Part 2677

<h1>Curing</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cur"ing</hw> <tt>(k?r"?ng)</tt>, <def><tt>p. a. & vb. n.</tt> of <er>Cure</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Curing house</col>, <cd>a building in which anything is cured; especially, in the West Indies, a building in which sugar is drained and dried.</cd></cs>

<h1>Curio</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cu"ri*o</hw> <tt>(k?"r?-?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl.<plw>Curios</plw> <tt>(-<?/z)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Abbreviation of <ets>curiosity</ets>.]</ety> <def>Any curiosity or article of virtu.</def><-- correct spelling! -->

<blockquote>The busy world, which does not hunt poets as collectors hunt for <i>curios</i>. <i>F. Harrison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Curiologic</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cu`ri*o*log"ic</hw> <tt>(-?-l?j"?k)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ speaking literally (applied to curiologic hieroglyphics); <?/<?/<?/<?/ authoritative, proper + <?/<?/<?/ word, thought. CF.<er>Cyriologic</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to a rude kind of hieroglyphics, in which a thing is represented by its picture instead of by a symbol.</def>

<h1>Curiosity</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cu`ri*os"i*ty</hw> <tt>(k?`r?-?s"?-t?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Curiosities</plw> <tt>(-t<?/z)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>curiouste</ets>, <ets>curiosite</ets>, OF. <ets>curioset\'82</ets>, <ets>curiosit\'82</ets>, F. <ets>curiosit<?/</ets>, fr. L. <ets>curiositas</ets>, fr. <ets>curiosus</ets>. See <er>Currious</er>, and cf. <er>Curio</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<blockquote>When thou wast in thy gilt and thy perfume, they mocked thee for too much <b>curiosity</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A screen accurately cut in tapiary work . . . with great <b>curiosity</b>. <i>Evelin.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Disposition to inquire, investigate, or seek after knowledge; a desire to gratify the mind with new information or objects of interest; inquisitiveness.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which is curious, or fitted to excite or reward attention.</def>

<blockquote>We took a ramble together to see the <b>curiosities</b> of this great town. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>There hath been practiced also a <b>curiosity</b>, to set a tree upon the north side of a wall, and, at a little hieght, to draw it through the wall, etc. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Curioso</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cu`ri*o"so</hw> <tt>(k??`r?-?"z? &or; k?`r?-?"s?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Curiosos</plw> <tt>(-z<?/z <i>or</i> -s<?/z)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[It. See <er>Curious</er>.]</ety> <def>A virtuoso.</def>

<h1>Curious</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cu"ri*ous</hw> <tt>(k?"r?-?s)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>curios</ets>, <ets>curius</ets>, F. <ets>curieux</ets>, L. <ets>curiosus</ets> careful, inquisitive, fr. <ets>cura</ets> care. See <er>Cure</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Little <b>curious</b> in her clothes. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>How shall we, If he be <b>curious</b>, work upon his faith? <i>Bean & <?/<?/</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed; elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill.</def>

<blockquote>To devise <b>curious</b> works. <i>Ex. xxxv. 32</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>His body couched in a <b>curious</b> bed. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to research or inquiry; habitually inquisitive; prying; -- sometimes with <i>after</i> or <i>of</i>.</def>