1806. He dove down in 61/2 feet of water, and brought up the child apparently dead.—Pennsylvania Intelligencer, Lancaster, June 17.
1815. He dove, and arose under the stern of a vessel, and reached the shore in safety.—Mass. Spy, Oct. 11.
1825. Mr. Gardner dove again to the bottom [and] rescued his wife from impending death.—Id., Jan. 19.
1820. [He] observed a bubble rise in the river, and dove in head foremost.—Id., Nov. 18.
1847. I cut a grape-vine for a rope, and dove down where I could see the bar in the water, fastened my queer rope to his leg, and fished him, with great difficulty, ashore.—T. B. Thorpe, ‘The Big Bear of Arkansas,’ p. 29.
1847. I have … bathed in the Jordan, dove in the Nile, ascended Mount Ararat, sailed in the Ark.—J. K. Paulding, ‘American Comedies,’ p. 132 (Phila.).
1848. The gineral dove into the whirlpool, and down they went right slick. Next mornin’, the gineral was found to hum with a sighter old gold pieces.—W. E. Burton, ‘Waggeries,’ p. 14 (Phila.).
1849. Did I strike at him [the wounded duck] with a paddle?—he dove, and the weapon dashed harmlessly into the water.—Yale Lit. Mag., xv. 118 (Dec.).
1855.
| Straight into the river Kwasind | |
| Plunged as if he were an otter, | |
| Dove as if he were a beaver, | |
| Stood up to his waist in water, | |
| To his arm-pits in the river. | |
Longfellow, ‘Hiawatha,’ vii. |
1857. “Copy!” he [the printer’s devil] screamed, as he dove into the outer office where that article was usually kept, but found none.—S. H. Hammond, ‘Wild Northern Scenes,’ p. 340.
1861. I dove off the high side of the old sunken schooner.—Knick. Mag., lviii. 140 (Aug.).
1867. The whole herd dove down with a tremendous splash.—Hayes, ‘Open Polar Sea,’ chap. xxxvi. (N.E.D.)
1881. A Mr. Karl, who had been swimming near by, dove in search of her body.—Phila. Inquirer, Sept. 2.
1881. Mr. Anderson dove off a bridge into the creek.—Id., Sept. 5.
1909. He plunged into the cold waters of an Ohio lake, and for three long hours swam, dove, and performed all sorts of feats.—N.Y. Evening Post, Nov. 11.
