calve /käv/ transitive verb and intransitive verb

1. To give birth to a calf
2. To detach (a glacier or iceberg)

calfˈ-bound adjective

Bound in calfskin

calfˈ-country or calfˈ-ground noun (Scot)

The place where one spent one's youth

calfˈdozer noun

A small bulldozer

calfˈlick noun

A cowlick

calfˈ-love noun

Immature or youthful amorous attachment or affection

calf'sˈ-foot jelly or calves’ˈ-foot jelly noun

A savoury jelly made from the gelatine produced by boiling the foot of a calf

calfˈskin noun

The skin of the calf, making a fine leather suitable for bookbinding and shoes

calfˈ-time noun

Youth

divinity calf

A dark-brown calf bookbinding with blind stamping, and without gilding, used on theological books

golden calf

1. The image set up by Aaron and worshipped by the Israelites during the absence of Moses on Sinai (Bible)
2. Any false object of worship

halfˈ-calf

A bookbinding in which the back and corners are in calfskin

in or with calf

(of cows) pregnant

kill the fatted calf

To celebrate or welcome lavishly or extravagantly

mottled calf

A light-coloured bookbinding, decorated by sprinkling drops of acid on its surface

smooth calf

A binding in plain or undecorated calf leather

tree calf

A bright brown calf bookbinding, stained by acids with a pattern resembling the trunk and branches of a tree