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▪ I. calving, vbl. n.|ˈkɑːvɪŋ|
[f. calve + -ing1.]
Of kine, etc.: The bringing forth of calves or young.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xviii. xxx. (1495) 792 After the caluynge the hynde etyth two manere herbes. c1420Pallad. on Husb. viii. 66 Mete in mesure her calvyng wol advannce. 1587Harrison England iii. i. (1878) ii. 2 A cow..which in six yeeres had sixteene calfes; that is, foure at once in three caluings, and twise twins. a1854E. Forbes Lit. Papers 152 (L.) Bay-whaling, a practice destructive to the cow whales about the time of calving.
b. transf. of a glacier or ice-berg.
1837Macdougall tr. Graah's E. Coast Greenl. 48 An occasional report, caused by the calving of the ice-blink.
c. Comb., as calving-season, calving-time.
1528Paynell Salerne's Regim. E ij b, Hare fleshe and hartis fleshe..best before caluing tyme. 1881P. B. Du Chaillu Land Midn. Sun II. 197 The reindeers' calving season.
▪ II. ˈcalving, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
Bearing calves.
1886York Herald 10 Aug. 7/4 Calving cows made up to {pstlg}19..calving heifers {pstlg}12 10s. each. |