Thesaurus: rennet

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1. n. A name of many different kinds of apples. Cf. Reinette.
2. 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.
3. n. a substance that curdles milk in making cheese and junket
4. A name of many different kinds of apples. Cf. Reinette. Mortimer. The inner, or mucous, membrance 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.] Cheese rennet. (Bot.) See under Cheese. -- Rennet ferment (Physiol. Chem.), a ferment, present in rennet and in variable quantity in the gastric juice of most animals, which has the power of curdling milk. The ferment presumably acts by changing the casein of milk from a soluble to an insoluble form. -- Rennet stomach (Anat.), the fourth stomach, or abomasum, of ruminants.
5. A name of many different kinds of apples. Cf. Reinette.Mortimer.
6. n:100 n. a substance that curdles milk in making cheese and junket