Hypertext Webster Gateway: "curdling"
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)
curdling
adj : turning into a solid mass: "I waited for her to materialize
out of the clogging curdling crowd"
n : the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid [syn: {clotting},
{coagulation}]
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