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curd

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curd  (kûrd)
n.
1. The part of milk that coagulates when the milk sours or is treated with enzymes. Curd is used to make cheese.
2. A coagulated liquid that resembles milk curd.
intr. & tr.v. curd·ed, curd·ing, curds
To form or cause to form into curd; curdle.

[Middle English, variant of crud; probably akin to crowden, to press; see crowd1.]

curdy adj.

curd
Noun
1. coagulated milk, used in making cheese or as a food
2. any similar substance: bean curd [origin unknown]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.curdcurd - a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd; "bean curd"; "lemon curd"
food product, foodstuff - a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
bean curd, tofu - cheeselike food made of curdled soybean milk
2.curd - coagulated milk; used to make cheese; "Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey"
dairy product - milk and butter and cheese
cheese - a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk
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curd
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They were breaking up the masses of curd before putting them into the vats.
The history tells that when Don Quixote called out to Sancho to bring him his helmet, Sancho was buying some curds the shepherds agreed to sell him, and flurried by the great haste his master was in did not know what to do with them or what to carry them in; so, not to lose them, for he had already paid for them, he thought it best to throw them into his master's helmet, and acting on this bright idea he went to see what his master wanted with him.
And all the while the thick-lipped leviathan is rushing through the deep, leaving tons of tumultuous white curds in his wake, and causing the slight boat to rock in the swells like a skiff caught nigh the paddle-wheels of an ocean steamer.
 
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