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▪ I. kelf1 obs. dial. form of calf1. ▪ II. † kelf2 Obs. rare—1. [? dialect survival of prec.: cf. calf 1 c.] A lubber, blockhead.
1664Cotton Scarron. iv. Poet. Wks. (1734) 85 One Squire æneas, a great Kelf, Some wandring Hangman like herself. ▪ III. kelf3 Coal-mining. local. In the Midland coal-field (Derby and Leicestersh.): ‘The vertical height of the back cutting of the holing at any time during the operation of holing a stint’ (Gresley Gloss. Coal Mining 1883). |