The Collaborative International Dictionary
Calf \Calf\, n.; pl. Calves. [OE. calf, kelf, AS. cealf; akin to D. kalf, G. kalb, Icel. k[=a]lfr, Sw. kalf, Dan. kalv, Goth. kalb[=o]; cf. Skr. garbha fetus, young, Gr. ?????, Skr grabh to seize, conceive, Ir. colpa, colpach, a calf.
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.
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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An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt. [Colloq.]
Some silly, doting, brainless calf.
--Drayton. A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man.
A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface.
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[Cf. Icel. k[=a]lfi.] The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee.
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.
WordNet
n. a savory jelly made with gelatin obtained by boiling calves' feet
Usage examples of "calf's-foot jelly".
To-day, even, to Pollyanna's huge delight, she had said that she was glad Pollyanna brought calf's-foot jelly, because that was just what she had been wanting—.
And he didn't even know who I was till I took the calf's-foot jelly, and had to make him understand that Aunt Polly didn't send it, and—.
She bought some calf's-foot jelly, some breast of chicken, some essence of beef and a bottle of Aspirin.
She gave him some calf's-foot jelly, and some breast of chicken from the jar she'd bought at Mr.
Corn muffins, calf's-foot jelly, things that looked like chicken legs but tasted of .