Pigeons are mentioned as among the offerings which, by divine appointment, Abram presented unto the Lord (Genesis 15:9). They were afterwards enumerated among the sin-offerings (Leviticus 1:14; 12:6), and the law provided that those who could not offer a lamb might offer two young pigeons (5:7; Comp. Luke 2:24). (see DOVE.)

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) Any bird of the order Columbae, of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world.

2. (n.) An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull.

3. (v. t.) To pluck; to fleece; to swindle by tricks in gambling.