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Curd : (noun)
1: a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd; "bean curd";
"lemon curd"
2: coagulated milk; used to made cheese; "Little Miss Muffet
sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Curd : \Curd\, v. i.
To become coagulated or thickened; to separate into curds and
whey --Shak.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Curd : \Curd\ (k[^u]rd), n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. gruth,
Ir, gruth, cruth, curd, cruthaim I milk.] [Sometimes written
crud.]
1. The coagulated or thickened part of milk, as distinguished
from the whey, or watery part. It is eaten as food,
especially when made into cheese.
Curds and cream, the flower of country fare.
--Dryden.
2. The coagulated part of any liquid.
3. The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants, as
the broccoli and cauliflower.
Broccoli should be cut while the curd, as the
flowering mass is termed, is entire. --R. Thompson.
Cauliflowers should be cut for use while the head,
or curd, is still close and compact. --F. Burr.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Curd : \Curd\ (k?rd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curded; p. pr. & vb.
n. Curding.]
To cause to coagulate or thicken; to cause to congeal; to
curdle.
Does it curd thy blood To say I am thy mother? --Shak.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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