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

Vituline :: Vituline (a.) Of or pertaining to a calf or veal.

Achilles' Tendon :: Achilles' tendon (n.) The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of the heel; -- so called from the mythological account of Achilles being held by the heel when dipped in the River Styx..

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..

Free-martin :: Free-martin (n.) An imperfect female calf, twinborn with a male..

Keslop :: Keslop (n.) The stomach of a calf, prepared for rennet..

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

Blatant :: Blatant (a.) Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly..

Calvish :: Calvish (a.) Like a calf; stupid.

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..

Slink :: Slink (a.) Produced prematurely; as, a slink 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..

Jelly :: "Jelly (n.) The juice of fruits or meats boiled with sugar to an elastic consistence; as, currant jelly; calf's-foot jelly..

Mooncalf :: Mooncalf (n.) A monster; a false conception; a mass of fleshy matter, generated in the uterus..

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

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

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

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

Excalfactive :: Excalfactive (a.) Serving to heat; warming.

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..

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