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Caul   /kɑl/  /kɔl/   Listen
Caul

noun
1.
Part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.  Synonyms: gastrocolic omentum, greater omentum.
2.
The inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth).  Synonyms: embryonic membrane, veil.






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"Caul" Quotes from Famous Books



... it, then cut a long hole in it, and stuff it with crumbs of bread, chopped, an anchovy, a good deal of fat bacon, onion, salt, pepper, a bit of butter, and an egg; sew the liver up, lard it, wrap it in a veal caul, and roast it. Serve with good brown gravy ...
— A Poetical Cook-Book • Maria J. Moss

... what I call speaking out as a friend should. I wish you luck, my gallant Chevalier de Moranges, and until you unearth your father, if you want a little money, my purse is at your service. On my word, de Jars, you must have been born with a caul. There never was your equal for wonderful adventures. This one promises well-spicy intrigues, scandalous revelations, and you'll be in the thick of it all. You're a lucky fellow! It's only a few months since you had the most splendid ...
— Celebrated Crimes, Complete • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

... the heart, liver, lights, and the fat crow; season well with pepper, salt, allspice, thyme, sage, and shalots, and divide this sausage-meat into balls the size of an apple, which must be each secured in shape with a piece of pig's caul fastened with a wooden twig, or skewer, and placed in rows in a tin baking-dish, to be baked for about half an hour in a brisk oven. When the faggots are done, place them on some well-boiled cabbages, chopped ...
— A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes • Charles Elme Francatelli

... get rich! Yes, yes," he said slowly; "that's what I thought, too, when I was your age. But things don't happen like that—if you aren't born with a caul." ...
— Pelle the Conqueror, Complete • Martin Andersen Nexo

... the calf of the sin-offering which was for himself. And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him. And he dipped his fingers in the blood and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar; but the fat and the kidneys and the caul above the liver of the sin-offering he burnt upon the altar, as the Lord commanded Moses, and the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp. And he slew the burnt offering. And Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood ...
— Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest • Robert Green Ingersoll


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