Also 5 calvysfote, 6 calfes foote.
1. lit. The foot of a calf; hence, calves-foot jelly.
1620. Venner, Via Recta, iii. 70. The vse of them (especially of Calues feete) is very profitable in consumptions.
1775. Nourse, in Phil. Trans., LXVI. 438. I now allowed him chicken broth … calves-feet jelly.
1785. W. Scott, in Med. Commun., II. 85. I procured some calf’s foot jelly.
1879. Sala, in Daily Tel., 28 June, 5/5. What purported to be mock-turtle soup—a wonderfully solidified ‘stodge,’ with pieces of calves-foot or cow-heel in it.
2. Herb. The Cuckoo-pint or Wake-robin (Arum maculatum): see ARUM. [So Fr. pied-de-veau.]
c. 1450. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 588. Jarus, Cokkupyntel et Calvysfote.
1578. Lyte, Dodoens, III. vii. 322. Calfes foote or Cockowpynt.
1607. Topsell, Four-f. Beasts, 38. The hearb Arum, commonly called in English Wake-Robbin or Calues-foot.
