Definition of curd

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Curd (n.) The coagulated part of any liquid.

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Curdle :: Curdle (v. i.) To change into curd; to coagulate; as, rennet causes milk to curdle..
Cruddle :: Cruddle (v. i.) To curdle.
Curd :: Curd (n.) 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..
Yearn :: Yearn (v. i. & t.) To curdle, as milk..
Caseation :: Caseation (n.) A degeneration of animal tissue into a cheesy or curdy mass.
Curd :: Curd (n.) The coagulated part of any liquid.
Turn :: Turn (v. t.) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as, to turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly..
Coagulation :: Coagulation (n.) The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the spontaneous coagulation of freshly drawn blood; the coagulation of milk by rennet, or acid, and the coagulation of egg albumin by heat. Coagulation is generally the change of an albuminous body into an insoluble modification..
Parigenin :: Parigenin (n.) A curdy white substance, obtained by the decomposition of parillin..
Thrusting :: Thrusting (n.) The act of squeezing curd with the hand, to expel the whey..
Casein :: Casein (n.) A proteid substance present in both the animal and the vegetable kingdom. In the animal kingdom it is chiefly found in milk, and constitutes the main part of the curd separated by rennet; in the vegetable kingdom it is found more or less abundantly in the seeds of leguminous plants. Its reactions resemble those of alkali albumin..
Curding :: Curding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cur.
Uncrudded :: Uncrudded (a.) Not cruddled, or curdled..
Curdle :: Curdle (v. t.) To change into curd; to cause to coagulate.
Ziega :: Ziega (n.) Curd produced from milk by adding acetic acid, after rennet has ceased to cause coagulation..
Set :: Set (v. t.) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese..
Curd :: Curd (n.) The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants, as the broccoli and cauliflower..
Quail :: Quail (v. i.) To curdle; to coagulate, as milk..
Curdless :: Curdless (a.) Destitute of curd.
Curdled :: Curdled (imp. & p. p.) of Curdl.
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