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

Bossy :: Bossy (n.) A cow or calf; -- familiarly so called.

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

Parchment :: Parchment (n.) The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See Vellum..

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

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

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..

Mooncalf :: Mooncalf (n.) A dolt; a stupid fellow.

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..

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

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..

Vell :: Vell (n.) The salted stomach of a calf, used in making cheese; a rennet bag..

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..

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..

Calve :: Calve (v. i.) To bring forth a calf.

Sparlyre :: Sparlyre (n.) The calf of the leg.

Bleat :: Bleat (v. i.) To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry like a sheep or calf..

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..

Mugget :: Mugget (n.) The small entrails of a calf or a hog.

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