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Webster 1913 Edition
Rennet
Ren′net
(r?n′n?t)
, Noun.
[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.
Ren′net
,Noun.
1.
The inner, or mucous, membrane of the fourth stomach of the calf, or other young ruminant.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rennet
REN'NET
, n.The concreted milk found in the stomach of a sucking quadruped, particularly of the calf. It is also written runnet, and this is the preferable orthography.