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Webster 1913 Edition
Curry
Cur′ry
(k?r′r?)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Curried
(-r?d)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Currying
.] [OE.
curraien
, curreien
, OF. cunreer
, correier
, to prepare, arrange, furnish, curry (a horse), F. corroyer
to curry (leather) (cf. OF. conrei
, conroi
, order, arrangement, LL. conredium
); cor-
(L.com-
) + roi
, rei
, arrangement, order; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. ready
. See Ready
, Greith
, and cf. Corody
, Array
.] 1.
To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; – said of leather.
2.
To dress the hair or coat of (a horse, ox, or the like) with a currycomb and brush; to comb, as a horse, in order to make clean.
Your short horse is soon
curried
. Beau. & FL.
3.
To beat or bruise; to drub; – said of persons.
I have seen him
curry
a fellow’s carcass handsomely. Beau. & FL.
To curry favor
, to seek to gain favor by flattery or attentions. See
Favor
, Noun.
Cur′ry
,Noun.
[Tamil
kari
.] [Written also
currie
.] 1.
(Cookery)
A kind of sauce much used in India, containing garlic, pepper, ginger, and other strong spices.
2.
A stew of fowl, fish, or game, cooked with curry.
Curry powder
(Cookery)
, a condiment used for making curry, formed of various materials, including strong spices, as pepper, ginger, garlic, coriander seed, etc.
Cur′ry
(k?r′r?)
, Verb.
T.
To flavor or cook with curry.
Webster 1828 Edition
Curry
CURRY
,Verb.
T.
1.
To dress leather, after it is tanned; to soak, pare or scrape, cleanse, beat and color tanned hides, and prepare them for use.2.
To rub and clean with a comb; as, to curry a horse.3.
To scratch or claw; to tear, in quarrels.By setting brother against brother, to claw and curry one another.
4.
To rub or stroke; to make smooth; to tickle by flattery; to humor. But generally used in the phrase, To curry favor, to seek or gain favor by flattery, caresses, kindness, or officious civilities. [Not elegant.]