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▪ I. curdling, vbl. n.|ˈkɜːdlɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
The action of the vb. curdle; also concr.
1611Florio, Quagliata, a curdling or congealing. 1620Venner Via Recta vii. 154 They inhibit the crudling of milke in the stomacke. 1851Nichol Archit. Heav. 107 Nebulosities..having within them curdlings, as they seem at first, separate massive clusters.
▪ II. ˈcurdling, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That curdles.
1. trans. (In quots. = blood-curdling.)
1821Shelley Prometh. Unb. ii. iii, Under the curdling winds. 1863G. J. Whyte-Melville Gladiators I. 364 A curdling horror that weighed down the limbs like lead.
2. intr.
1699Garth Dispens. 15 A while his curdling Blood forgot to glide. 1886R. C. Leslie Sea-painter's Log 110 Here and there a..wave..breaks into curdling foam. |