Word Meanings - YEARNINGS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The maws, or stomachs, of young calves, used a rennet for curdling milk.

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• YOUNGISH
  Somewhat young. Tatler.
• YOUNG
  , , AS. geong; akin to OFries. iung, iong, D. joing, OS., OHG., & G. jung, Icel. ungr, Sw. & Dan. ung, Goth. juggs, Lith. jaunas, Russ. iunuii, L. juvencus, juvenis, Skr. juva, juven. Junior, Juniper, 1. Not long born; still in the first part of
• YOUNGTH
  Youth. Youngth is a bubble blown up with breath. Spenser.
• CURDLE
  1. To change into curd; to coagulate; as, rennet causes milk to curdle. Thomson. 2. To thicken; to congeal. Then Mary could feel her heart's blood curdle cold. Southey.
• YOUNGNESS
  The quality or state of being young.
• YOUNG ONE
  A young human being; a child; also, a young animal, as a colt.
• YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
  An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and economic welfare of young women, originating in 1855 with Lady Kinnaird's home for young women, and Miss Emma Robert's prayer union for young women,in England, which
• RENNETING
  See RENNET
• CURDLESS
  Destitute of curd.
• YOUNGLING
  A young person; a youth; also, any animal in its early life. "More dear . . . than younglings to their dam." Spenser. He will not be so willing, I think, to join with you as with us younglings. Ridley.
• YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
  An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and physical welfare of young men, founded, June 6, 1844, by George Williams in London. In 1851 it extended to the United States and Canada, and in 1855 representatives of similar
• YOUNGGER
  One who is younger; an inferior in age; a junior. "The elder shall serve the younger." Rom. ix. 12.
• RENNETED
  Provided or treated with rennet. "Pressed milk renneted." Chapman.
• CALVESSNOUT
  Snapdragon.
• YOUNGLY
  Like a young person or thing; young; youthful. Shak.
• YOUNGTHLY
  Pertaining to, or resembling, youth; youthful. Spenser.
• RENNET
  A name of many different kinds of apples. Cf. Reinette. Mortimer. (more info) tree frog, L. rana, because it is spotted like this kind of frog. Cf.
• YOUNGSTER
  A young person; a youngling; a lad. "He felt himself quite a youngster, with a long life before him." G. Eliot.
• DUYOUNG
  See DUGONG