Definitions

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  • noun A bag in which rennet is kept.

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  • noun The dried stomach of a calf, used for curdling milk for cheese.
  • noun Rennet.
  • noun A bag in which rennet is kept.

Etymologies

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From Middle English cheslip ("rennet"), from Old English cȳslybb, cīeslybb ("rennet", literally "cheese medicine, cheese potion"), equivalent to cheese +‎ lib. Cognate with Middle Dutch kaeslibbe ("rennet"), Middle High German kǣselap ("rennet, acidic liquid").

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