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Webster 1913 Edition


Curd

Curd

(kûrd)
,
Noun.
[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.

Curd

(kûrd)
,
Verb.
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?
Shakespeare

Curd

,
Verb.
I.
To become coagulated or thickened; to separate into curds and whey
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Curd

CURD

,
Noun.
[See Crystal.] The coagulated or thickened part of milk, which is formed into cheese, or, in some countries, eaten as common food. The word may sometimes perhaps be used for the coagulated part of any liquor.

CURD

,
Verb.
T.
To cause to coagulate; to turn to curd.

Definition 2024


curd

curd

English

Noun

curd (plural curds)

  1. The part of milk that coagulates when it sours or is treated with enzymes; used to make cottage cheese.
  2. The coagulated part of any liquid.
  3. The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants.
    • R. Thompson
      Broccoli should be cut while the curd, as the flowering mass is termed, is entire.
    • F. Burr
      Cauliflowers should be cut for use while the head, or curd, is still close and compact.
    • 2010, Geoff Stebbings, Growing Your Own Fruit and Veg For Dummies, Chichester, W. Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 978-1-119-99223-3, pages 162–163:
      This beautiful vegetable [Romanesco broccoli] looks rather like a green cauliflower designed by a mathematician and has lime-green 'spiralled' curds. The curds are nutty and tasty, and romanesco is worth growing just for its good looks. You can use romanesco in the same ways that you would normally use cauliflower but the flavour is sweeter and they look far more impressive. I try to leave them in large pieces when serving them because they're so beautiful.

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curd (third-person singular simple present curds, present participle curding, simple past and past participle curded)

  1. (intransitive) To form curd; to curdle.
  2. (transitive) To cause to coagulate or thicken; to cause to congeal; to curdle.
    • Shakespeare
      Does it curd thy blood / To say I am thy mother?

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