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Rennet : (noun)
1: a substance that curdles milk in making cheese and junket
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Rennet : \Ren"net\, n. [AS. rinnan, rennan, to run, cf. gerinnan
to curdle, coagulate. [root]11. See Run, v.]
The inner, or mucous, membrane of the fourth stomach of the
calf, or other young ruminant; also, an infusion or
preparation of it, used for coagulating milk. [Written also
runnet.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Rennet : \Ren"net\ (r?n"n?t), n. [F. rainette, reinette, perhaps
fr. raine a tree frog, L. rana, because it is spotted like
this kind of frog. Cf. Ranunculus.] (Bot.)
A name of many different kinds of apples. Cf. Reinette.
--Mortimer.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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