Thesaurus: yearnings

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1. n. pl. The maws, or stomachs, of young calves, used as a rennet for curdling milk.
2. The maws, or stomachs, of young calves, used a rennet for curdling milk. [Scot.] YEAR'S PURCHASE Year's purchase. The amount that is yielded by the annual income of property; -- used in expressing the value of a thing in the number of years required for its income to yield its purchase price, in reckoning the amount to be paid for annuities, etc.
3. The maws, or stomachs, of young calves, used a rennet forcurdling milk. [Scot.]
4. n. pl. The maws, or stomachs, of young calves, used as a rennet for curdling milk.