Found 3 hits - Term: calves, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
calf \calf\, n.; pl. calves. oe. calf, kelf, as. cealf; akin
to d. kalf, g. kalb, icel. k=alfr, sw. kalf, dan. kalv,
goth. kalb=o; cf. skr. garbha fetus, young, gr. ?????, skr
grabh to seize, conceive, ir. colpa, colpach, a calf.
root222.
1. 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.
1913 webster
2. leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine,
light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind
books in calf.
1913 webster
3. an awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a
dolt. colloq.
1913 webster
some silly, doting, brainless calf. --drayton.
1913 webster
4. a small island near a larger; as, the calf of man.
1913 webster
5. a small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a
glacier or berg, and rising to the surface. --kane.
1913 webster
6. cf. icel. k=alfi. the fleshy hinder part of the leg
below the knee.
1913 webster
calf's-foot jelly, jelly made from the feet of calves. the
gelatinous matter of the feet is extracted by boiling, and
is flavored with sugar, essences, etc.
1913 webster
see also:
calves calf's-foot jelly
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
calves
see calf
see also:
calf
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
calf
n 1: young of domestic cattle
2: the muscular back part of the shank syn: sura
3: fine leather from the skin of a calf syn: calfskin
4: young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or
giraffe or elephant or buffalo
also: calves pl
see also:
sura calfskin calves
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