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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Caul

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: Yes
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: Yes
  • Included in Smiths: Yes
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: No
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

 

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Caul

(Heb. yothe'reth; i.e., "something redundant"), the membrane which covers the upper part of the liver (Exodus 29:13, 22; Leviticus 3:4, 10, 15; 4:9; 7:4; marg., "midriff"). In Hosea 13:8 (Heb. seghor; i.e., "an enclosure") the pericardium, or parts about the heart, is meant.


Naves Topical Index
Caul

Smith's Bible Dictionary
Caul

a sort of ornamental head-dress, (Isaiah 3:18) with a net for its base. The name is derived from the caul, the membranous bag which encloses the heart

the pericardium.

ED.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Caul

CAUL, noun

1. In anatomy, a membrane in the abdomen, covering the greatest part of the lower intestines, called from its structure, reticuluim, a net, but more generally, the omentum; also, a little membrane sometimes encompassing the head of a child when born.

2. A kind of net in which females inclose their hair; the hinder part of a cap.

3. Any kind of net.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Caulescent

CAULESCENT, adjective In botany, having a stem different from that which produces the flower; as a caulescent plant. Linne applies this term to the root also, as in cabbage and turnep.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Cauliferous

CAULIFEROUS, adjective In botany, having a stem or stalk.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Cauliflower

CAULIFLOWER, noun A variety of Brassica or cabbage, well known and much esteemed.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Cauliform

CAULIFORM, adjective Having the form of a stalk or of stems.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Cauline

CAULINE, adjective In botany, growing immediately on the stem, without the intervention of branches; as a cauline leaf, bulb, peduncle or scape.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Caulk

CAULK, [See Calk.]


Easton's Bible Dictionary
Cauls

In Isaiah 3:18 this word (Heb. shebisim), in the marg. "networks," denotes network caps to contain the hair, worn by females. Others explain it as meaning "wreaths worn round the forehead, reaching from one ear to the other."