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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}.]
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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
rennet
n : a substance that curdles milk in making cheese and junket
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