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rennet


noun

  1. the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
  2. the rennin-containing substance from the stomach of the calf.
  3. a preparation or extract of the rennet membrane, used to curdle milk, as in making cheese, junket, etc.

noun

    1. the membrane lining the fourth stomach (abomasum) of a young calf
    2. the stomach of certain other young animals
  1. a substance, containing the enzyme rennin, prepared esp from the stomachs of calves and used for curdling milk in making cheese and junket
n.1

“inner membrane of a calf’s fourth stomach,” c.1400, probably from an unrecorded Old English *rynet, related to gerennan “cause to run together,” because it makes milk run or curdle; from Proto-Germanic *rannijanan, causative of *renwanan “to run” (see run (v.)). Cf. German rinnen “to run,” gerinnen “to curdle.”

n.2

variety of apple, 1560s, from French reinette, literally “little queen,” diminutive of reine “queen,” from Latin regina (see Regina).

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