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2 definitions found 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]: 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}]
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