renning

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛnɪŋ/

Noun

renning (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) rennet
   • 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:

     Asses' milk is holden for to be thickest, and therfore they use it in stead of renning, to turn milke and gather curds thereof

References

• “renning”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.