Noah's Doven.

Brit.

/ˌnəʊəz ˈdʌv/, U.S.

/ˌnoʊəz ˈdəv/

Forms: 1500s–1600s Noahs Dove, 1700s– Noah's Dove.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Noah , dove n.

Etymology: < the genitive of Noah, the name of a patriarch in the Old Testament (see Noah's Ark n.) + dove n., with reference to the story in Genesis 6–9, so named with allusion to the constellation's proximity to the former constellation Argo, the ship.

Astronomy. Now rare.

(The English name of) the constellation Columba (formerly known as Columba Noachi or Columba Noae). Also called the Dove (cf. dove n. 4).

ΘΚΠ

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Noah's Dove1594

1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iv. xix. f. 222^v Other Images towards the south Pole, as the crosse or Crosier, the south triangle, Noahs doue or Pigion.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 30 Those..Antartique constellations: the Crosiers..Noahs Dove, Polophilax.

1797 Encycl. Brit. II. 547 The new Southern Constellations. Columba Noachi. Noah's Dove.

a1832 P. M. Freneau Circumnavigation in Last Poems (1945) 96 When first she went on board, I marked the belt of Irion's sword: It shone benign—and Noah's Dove Not augured ill, but boded love.

1870 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. i. 15 Columba Noachi. Noah's Dove.

1997 A. Waldman Iovis II. 189 Cassiopeia or the Lady in the Chair, we see you Centaurus Monarch Cetus the Whale Chameleon the Compasses Noah's Dove Coma Berenices.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	noahs dove
释义	Noah's Doven. Brit. /ˌnəʊəz ˈdʌv/, U.S. /ˌnoʊəz ˈdəv/ Forms: 1500s–1600s Noahs Dove, 1700s– Noah's Dove. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Noah , dove n. Etymology: < the genitive of Noah, the name of a patriarch in the Old Testament (see Noah's Ark n.) + dove n., with reference to the story in Genesis 6–9, so named with allusion to the constellation's proximity to the former constellation Argo, the ship. Astronomy. Now rare. (The English name of) the constellation Columba (formerly known as Columba Noachi or Columba Noae). Also called the Dove (cf. dove n. 4). ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun] > Columba Noah's Dove1594 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iv. xix. f. 222^v Other Images towards the south Pole, as the crosse or Crosier, the south triangle, Noahs doue or Pigion. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 30 Those..Antartique constellations: the Crosiers..Noahs Dove, Polophilax. 1797 Encycl. Brit. II. 547 The new Southern Constellations. Columba Noachi. Noah's Dove. a1832 P. M. Freneau Circumnavigation in Last Poems (1945) 96 When first she went on board, I marked the belt of Irion's sword: It shone benign—and Noah's Dove Not augured ill, but boded love. 1870 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. i. 15 Columba Noachi. Noah's Dove. 1997 A. Waldman Iovis II. 189 Cassiopeia or the Lady in the Chair, we see you Centaurus Monarch Cetus the Whale Chameleon the Compasses Noah's Dove Coma Berenices. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1594
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