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3 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: curdle v 1: turn into curds,as of dairy products; "curdled milk" [syn: {clabber}, {clot}] [ant: {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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