CALF

calf

(noun) young of domestic cattle

calf

(noun) young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo

calf, sura

(noun) the muscular back part of the shank

calf, calfskin

(noun) fine leather from the skin of a calf

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

calf (plural calves)

A young cow or bull.

Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.

A young deer, elephant, seal, whale or giraffe (also used of some other animals).

A chunk of ice broken from a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.

A small island, near a larger island.

A cabless railroad engine.

(informal, dated) An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.

Synonyms

• bullet (rare); cowlet, cowling; moggy (Midlands, now rare)

Etymology 2

Noun

calf (plural calves)

(anatomy) The back of the leg below the knee.

The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.

Anagrams

• CLAF, FLAC

Source: Wiktionary

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Calf, n.; pl. Calves. Etym: [OE. calf, kelf, AS. cealf; akin to D. kalf, G. kalb, Icel. kalfr, Sw. kalf, Dan. kalv, Goth. kalbo; cf. Skr. garbha fetus, young, Gr. grabh to seize, conceive, Ir. colpa, colpach, a calf. *222.]

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.

2. Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light- colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf.

3. An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt. [Colloq.] Some silly, doting, brainless calf. Drayton.

4. A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man.

5. A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface. Kane.

6. Etym: [Cf. Icel. kalfi.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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