Meanings
comparative more curdly · superlative most curdly
- Having a curdled or coagulated appearance.
[…] a curdly, yeasty head on a Guile of Beer.
1776, William Reddington, A practical treatise on brewing: The third edition, page 1011 more example
[The pus has] a curdly consistence, and a cloudy appearance. If you examine it minutely, you will see one patch, as it were, piled on another; it is formed of several small masses, and does not run into one mass.
1837, John Armstrong, Lectures on the Morbid Anatomy, Nature, and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Diseases, page 636
Origin
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