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  • verb Present participle of clabber.

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Examples

  • The white of an egg coagulates when heated and when acted upon by certain chemicals, and the clabbering of milk also is a coagulation.

    Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters

  • And then you could mark by the change of his skin and by the look out of his eyes how his courage was clabbering to whey inside him, making his face a milky, curdled white, the color of a poorly stirred emulsion, and then he quit -- he quit cold -- his hand came out again from under his coat tails and it was an empty hand and wide open.

    The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights 1910

  • "What great good has Señor Reedy clabbering in his coco now?"

    The Desert Fiddler 1902

  • "What you is clabbering about, man?" said Shoni indignantly.

    By Berwen Banks Allen Raine 1885

  • As lactic acid is produced by the bacteria, the pH of the milk decreases and casein, the primary protein in milk, precipitates causing the curdling or clabbering of milk.

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010

  • ... when those deserting the sinking neocon ship start clabbering about "their money," they aint foolin anybody.

    OpEdNews - Diary: Taxation is Slavery 2008

  • I thought he was just throwing dirty socks under the bed, but maybe he’s just been mould-ripening some Camembert and clabbering up some curd.

    Things that make me absurdly happy III « The Retort 2009

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