Definition of Curdles

1. Verb. (third-person singular of curdle) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Curdles

1. curdle [v] - See also: curdle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Curdles

curcumins
curcurion
curd
curd cheese
curded
curdier
curdiest
curdiness
curding
curdlan
curdlans
curdle
curdled
curdler
curdlers
curdles (current term)
curdless
curdleth
curdling
curds
curds and whey
curdy
curdy pus
cure
cure-all
cure-alls
cureall
curealls
cured
cureless

Literary usage of Curdles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1857)
"Vegetable wax, if submitted to too high a temperature, turns black; while if the temperature be not high enough, it curdles, and does not produce a perfect ..."

2. Receipts and Remedies: Useful Hints for Everyone on Health, Beauty, Clothing by Louis Andrew Flemming (1908)
"When the mixture heats and curdles the whey should be strained off and used for wetting. Staining.—The wood to be stained should be clean, smooth and dry. ..."

3. Diseases of Infancy and Childhood: Their Dietetic, Hygienic, and Medical by Louis Fischer (1917)
"Milk curdles under two entirely distinct sets of conditions: (1) it curdles on addition of an acid, and (2) it curdles under the influence of rennet (when ..."

4. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1874)
"If it curdles, the indigo is churned enough, and you must proceed to break ... When it curdles freely with the lye, it must be sprinkled well over the top ..."

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