curdler
(ˈkɜːdlə(r))
[f. as prec. + -er.]
1. That which curdles or coagulates.
| 1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 13/2 The most natural curdler of milk..is the gastric juice of the stomach of a sucking calf. |
2. A story, etc., that curdles the blood (cf. curdle v. 3 b).
| 1886 Baumann Londinismen 36/1 Curdler,..blood-freezer. 1966 Listener 21 July 103/3 [A play] too complicated to be a real curdler. |