Definition of calf

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Calf (n.) Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf..

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Blat :: Blat (v. i.) To cry, as a calf or sheep; to bleat; to make a senseless noise; to talk inconsiderately..
Calf :: 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..
Slink :: Slink (a.) Produced prematurely; as, a slink calf..
Sea Calf :: Sea calf () The common seal.
Scink :: Scink (n.) A slunk calf.
Keslop :: Keslop (n.) The stomach of a calf, prepared for rennet..
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..
Suckle :: Sucking (a.) Drawing milk from the mother or dam; hence, colloquially, young, inexperienced, as, a sucking infant; a sucking calf..
Calvish :: Calvish (a.) Like a calf; stupid.
Rennin :: Rennin (n.) A milk-clotting enzyme obtained from the true stomach (abomasum) of a suckling calf. Mol. wt. about 31,000. Also called chymosin, rennase, and abomasal enzyme..
Calf :: Calf (n.) A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface..
Free-martin :: Free-martin (n.) An imperfect female calf, twinborn with a male..
Parchment :: Parchment (n.) The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See Vellum..
Gastrocnemius :: Gastrocnemius (n.) The muscle which makes the greater part of the calf of the leg.
Blatant :: Blatant (a.) Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly..
Allantoin :: Allantoin (n.) A crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in the allantoic liquid of the fetal calf; -- formerly called allantoic acid and amniotic acid..
Bleat :: Bleat (v. i.) To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry like a sheep or calf..
Veal :: Veal (n.) The flesh of a calf when killed and used for food.
Calfskin :: Calfskin (n.) The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin.
Excalfactive :: Excalfactive (a.) Serving to heat; warming.
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