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Culver

Culver \Cul"ver\, n. [Abbrev. fr. Culverin.] A culverin.

Falcon and culver on each tower Stood prompt their deadly hail to shower.
--Sir W. Scott.

Culver

Culver \Cul"ver\ (k?"v?r), n. [AS. culfre, perh. fr. L. columba.] A dove. ``Culver in the falcon's fist.''
--Spenser.

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culver

n. (surname: English)

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Culver, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon
Population (2000): 802
Housing Units (2000): 275
Land area (2000): 0.615968 sq. miles (1.595349 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.615968 sq. miles (1.595349 sq. km)
FIPS code: 17300
Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location: 44.524795 N, 121.212348 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 97734
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Culver, OR
Culver
Culver, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
Population (2000): 1539
Housing Units (2000): 932
Land area (2000): 0.784543 sq. miles (2.031958 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.784543 sq. miles (2.031958 sq. km)
FIPS code: 16300
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 41.217340 N, 86.421726 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Culver, IN
Culver
Culver, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 164
Housing Units (2000): 62
Land area (2000): 0.164599 sq. miles (0.426310 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.164599 sq. miles (0.426310 sq. km)
FIPS code: 16700
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 38.969581 N, 97.759657 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 67484
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Culver, KS
Culver
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Culver

Culver may refer to:

Culver (surname)

Culver is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Andrew Culver (railroad), founder of the Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad
  • Chet Culver, American politician and the former governor of Iowa
  • Ellsworth Culver, humanitarian/aid worker and co-founder of Mercy Corps International
  • George Culver, American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Harry Culver, American real-estate developer, founder of Culver City, California
  • John Culver, American politician, who represented Iowa in the 1970s and 1980s, and is the father of Chet Culver
  • Michael Culver, English actor
  • Roland Culver, English actor
  • Henry Harrison Culver, Founder of the Culver Military Academy, located in Culver, Indiana
Culver (RIRTR station)

Culver Avenue is a former Rochester Industrial and Rapid Transit Railway station located in Rochester, New York. It was closed in 1956 along with the rest of the line.

This station was built at Culver Road in a cutting that had once been the bed of the Erie Canal and is now a section of the Eastern Expressway, with a siding on the south side to the National Guard Armory

The Armory had originally been home to the 121st Cavalry Regiment, and in 2012 the building was repurposed into a mixed-use development Culver Road Armory, containing restaurants, offices, retail and residences.

Usage examples of "culver".

You see, the Culvers have been there for almost a year, and I just gave them their notice.

Maybe they had belonged to the Culvers and had been removed with their other possessions.

Somehow the wanton, deliberate destruction of the entire set bothered her more than anything the Culvers had done.

In a hushed voice that always sounded scared when he was passing out a line he told me he had checked through on Popeye Gage and Carl Matteau and found out they were sent to Culver City ten days ago along with a bagman carrying a hundred grand that was going to set up an operation.

Then Sir Francis strode along the gun emplacements in the cliff and gave a curt set of orders to the men who crouched over the culver ins with the burning slow-match.

He went down the line of gun emplacements, speaking softly to the men on watch behind the culver ins He checked once more the laying of each, making sure that they were truly aimed at the dark shape of the Gull, as she lay in a spangle of star reflections on the surface of the still, dark lagoon.

Meanwhile the gun crews knocked out the wedges and, heaving at the tackles, ran out the culver ins On either side of the lower deck there were eight, each loaded with a bucketful of powder and a ball.

From there, it was not far to Culver City, if you're the type who thinks in terms of miles.

There was one half page of notes and pictures devoted to the engagement of one Anita Bannerman to Vance Colby, a prominent realtor who had settled in Culver City some year and a half before.

Mrs Culver told me she's delighted that he's found himself a wife--very choosy, he's been, according to her.

Mrs Culver was a nice enough lady, indeed, one couldn't wish for a better, but there had been Collinses living there for a long time, and she didn't take easily to change.

Andrew and the great red cross of the Temple bedecking her masts and rigging, her culver ins bellowing out their warlike chorus.

We still have some hard fighting ahead of us, and cripples are of no use to me when the culver ins are smoking and the cutlasses are out.

A Black rat rose up in front of Culver, standing on its haunches so that it looked immense.

I sat and thought about that and then called directory assistance in Los Angeles and got the number for Pacific Coast Security in Culver City.