a female, or cow-calf. Cumb.
·noun A young heifer. II. Why ·adv For which; on account of which; — used relatively. III. Why ·a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee. II. Calf ·noun A small island near a larger...
Calves were commonly made use of in sacrifices, and are therefore frequently mentioned in Scripture....
Easton's Bible Dictionary
I. , or calva A Norwegian name, also used in the Hebrides, for islets lying off islands, and bea...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The calf was held in high esteem by the Jews as food. (1 Samuel 28:24; Luke 15:23) The molten calf p...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·noun A violent and peremptory procedure without any assigned reason; a sudden conclusive happening....
or for why-vore wherefore. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
·add. ·- Calf stained dark brown and worked without gilding, often used for theological books. ...
·- The common seal. ...
·add. ·- A bright brown polished calfskin binding of books, stained with a conventional treelike des...
(Ex. 32:4, 8; Deut. 9:16; Neh. 9:18). This was a molten image of a calf which the idolatrous Israeli...
A great hulkey or clumsy fellow. See hulkey. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
a cow-calf. N. ...
A seal, Phoca vitulina. ...
The young whale. ...
A drum. To smack calf's skin; to kiss the book in taking an oath. It is held by the St. Giles's casu...
is to knock it in the head as soon as it is born.--Connecticut. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
A parson. ...