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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CURDLE, v.i. [sometimes written crudle. See Curd.]
1. To coagulate or concrete; to thicken, or change into curd. Milk curdles by a mixture of runnet.
2. To thicken; to congeal; as, the blood curdles in the veins.
CURDLE, v.t.
1. To change into curd; to cause to thicken, coagulate, or concrete. Runnet or brandy curdles milk.
At Florence they curdle their milk with artichoke flowers.
2. To congeal or thicken. The recital curdled my blood.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: turn into curds; "curdled milk" [syn: curdle, clabber, clot] [ant: homogenise, homogenize]
2: go bad or sour; "The milk curdled"
3: turn from a liquid to a solid mass; "his blood curdled"

Merriam Webster's

verb (curdled; curdling) Etymology: frequentative of ²curd Date: 1590 intransitive verb 1. to form curds; also to congeal as if by forming curds <a scream curdled in her throat> 2. to go bad or wrong ; spoil transitive verb 1. to cause curds to form in <curdled milk> 2. spoil, sour

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. & intr. make into or become curds; congeal. Phrases and idioms: make one's blood curdle fill one with horror. Derivatives: curdler n. Etymology: frequent. form of CURD (as verb)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(curdles, curdling, curdled) If milk or eggs curdle or if you curdle them, they separate into different bits. The sauce should not boil or the egg yolk will curdle... The herb has been used for centuries to curdle milk. VERB: V, V n

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kur'-dl (qapha', "to congeal," "harden," "curdle"): Occurs in Job 10:10, "Hast thou not .... curdled me like cheese?" i.e. made him take solid form. "The formation of the embryo is a mystery on which the Hebrew dwells with a deep and reverential awe: compare Ps 139:13-16." These similes are often met with in the Koran and oriental poetry. See Speaker's Commentary in the place cited

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a., v. n. See curd, v. a. and v. n.

Moby Thesaurus

beat up, cake, churn, clabber, clot, clump, cluster, coagulate, colloid, colloidize, concrete, condense, congeal, cream, curd, emulsify, emulsionize, ferment, gel, gelatinate, gelatinize, go off, incrassate, inspissate, jell, jellify, jelly, knot, lopper, lump, set, sour, spoil, thick, thicken, turn, whip