Definition of "calf's-foot" [calf's-foot]

• A name of the Arum maculatum, from the shape of the leaf. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "She had an uncanny ability to sniff out a sick animal and it was not uncommon when I was on my rounds to find Mrs. Donovan's dark gypsy face poised intently over what I had thought was my patient while she administered calf's-foot jelly or one of her own patent nostrums."
• "_Meat_: roasted or boiled beef; mutton; venison; calf s head; tongue; sweetbread; lamb chops; squab; roasted partridge; pigeon; calf's-foot jelly; Armour & Co. 's Vigoral; Valentine's or Wyeth's beef juice, or Wiel's beef jelly."
• "On entering the parlor, Captain Dobbs caught a view of himself in a large mirror, and saw to his dismay that he had not escaped the usual fate of gallants who endeavor to make themselves agreeable to the ladies in a crowded supper-room; lumps of blanc-mange adhered to his shirt bosom; particles of calf's-foot jelly coruscated like gems on his patent-leather gaiters, and quivering oysters hung tenaciously to his coat sleeves."