Călf, n.

(kăf), n.; pl. CĂLVES (kăvz). [A.-S. cealf, O. Sax. calf, D. kalf, Icel. kálfr, Sw. kalf, Dan. kalv, Ger. kalb, calf, Goth. kalbō, f., heifer, Ir. colpa, colpach, heifer, bullock.]

1. The young of the cow, or of the bovine genus of quadrupeds.
2. An ignorant, stupid person; a dolt. [Colloq.] “Some silly, doting, brainless calf?” Drayton.
3. The thick, fleshy part of the leg behind, below the knee.
4. A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising suddenly to the surface. Kane.