单词 | curdling |
释义 | curdlingn. 1. The action of curdle v.; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [noun] > milk > curds > curdling welling1371 caseation?a1425 quailing1440 curdling1585 cailling1601 tyrosis1684 1585 J. Banister Wecker's Compend. Chyrurg. i. xlii. (heading) Cruddeling of Milke in Womens brestes. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta vii. 154 They inhibit the crudling of milke in the stomacke. 1721 W. Gibson Farrier's Dispensatory ii. 33/1 Milk..may therefore be of Service..especially when such Things go along with it as are proper to prevent its crudling in the Stomach. 1819 Times 4 Oct. We mentioned Mr. Harmer's rejoinder to the curdling of Mr. Ashworth's blood. 1911 Tel.-Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) 13 Aug. The temperature of the milk at the moment of curdling must be carefully watched to avoid obtaining a hard, dry cheese. 2018 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 7 July 32 The milk is warmed, rennet and whey added, and enzymes set about their curdling. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being thick enough to retain form > [noun] > state of being coagulated > a congealed substance curd?c1425 curdling1611 congelate1678 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Quagliata, a curdling or congealing. 1657 tr. J. J. Brunn Physicall Magazeen i. i. in tr. P. Morel Expert Doctors Dispensatory 294 They might better be accounted among the strongest sort of Attenuaters: for it is with such that clots of blood and curdlings of milk are dissolved. 1851 J. P. Nichol Archit. Heavens (ed. 9) 107 Nebulosities..having within them curdlings, as they seem at first, separate massive clusters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). curdlingadj.ΚΠ 1650 D. Hotham in tr. C. Hotham Introd. Teutonick Philos. 35 Desire and inclination to corporeity, or a force contracting, crudling and constringing. 2. That is in the process of thickening, clotting, or coagulating. Frequently with reference to the blood, esp. in figurative descriptions of the effects of fear, terror, or other strong negative emotions. Cf. curdle v. 1b. ΚΠ 1660 J. S. Andromana i. vi. sig. Cv The Prince is gone from Court, and the King hath sent for us; Doth not the name strike terrour to thy curdling blood. 1699 S. Garth Dispensary ii. 15 As th'airy Messenger the Fury spy'd, A while his curdling Blood forgot to glide. 1810 Morning Post 18 Sept. My curdling blood chills in each vein. 1882 E. M. Stewart Stories Christian Schools 185 A dead man stretched in his curdling gore, With glazed, wide-open eyes! 1916 E. Miniter Our Natupski Neighbors v. 101 They took one look of frenzied horror at the scene, then dragged one another home with curdling blood. 1998 K. Mills Storming Heaven iii. 17 He crouched down, careful not to dip the end of his new coat in the puddle of curdling blood at his feet. 3. Of milk, custard, a sauce, etc.: separating so as to form soft lumps surrounded by liquid. Of cream: thickening to form curd. Cf. curdle v. 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [adjective] > relating to milk > curd > coagulating running1495 caseous1654 curdling1669 1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica ii. i. 41 Then we poured forth these Liquors, and took fresh Spaw water, and fresh solution of Allom, upon both I poured some Oyl of Tartar per deliquium, which caused a whitish curdling separation much-what alike in both. 1754 R. Layng Rod ii. 13 The bleeding rasberries with many a vein Of crimson dye the curdling milk distain. 1865 Cassell's Illustr. Family Paper 4 Feb. 24/1 They themselves will take two helpings, and complicate the dyspepsia that awaits them with powdered sugar and thick, curdling cream. 1920 Muscatine (Iowa) Jrnl. 17 Sept. 5/7 A smooth appearance may be restored by taking the yolk of another egg and adding curdling milk mixture to it slowly. 1967 Washington Post 26 Feb. f15/3 Can a curdling Hollandaise be saved? 2009 Daily Mail (Nexis) 3 Mar. Do you know that feeling when your stomach oozes over your jeans, thick and pale, like curdling cream? 4. Causing terror or horror; frightening or unnerving. Cf. to curdle the blood at curdle v. 1a, blood-curdling adj. at blood n. Compounds 5. ΚΠ 1773 J. Robertson Poems (rev. ed.) 149 His Ethelinda Desmond cheers, And strives to soothe her curdling fears. 1863 G. J. Whyte-Melville Gladiators I. 364 A curdling horror that weighed down the limbs like lead. ?1913 J. M. Harper Surprise at Beaver Dams in Ann. of War 111 Again that curdling outcry! See! A savage with musket in hand! 1968 Daily Gate City (Keokuk, Iowa) 1 Mar. 16/2 A siren which disables rioters with a curdling sound. 2018 Daily Californian (Berkeley) (Nexis) 6 June (Arts section) 1 Serenading along with curdling guitar notes and drums that pound like a violently beating heart. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1585adj.1650 |
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