Curdling

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Curdle \Cur"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curdled} (-d'ld); p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Curdling} (-dl[i^]ng).]
     1. To change into curd; to cause to coagulate. "To curdle
        whites of eggs" --Boyle.
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     2. To congeal or thicken.
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              My chill blood is curdled in my veins. --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]