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Rennet

Rĕn'net, n.

noun

n. [A-S. gerinnan, to curdle or coagulate, from rinnan, rennan, to run, O. H. Ger. girinnan, to curdle, N. H. Ger. gerinnen, Goth. garinnan, O. D. runnen, rennen, rinnen, to run, drop, coagulate, run-sel, ren-sel, rin-sel, coagulum.] The inner membrane of the fourth stomach of the calf, or an infusion or preparation of it, used for coagulating milk. [Written also runnet.]

Rĕn'net or Rĕn'net-ing, n.

noun

n. [Fr. rainette, from raine, a green or tree frog, Lat. rana, because it is spotted like this kind of frog.] A certain kind of apple.

A golden rennet is a very pleasant and fair fruit, of a yellow flush, and the best of bearers. Mortimer.