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Curdled

adjective

Transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass. Synonyms: coagulate, coagulated, grumose, grumous. "Curdled milk" , "Grumous blood"

Curdle

verb

(past & past part. curdled; pres. part. curdling) (Sometimes written crudle and cruddle)

Turn into curds. Synonyms: clabber, clot. Antonyms: homogenise, homogenize.

Go bad or sour.

Turn from a liquid to a solid mass.

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"Curdled" Quotes from Famous Books

... of her glance, P. Sybarite's heart quaked, his soul curdled, his stomach for picaresque adventure failed him entirely: anatomically, in short, he was hopelessly disqualified for his chosen role of favourite of Kismet, protagonist of this Day of Days. Withal, there was no use offering resistance to the demands ...

— The Day of Days - An Extravaganza • Louis Joseph Vance

... (leaving out the whites of three for the float) and one half pint of sugar very light and pour the boiling milk into them. Wash your kettle and return all to the stove and boil until as thick as cream (be sure and do not boil until curdled), then act aside to cool. Beat the whites of three eggs with three tablespoonfuls of sugar, to which you add a little acid jelly as you beat; beat until perfectly smooth and put on the top of ...

— Favorite Dishes • Carrie V. Shuman

... dreadful year of illness that. I came, I remember, to one little kraal of knobnoses, and went up to it to see if I could get some maas (curdled butter-milk) and a few mealies. As I got near I was struck with the silence of the place. No children began to chatter, and no dogs barked. Nor could I see any native sheep or cattle. The place, though it had evidently been recently inhabited, was as still as the bush round it, and ...

— Stories by English Authors: Africa • Various

... kernel of the cocoa-nut, pressed through a piece of native cloth, and dropped into the mouth. On the third day a woman of the sacred craft was sent for to examine the milk. A little was put into a cup, with water and two heated stones, and then examined. If it had the slightest curdled appearance she pronounced it bitter and poisonous. This process she repeated two or three times a day for several days, until it was drawn off free from coagulation, and then she pronounced it sweet and wholesome, ...

— Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before • George Turner

... curdled milk they press and squeeze, And so they make it into cheese; The cream they skim and shake in churns, And then it soon to ...

— Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 • Edward William Cole

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