Part 2682

<cs><col>Account current</col>. <cd>See under <er>Account</er>.</cd> -- <col>Current money</col>, <cd>lawful money.</cd></cs>

<i>Abbott.</i>

<h1>Current</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cur"rent</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>courant</ets>. See <er>Current</er>, <tt>a.</tt> ]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A flowing or passing; onward motion. Hence: A body of fluid moving continuously in a certain direction; a stream; esp., the swiftest part of it; <as>as, a <ex>current</ex> of water or of air</as>; that which resembles a stream in motion; <as>as, a <ex>current</ex> of electricity</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Two such silver <b>currents</b>, when they join, Do glorify the banks that bound them in. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The surface of the ocean is furrowed by <b>currents</b>, whose direction . . . the navigator should know. <i>Nichol.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>General course; ordinary procedure; progressive and connected movement; <as>as, the <ex>current</ex> of time, of events, of opinion, etc.</as></def>

<cs><col>Current meter</col>, <cd>an instrument for measuring the velocity, force, etc., of currents.</cd> -- <col>Current mill</col>, <cd>a mill driven by a current wheel.</cd> -- <col>Current wheel</col>, <cd>a wheel dipping into the water and driven by the current of a stream or by the ebb and flow of the tide.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Stream; course. See <er>Stream</er>.</syn>

<h1>Currently</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cur"rent*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a current manner; generally; commonly; <as>as, it is <ex>currently</ex> believed</as>.</def>

<h1>Currentness</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cur"rent*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality of being current; currency; circulation; general reception.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Easiness of pronunciation; fluency.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>When <b>currentness</b> [combineth] with staidness, how can the language . . . sound other than most full of sweetness? <i>Camden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Curricle</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cur"ri*cle</hw> <tt>(k?r"r?-k'l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.<ets>curriculum</ets> a running, a race course, fr. <ets>currere</ets> to run. See <er>Current</er>, and cf. <er>Curriculum</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A small or short course.</def>

<blockquote>Upon a <b>curricle</b> in this world depends a long course of the next. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A two-wheeled chaise drawn by two horses abreast.</def>

<h1>Curriculum</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cur*ric"u*lum</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?k"?-l?m)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Curriculums</plw> (-l<?/mz), L. <plw>Curricula</plw> <tt>(-l<?/)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L. See <er>Curricle</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A race course; a place for running.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A course; particularly, a specified fixed course of study, as in a university.</def>

<h1>Currie</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cur"rie</hw> <tt>(k?r"r?)</tt>, <tt>n. & v.</tt> <def>See 2d & 3d <er>Curry</er>.</def>

<h1>Curried</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cur"ried</hw> <tt>(-r<?/d)</tt>, <tt>p.a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Curry</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, and <er>Curry</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety>