RENNET


Meaning of RENNET in English

/ren"it/ , n.

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.

[ 1400-50; late ME; cf. OE gerennan, OHG gerennen to coagulate; akin to RUN ]

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