Definition of calf

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

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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..
Sparlyre :: Sparlyre (n.) The calf of the leg.
Scink :: Scink (n.) A slunk calf.
Knuckle :: Knuckle (n.) The kneejoint, or middle joint, of either leg of a quadruped, especially of a calf; -- formerly used of the kneejoint of a human being..
Suckle :: Sucking (a.) Drawing milk from the mother or dam; hence, colloquially, young, inexperienced, as, a sucking infant; a sucking calf..
Mooncalf :: Mooncalf (n.) A dolt; a stupid fellow.
Excalfaction :: Excalfaction (n.) A heating or warming; calefaction.
Calve :: Calve (v. i.) To bring forth a calf.
Keslop :: Keslop (n.) The stomach of a calf, prepared for rennet..
Calf :: Calf (n.) A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man..
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..
Gastrocnemius :: Gastrocnemius (n.) The muscle which makes the greater part of the calf of the leg.
Calf :: Calf (n.) An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.
Calf :: Calf (n.) A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface..
Bossy :: Bossy (n.) A cow or calf; -- familiarly so called.
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..
Accession :: Accession (n.) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species). Thus, the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf..
Calvish :: Calvish (a.) Like a calf; stupid.
Jelly :: "Jelly (n.) The juice of fruits or meats boiled with sugar to an elastic consistence; as, currant jelly; calf's-foot jelly..
Blatant :: Blatant (a.) Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly..
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