Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CURD, n. [Ir. cruth; Scot. cruds. Sometimes in English, crud. The primary sense is to congeal or coagulate. 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. – Bacon.