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Webster 1913 Edition

Curdle

Cur′dle

(kûr′d’l)
,
Verb.
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.

Cur′dle

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Curdled
(-d’ld)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Curdling
(-dlĭng)
.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Curdle

CURDLE

,
Verb.
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

,
Verb.
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.

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