the young of the cow, or of the bovine family of quadrupeds. also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and whale.-leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf.-an awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.-a small island near a larger; as, the calf of man.-a small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface.-the fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee.