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Calf :: Calf (n.) A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man..

Calf :: Calf (n.) An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.

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..

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..

Surance :: Sural (a.) Of or pertaining to the calf of the leg; as, the sural arteries..

Achilles' Tendon :: Achilles' tendon (n.) The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of the heel; -- so called from the mythological account of Achilles being held by the heel when dipped in the River Styx..

Kipskin :: Kipskin (n.) Leather prepared from the skin of young or small cattle, intermediate in grade between calfskin and cowhide..

Jelly :: "Jelly (n.) The juice of fruits or meats boiled with sugar to an elastic consistence; as, currant jelly; calf's-foot jelly..

Suckle :: Sucking (a.) Drawing milk from the mother or dam; hence, colloquially, young, inexperienced, as, a sucking infant; a sucking calf..

Sea Calf :: Sea calf () The common seal.

Gastrocnemius :: Gastrocnemius (n.) The muscle which makes the greater part of the calf of the leg.

Excalfaction :: Excalfaction (n.) A heating or warming; calefaction.

Pate :: Pate (n.) The skin of a calf's head.

"""carbone " :: Carbone (v. t.) To broil. [Obs.] We had a calf's head carboned..

Vituline :: Vituline (a.) Of or pertaining to a calf or veal.

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..

Scink :: Scink (n.) A slunk calf.

Excalfactive :: Excalfactive (a.) Serving to heat; warming.

Gelatine :: Gelatine (n.) Animal jelly; glutinous material obtained from animal tissues by prolonged boiling. Specifically (Physiol. Chem.), a nitrogeneous colloid, not existing as such in the animal body, but formed by the hydrating action of boiling water on the collagen of various kinds of connective tissue (as tendons, bones, ligaments, etc.). Its distinguishing character is that of dissolving in hot water, and forming a jelly on cooling. It is an important ingredient of calf's-foot jelly, isinglass, gl

Calf :: 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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