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• bobby calf — noun an unweaned calf slaughtered for veal. Origin 1920s: perh. from bob2, in the sense small, short …   English new terms dictionary

• Sonofabitch stew — (or son of a bitch stew) was a cowboy dish of the American West. Recipes A beef stew, various recipes exist, and some sources say its ingredients may vary according to whatever is on hand. Most recipes involve meat and offal from a calf, though,… …   Wikipedia

• bobby — 1. n. (pl. ies) Brit. colloq. a policeman. Etymology: Sir Robert Peel, Engl. statesman d. 1850, founder of the metropolitan police force 2. n. (pl. ies) (in full bobby calf) Austral. & NZ an unweaned calf slaughtered for veal. Etymology: Eng.… …   Useful english dictionary

• rennet — n. 1 curdled milk found in the stomach of an unweaned calf, used in curdling milk for cheese, junket, etc. 2 a preparation made from the stomach membrane of a calf or from certain fungi, used for the same purpose. Etymology: ME, prob. f. an OE… …   Useful english dictionary

• poddy — /pod ee/, n., pl. poddies. Australian. 1. a newborn or unweaned calf. 2. any young animal. 3. maverick. [1890 95; orig. uncert.] * * * …   Universalium

• rennet — [ rɛnɪt] noun curdled milk from the stomach of an unweaned calf, containing rennin and used in curdling milk for cheese. ↘a preparation containing rennin. Origin C15: prob. related to run …   English new terms dictionary

• rennet — ► NOUN 1) curdled milk from the stomach of an unweaned calf, containing rennin and used in curdling milk for cheese. 2) a preparation containing rennin. ORIGIN probably related to RUN(Cf. ↑runnable) …   English terms dictionary

• rennet — ren•net [[t]ˈrɛn ɪt[/t]] n. 1) zool. the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals 2) biochem. zool. the rennin containing substance from the stomach of an unweaned animal, esp. a calf 3) coo …   From formal English to slang

• sook — /sʊk / (say sook) Colloquial –noun 1. Also, sookie. a poddy calf. 2. (usually with children) a timid, shy, cowardly person; a cry baby: *The teacher watched him walk away and thought, hating himself for it: cry baby, sook, bellowing big calf of a …  

• rennet — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle English *rennen to cause to coagulate, from Old English gerennan, from ge together + *rennan to cause to run; akin to Old High German rennen to cause to run, Old English rinnan to run more at co , run… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• rennet — SYN: chymosin. * * * ren·net ren ət n 1 a) the contents of the stomach of an unweaned animal and esp. 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 …   Medical dictionary