leofmon. mi culure. 1340 Ayenb. 142 Þet is þet coluerhous huerinne resteþ and him deþ þe colure oure lhord. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Song of Sol. vi. 8 Oon is my culuer, my parfit. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xl. f. lxi^v/1 She herde oure lorde, whiche callyd her sayenge; Come to me my spowse my culuer or douue. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. † culver-dove n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Dvij^v The culuerdoues of auncient league The treweste twaine that bee. culver-dung n. ΚΠ 1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (1602) iv. iv. 437 If any Tanner..haue vsed any other, then Lime, Culuerdung, Hendung, cold Water..and Okenbarke. b. culver-like adj. ΚΠ 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 130 Angelike chastitie, culverlike simplicitie. C2. Also culverfoot n., culver-house n., culver-tail n. † culver-bird n. Obsolete a young pigeon. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > pigeon > young dove-birdc1200 culver-bird1382 peepera1586 squab1694 dovelet1825 pigeon-poult1885 piper1885 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Lev. v. 7 Offre he two turturs, or two culuer bryddis. Categories » culver-headed adj. dialect soft-headed, stupid (Forby). † culver-hole n. Obsolete a dove-cote, pigeon-hole. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > keeping or breeding pigeons > pigeon-hole culver-hole1565 pigeonhole1577 locker1600 locker holea1640 cove1725 columbarium1881 1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Alveolus, a culuer hole, or a place made of woode for culuers. † culverwort n. Obsolete = columbine n.² ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Ranunculaceae (crowfoot and allies) > [noun] > columbine columbinea1350 cocksfoota1425 hawk's-foota1500 ancoly1561 culverwort1597 aquilegia1599 Jupiter's flower1601 1597 J. Gerard Herball App. Culuerwort is Columbine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † culvern.² rare. Used for culverin n. (perhaps by confusion with culver n.¹). ΚΠ 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel iv. xvii. 108 Falcon and culver on each tower Stood prompt, their deadly hail to shower. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.¹c825n.²1805
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culvern.1

Compounds

† culvern.2

culvern.¹

† culvern.²