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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.

Go bad or sour.

Turn from a liquid to a solid mass.

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"Curdled" Quotes from Famous Books

... originally, get an opportunity to grow, and by the time the ripening is complete they become extremely numerous. As a result, the character of the cream changes just as the milk is changed under similar circumstances. It becomes somewhat soured; it becomes slightly curdled, and acquires a peculiarly pleasant taste and an aroma which was not present in the original fresh cream. After this ripening the cream is churned. It is during the ripening that the bacteria produce their effect, ...

— The Story Of Germ Life • H. W. Conn

... the meaning, and then, as though some single impulse had possessed them, they withdrew to the centre of the open space, and, forming themselves into a double circle, within which stood the pabas, of a sudden they burst into a chant so wild and shrill that as I listened my blood curdled in my veins. ...

— Montezuma's Daughter • H. Rider Haggard

... is the Sea of Nikpa named, and it is not improbable that Benjamin coined this name himself from the root [Hebrew:] which occurs in the Bible four times; in the Song of Moses (Exod. xv. 8): [Hebrew:] "The depths were curdled in the heart of the sea" (not "congealed" as the Version has it), Job x. 10: [Hebrew:] "curdled me like cheese"; and in Zeph. i. 12 and Zech. xiv. 6. The term "the curdling sea" would be very expressive of the tempestuous nature of ...

— The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela • Benjamin of Tudela

... stay The stealthy steps that stole about The Sioux and closed escaping path Around him. And as thunder lends Unto the tempest's roar a voice More awful because of that but Momentary respite, so with The next succeeding breath, the air Was curdled with the Chippeway cry Of vengeance. Before the Sioux could Change within his grasp the place Of joyous flute for battle-ax He was surrounded by them and made Their ...

— Indian Legends of Minnesota • Various

... was a hard woman, and often muttered and growled to herself when she turned out the room. There were days when she was in a very bad temper, so that the milk curdled in the kitchen, and the whole dinner tasted of discord, which the conductor noticed at once; for he was himself like a delicate instrument, whose soul responded to moods and influences which other ...

— In Midsummer Days and Other Tales • August Strindberg

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