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Definition of Calipee
1. n. A part of a turtle which is attached to the lower shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a light yellowish color, much esteemed as a delicacy.
Definition of Calipee
1. Noun. A food of the yellowish material found inside the lower half of a turtle's carapace (shell). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Calipee
1. an edible part of a turtle [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calipee
Literary usage of Calipee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon by Henry Fielding (1902)
"... and calipee, goes contentedly home to tell his money, and expects no more
pleasure from his throat, during the next twenty-four hours. ..."
2. Laboratory Problems in Physics: To Accompany Crew and Jones's "Elements of by Franklin Turner Jones, Robert Richardson Tatnall, Henry Crew (1912)
"THE VERNIER calipee Problem. — (1) To make a vernier caliper. Apparatus. — A
piece of bristol board about 8 x 3 in.; a metric rule (preferably a 20-cm. ..."
3. The Ladies' New Book of Cookery: A Practical System for Private Families in by Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1852)
"... calipee, and fins, must be held in scalding (but not boiling) water a few
minutes, which will cause the shell to part easily. ..."
4. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature (1884)
"... and " calipee " forming the garnish of the soup, and the inferior parts of
the animal being solely employed to make the stock or basis. ..."
5. Mackenzie's Five Thousand Receipts: In All the Useful and Domestic Arts by Colin MacKenzie (1854)
"Take; a turtle of 8 Ibs. cut off its head, cut it open, scald the fins and calipee
or under shell, skin them; then take out the guts, cut them open and ..."
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