rare. [f. prec. vb.] The act or product of curdling: † a curd (obs.).
a. 1591. H. Smith, Serm. (1622), 444. There is a kind of downe or curdle upon Wisedom.
1611. Cotgr., Mattes, curds, or curdles.
1821. Clare, Vill. Minstr., I. 30. Tracing the winding fountains to their infant bed, Marking each curdle boil and boil away.