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†calbh, head, pate, bald, so Ir., E. Ir. calb; from Lat. calva, scalp, calvus, bald. H.S.D. gives as a meaning "promontory", and instances "Aoineadh a’ Chailbh Mhuilich", which surely must be the Calf of Mull; and Calf is a common name for