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ren⋅net
[ren-it] 
ɪt
–noun
| 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. |
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| ren·net (rěn'ĭt) n.
[Middle English, probably from Old English *rynet; see rei- in Indo-European roots.] |
| ren·nin (rěn'ĭn) n. An enzyme that catalyzes the coagulation of milk, found in the gastric juice of the fourth stomach of young ruminants and used in making cheeses and junkets. Also called chymosin, rennet. [renn(et) + -in.] |
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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.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.] 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.
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rennet (1)
"inner membrane of a calf's stomach," c.1400, probably from an unrecorded O.E. *rynet, related to gerennan "cause to run together," because it makes milk run or curdle; from P.Gmc. *rannijanan, causative of *renwanan "to run" (see run). Cf. Ger. rinnen "to run," gerinnen "to curdle."
rennet (2)
variety of apple, c.1568, from Fr. reinette, lit. "little queen," dim. of reine "queen," from L. regina (see Regina).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: ren·net
Pronunciation: 'ren-&t
Function: noun
1 a : the contents of the stomach of an unweaned animal and especially a calf b : the lining membrane of a stomach or one of its compartments (as the fourth of a ruminant) used for curdling milk; also : a preparation of the stomach of animals usedfor this purpose
2 a : RENNIN b : a substitute for rennin
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