Definition of calf

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Calf (n.) The young of the cow, or of the Bovine family of quadrupeds. Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and whale..

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Bossy :: Bossy (n.) A cow or calf; -- familiarly so called.
Blat :: Blat (v. i.) To cry, as a calf or sheep; to bleat; to make a senseless noise; to talk inconsiderately..
Excalfaction :: Excalfaction (n.) A heating or warming; calefaction.
Calf :: Calf (n.) An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.
Surance :: Sural (a.) Of or pertaining to the calf of the leg; as, the sural arteries..
Vell :: Vell (n.) The salted stomach of a calf, used in making cheese; a rennet bag..
Sweetbread :: Sweetbread (n.) Either the thymus gland or the pancreas, the former being called neck, / throat, sweetbread, the latter belly sweetbread. The sweetbreads of ruminants, esp. of the calf, are highly esteemed as food. See Pancreas, and Thymus..
Bleat :: Bleat (v. i.) To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry like a sheep or calf..
Jelly :: "Jelly (n.) The juice of fruits or meats boiled with sugar to an elastic consistence; as, currant jelly; calf's-foot jelly..
Sea Calf :: Sea calf () The common seal.
"""carbone " :: Carbone (v. t.) To broil. [Obs.] We had a calf's head carboned..
Excalfactory :: Excalfactory (a.) Heating; warming.
Calf :: Calf (n.) A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man..
Keslop :: Keslop (n.) The stomach of a calf, prepared for rennet..
Blatant :: Blatant (a.) Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly..
Mooncalf :: Mooncalf (n.) A monster; a false conception; a mass of fleshy matter, generated in the uterus..
Phylactery :: Phylactery (n.) A small square box, made either of parchment or of black calfskin, containing slips of parchment or vellum on which are written the scriptural passages Exodus xiii. 2-10, and 11-17, Deut. vi. 4-9, 13-22. They are worn by Jews on the head and left arm, on week-day mornings, during the time of prayer..
Vituline :: Vituline (a.) Of or pertaining to a calf or veal.
Veal :: Veal (n.) The flesh of a calf when killed and used for food.
Parchment :: Parchment (n.) The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See Vellum..
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