Definition of Dovens

1. doven [v] - See also: doven

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dovens

dovecots
doved
dovehouse
doveish
dovekey
dovekeys
dovekie
dovekies
dovelet
dovelets
dovelike
doveling
doven
dovened
dovening
dovens (current term)
dover's powder
dovera
dovered
dovering
dovers
doves
doveship
dovetail
dovetail joint
dovetail plane
dovetailed
dovetailing
dovetailings
dovetails

Literary usage of Dovens

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

1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1862)
"... of the California regiment to Conrad's Ferry, two miles south of the island, and then, if he heard firing, go to tho support of Coggswell and dovens. ..."

2. Half a Century with Judges and Lawyers by Joseph Augustus Willard (1895)
"Charles dovens, appointed in 1807, promoted to the Supreme Judicial Court in 1873, resigned to become Attorney General of the United States, March 12, 1877, ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society by American Antiquarian Society (1898)
"... then in partnership ; but on the breaking out of the civil war he enlisted in the regiment raised by General dovens (Massachusetts Fifteenth), August 1, ..."

4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"... of the five persons held for military service by General dovens, and who had asked for writs of ..."

5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1886)
"... Walbridge A. Field, Charles dovens, William Allen, Charles Allen, Waldo Colburn, and OW Holmes, Jr. Legislative Session.—The Legislature met on Jan. ..."

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