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Saul vs Caul - What's the difference?

saul | caul |

As a proper noun saul

is saul.

As a noun caul is

(historical) a style of close-fitting circular cap worn by women in the sixteenth century and later, often made of linen.

saul

English

Proper noun

(wikipedia Saul) (en proper noun)
  • The first king of Israel in the Old Testament
  • * : 1 Samuel 16: 23 :
  • And it came to pass, that when the evil spirit of God was upon Saul', that David took an harp, and played with his hand; so ' Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
  • The original name of Apostle Paul in the New Testament.
  • * : Acts 9:4 :
  • Then Saul , ( who is also called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him.
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    caul

    English

    (wikipedia caul)

    Alternative forms

    * call

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) A style of close-fitting circular cap worn by women in the sixteenth century and later, often made of linen.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.vii:
  • Ne spared they to strip her naked all. / Then when they had despoild her tire and call , / Such as she was, their eyes might her behold
  • The thin membrane which covers the lower intestines; the omentum.
  • The amnion which encloses the foetus before birth, especially that part of it which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth (traditionally considered to be good luck).
  • * 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society (2012), page 182:
  • Even in the mid seventeenth century a country gentleman might regard his caul as a treasure to be preserved with great care, and bequeathed to his descendants.
  • The surface of a press that makes contact with panel product, especially a removable plate or sheet.
  • (woodworking) A strip or block of wood used to distribute or direct clamping force.
  • (culinary) (Caul fat).
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