2. Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine,
light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind
books in calf.
3. An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a
dolt. [Colloq.]
Some silly, doting, brainless calf. --Drayton.
4. A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man.
5. A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a
glacier or berg, and rising to the surface. --Kane.
6. [Cf. Icel. k[=a]lfi.] The fleshy hinder part of the leg
below the knee.
{Calf's-foot jelly}, jelly made from the feet of calves. The
gelatinous matter of the feet is extracted by boiling, and
is flavored with sugar, essences, etc.