3 entries under this word

Curd

Cûrd, n.

noun

n. [Sometimes written crud. Scot. crud. Gael. gruth, Ir. gruth, cruth, curd, cruthaim, I milk.]

Sense 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.

Sense 2. The coagulated part of any liquid.

Cûrd, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. CURDED; p. pr. & vb. n. CURDING.] To cause to coagulate or thicken; to curdle; to congeal.

Does it curd thy blood To say I am thy mother? Shak.

Cûrd, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To become coagulated or thickened; to separate into curds and whey.

*It doth posset And curd, like eager droppings into milk. Shak.*