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Veal

//viːl// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    meat from a calf wordnet
  3. 3
    The female genitalia. countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar
Verb
  1. 1
    To raise a calf for meat production.

    "The division outside the vealing place is for a cow that has had or is near having calf."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English veel, from Anglo-Norman veel, from Latin vitellus, diminutive of vitulus (“calf”). Doublet of vitellus.

Etymology 2

From Middle English veel, from Anglo-Norman veel, from Latin vitellus, diminutive of vitulus (“calf”). Doublet of vitellus.

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