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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Mugget :: Mugget (n.) The small entrails of a calf or a hog.
Shammy :: Shammy (n.) A soft, pliant leather, prepared originally from the skin of the chamois, but now made also from the skin of the sheep, goat, kid, deer, and calf. See Shamoying..
Pate :: Pate (n.) The skin of a calf's head.
Calf :: Calf (n.) The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee.
Calf :: Calf (n.) An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.
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..
Suckle :: Sucking (a.) Drawing milk from the mother or dam; hence, colloquially, young, inexperienced, as, a sucking infant; a sucking calf..
Sparlyre :: Sparlyre (n.) The calf of the leg.
Rennet :: Rennet (v.) The inner, or mucous, membrane of the fourth stomach of the calf, or other young ruminant; also, an infusion or preparation of it, used for coagulating milk..
Jelly :: "Jelly (n.) The juice of fruits or meats boiled with sugar to an elastic consistence; as, currant jelly; calf's-foot jelly..
Vituline :: Vituline (a.) Of or pertaining to a calf or veal.
"""carbone " :: Carbone (v. t.) To broil. [Obs.] We had a calf's head carboned..
Sea Calf :: Sea calf () The common seal.
Slink :: Slink (n.) The young of a beast brought forth prematurely, esp. a calf brought forth before its time..
Blat :: Blat (v. i.) To cry, as a calf or sheep; to bleat; to make a senseless noise; to talk inconsiderately..
Allantoin :: Allantoin (n.) A crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in the allantoic liquid of the fetal calf; -- formerly called allantoic acid and amniotic acid..
Surance :: Sural (a.) Of or pertaining to the calf of the leg; as, the sural arteries..
Gastrocnemius :: Gastrocnemius (n.) The muscle which makes the greater part of the calf of the leg.
Slink :: Slink (a.) Produced prematurely; as, a slink calf..
Calf :: Calf (n.) A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface..
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