Definition of Cury
Cur"ry (k?r"r?), v. 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,
n.
Cur"ry, n. [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?), v. t. To
flavor or cook with curry.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
CURRY. To curry favour; to obtain the favour of a person
be coaxing or servility. To curry any one's hide; to beat
him.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- a mixture of spices and turmeric, also known as curry powder.
- an Asian-style stew made with curry.
- to groom (a horse).
- to season with curry powder.
- to win or gain
when used in the phrase to curry favour
- cooked in a hot Caribbean style
We had curry goat at the cricket match.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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