Hypertext Webster Gateway: "curdle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Curdle \Cur"dle\ (k?r"d'l), v. i. [From {Curd}.] [Sometimes
written {crudle} and {cruddle}.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Curdle \Cur"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curdled} (-d'ld); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Curdling} (-dl?ng).]
1. To change into curd; to cause to coagulate. ``To curdle
whites of eggs'' --Boyle.
2. To congeal or thicken.
My chill blood is curdled in my veins. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
curdle
v 1: turn into curds,as of dairy products; "curdled milk" [syn: {clabber},
{clot}] [ant: {homogenize}, {homogenize}, {homogenize}]
2: go bad or sour; "The milk curdled"
3: turn from a liquid to a solid mass; "his blood curdled"
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