Band books

Hath fed on pageants floating through the air

Or calentures in depths of limpid flood.

Wordsworth.

Ca*les"cence (?), n. [L.
calescens, p. pr. of calescere, incho. of
calere to be warm.] Growing warmth; increasing
heat.

Calf (?), n.; pl.
Calves (#). [OE. calf, kelf, AS.
cealf; akin to D. kalf, G. kalb, Icel.
kālfr, Sw. kalf, Dan. kalv, Goth.
kalbō; cf. Skr. garbha fetus, young, Gr.
&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;, Skr grabh to seize, conceive, Ir.
colpa, colpach, a calf. √222.]
1. 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.

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.

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