Definition of Runnet

1. n. See Rennet.

Definition of Runnet

1. Noun. (alternative form of rennet) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Runnet

1. a means of curdling milk [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Runnet

runnel
runnels
runner
runner's condition
runner-runner
runner-up
runner-up finish
runner-ups
runner bean
runner beans
runner up
runners
runners-up
runners up
runnest
runnet (current term)
runneth
runnets
runnier
runniest
runnily
runnin'
runniness
runninesses
running
running(a)
running-shoe
running about
running along
running around

Literary usage of Runnet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York by William Carr (1828)
"... after the cheese curd has been separated from it by runnet; a second and inferiour curd being separated from the whey by an acid mixture, the remainder ..."

2. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-table Directory: In which Will by Charlotte Campbell Bury (1844)
"When it is sent to table, put in a few ratafia biscuits. • runnet Whey Cream. Turn new milk from the cow with runnet; press the whey from it; beat the curd ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and (1823)
"It is a bad practice to put in more runnet when the curd appears difficult ... The best method of making the runnet from the skins, according to our author, ..."

4. The British and Foreign Medical Review: Or Quarterly Journal of Practical (1838)
"Three grains of dried pulverized runnet were mi\ed with two drachms of ... Thus it appears that runnet with the assistance of galvanism is capable of ..."

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