Part 2674

<h1>Curdiness</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Curd"i*ness</hw> <tt>(-?-n?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being curdy.</def>

<h1>Curdle</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cur"dle</hw> <tt>(k?r"d'l)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Curd</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Sometimes written <asp>crudle</asp> and <asp>cruddle</asp>.]</altsp> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To change into curd; to coagulate; <as>as, rennet causes milk to <ex>curdle</ex></as>.</def>

<i>Thomson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To thicken; to congeal.</def>

<blockquote>Then Mary could feel her heart's blood <b>curdle</b> cold. <i>Southey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Curdle</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cur"dle</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Curdled</er> <tt>(-d'ld)</tt>; <tt>p.pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Curdling</er> <tt>(-dl?ng)</tt>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To change into curd; to cause to coagulate.</def> "To <i>curdle</i> whites of eggs"

<i>Boyle.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To congeal or thicken.</def>

<blockquote>My chill blood is <b>curdled</b> in my veins. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Curdless</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Curd"less</hw> <tt>(k?rd"l?s)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of curd.</def>

<h1>Curdy</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Curd"y</hw> <tt>(k?rd"?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like curd; full of curd; coagulated.</def> "A <i>curdy</i> mass."

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>

<h1>Cure</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cure</hw>> <tt>(k<?/r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF, <ets>cure</ets> care, F., also, cure, healing, cure of souls, L. <ets>cura</ets> care, medical attendance, cure; perh. akin to <ets>cavere</ets> to pay heed, E. <ets>cution</ets>. <ets>Cure</ets> is not related to <ets>care</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Care, heed, or attention. <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Of study took he most <b>cure</b> and most heed. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Vicarages of great<b>cure</b>, but small value. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate; hence, that which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate; a curacy; <as>as, to resign a <ex>cure</ex>; to obtain a <ex>cure</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>The appropriator was the incumbent parson, and had the <b>cure</b> of the souls of the parishioners. <i>Spelman.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; <as>as, to use the water <ex>cure</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury.</def>

<blockquote>Past hope! past<b>cure</b>! past help. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I do <b>cures</b> to-day and to-morrow. <i>Luke xii. 32.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Means of the removal of disease or evil; that which heals; a remedy; a restorative.</def>