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<p><b>1.</b> <def>Dressed by currying; cleaned; prepared.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Prepared with curry; <as>as, <ex>curried</ex> rice, fowl, etc.</as></def>

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<hw>Cur"ri*er</hw> <tt>(k?"r?-?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From 1st <er>Curry</er>.]</ety> <def>One who curries and dresses leather, after it is tanned.</def>

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<hw>Cur"rish</hw> <tt>(k?r"r?sh)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Cur</er>.]</ety> <def>Having the qualities, or exhibiting the characteristics, of a cur; snarling; quarrelsome; snappish; churlish; hence, also malicious; malignant; brutal.</def>

<blockquote>Thy <b>currish</b> spirit Governed a wolf. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Some <b>currish</b> plot, -- some trick. <i>Lockhart.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Cur"rish*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Cur"rish*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

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<hw>Cur"ry</hw> <tt>(k?r"r?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Curried</er> <tt>(-r?d)</tt>; <tt>p.pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Currying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>curraien</ets>, <ets>curreien</ets>, OF. <ets>cunreer</ets>, <ets>correier</ets>, to prepare, arrange, furnish, curry (a horse), F. <ets>corroyer</ets> to curry (leather) (cf. OF. <ets>conrei</ets>, <ets>conroi</ets>, order, arrangement, LL. <ets>conredium</ets>); <ets>cor-</ets> (L.<ets>com-</ets>) + <ets>roi</ets>, <ets>rei</ets>, arrangement, order; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. <ets>ready</ets>. See <er>Ready</er>, <er>Greith</er>, and cf. <er>Corody</er>, <er>Array</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Your short horse is soon <b>curried</b>. <i>Beau. & FL.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To beat or bruise; to drub; -- said of persons.</def>

<blockquote>I have seen him <b>curry</b> a fellow's carcass handsomely. <i>Beau. & FL.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To curry favor</col>, <cd>to seek to gain favor by flattery or attentions. See <er>Favor</er>, <tt>n.</tt></cd></cs>

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<hw>Cur"ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Tamil <ets>kari</ets>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>currie</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>A kind of sauce much used in India, containing garlic, pepper, ginger, and other strong spices.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A stew of fowl, fish, or game, cooked with curry.</def>

<cs><col>Curry powder</col> <fld>(Cookery)</fld>, <cd>a condiment used for making curry, formed of various materials, including strong spices, as pepper, ginger, garlic, coriander seed, etc.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Cur"ry</hw> <tt>(k?r"r?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To flavor or cook with curry.</def>

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<hw>Cur"ry*comb`</hw> <tt>(k?r"r?-k?m`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of card or comb having rows of metallic teeth or serrated ridges, used in curryng a horse.</def>

<h1>Currycomb</h1> <Xpage=357>

<hw>Cur"ry*comb`</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To comb with a currycomb.</def>

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