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Culver   Listen
noun
Culver  n.  A culverin. "Falcon and culver on each tower Stood prompt their deadly hail to shower."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Culver" Quotes from Famous Books



... with the Palace Hotel detective, an account of his famous dinner at the St. Dunstan, some selections of his other college pranks, allusion to the fact that he was a classmate of two San Franciscans, Messrs. Thorpe and Culver, the whole illustrated with pictures of Carrington and Presidio—the latter taken from the rogues' gallery. "Very pretty, very pretty, indeed," murmured Carrington, his eyes lingering with thoughtful pause on the picture of Presidio. "Could we not celebrate my fame ...
— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) • Various

... intoxication. He is now, I believe, a popular commander of a steamboat on the Mississippi river. Major Freeland soon after failed in business, and I was put on board the steamboat Missouri, which plied between St. Louis and Galena. The commander of the boat was William B. Culver. I remained on her during the sailing season, which was the most pleasant time for me that I had ever experienced. At the close of navigation, I was hired to Mr. John Colburn, keeper of the Missouri Hotel. He was from one of the Free States; but a more inveterate ...
— The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave • William Wells Brown



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