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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Caul \Caul\ (k[add]l), n. [OE. calle, kelle, prob. fr F. cale; cf Ir calla a veil.] 1. A covering of network for the head, worn by women; also a net. --Spenser. 2. (Anat.) The fold of membrane loaded with fat, which covers more or less of the intestines in mammals; the great omentum. See {Omentum}. The caul serves for the warming of the lower belly. --Ray. 3. A part of the amnion, one of the membranes enveloping the fetus, which sometimes is round the head of a child at its birth. It is deemed lucky to be with a caul or membrane over the face. This caul is esteemed an infallible preservative against drowning . . . According to Chysostom the midwives frequently sold it for magic uses. --Grose. I was born with a caul, which was advertised for sale, in the newspapers, at the low price of fifteen guineas. --Dickens. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: caul n 1: the inner embryonic membrane of higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) [syn: {veil}, {fetal membrane}, {embryonic membrane}] 2: part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines [syn: {greater omentum}, {gastrocolic omentum}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Caul (Heb. yothe'reth; i.e., "something redundant"), the membrane which covers the upper part of the liver (Ex. 29:13, 22; Lev. 3:4, 10, 15; 4:9; 7:4; marg., "midriff"). In Hos. 13:8 (Heb. seghor; i.e., "an enclosure") the pericardium, or parts about the heart, is meant
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