Definition of calf

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

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Calve :: Calve (v. i.) To bring forth a 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..
Calvish :: Calvish (a.) Like a calf; stupid.
Keslop :: Keslop (n.) The stomach of a calf, prepared for rennet..
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..
Excalfactory :: Excalfactory (a.) Heating; warming.
Calf :: Calf (n.) The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee.
Vell :: Vell (n.) The salted stomach of a calf, used in making cheese; a rennet bag..
"""carbone " :: Carbone (v. t.) To broil. [Obs.] We had a calf's head carboned..
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..
Skin :: Skin (n.) The hide of an animal, separated from the body, whether green, dry, or tanned; especially, that of a small animal, as a calf, sheep, or goat..
Fatling :: Fatling (n.) A calf, lamb, kid, or other young animal fattened for slaughter; a fat animal; -- said of such animals as are used for food..
Parchment :: Parchment (n.) The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See Vellum..
Bossy :: Bossy (n.) A cow or calf; -- familiarly so called.
Vellum :: Vellum (n.) A fine kind of parchment, usually made from calfskin, and rendered clear and white, -- used as for writing upon, and for binding books..
Mugget :: Mugget (n.) The small entrails of a calf or a hog.
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..
Mooncalf :: Mooncalf (n.) A dolt; a stupid fellow.
Calf :: Calf (n.) A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man..
Kipskin :: Kipskin (n.) Leather prepared from the skin of young or small cattle, intermediate in grade between calfskin and cowhide..
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