rennet : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rennet	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for rennet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rennet n a substance that curdles milk in making cheese and junket
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.]