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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Curried \Cur"ried\ (-r?d), p. a. [See {Curry}, verb (used with an object), and {Curry}, noun]
1. Dressed by currying; cleaned; prepared.
2. Prepared with curry; as, curried rice, fowl, etc.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Curry \Cur"ry\ (k?r"r?), verb (used with an object) [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
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
curried See {curry}
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
curry
noun: (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
verb
1: season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
2: treat by incorporating fat; "curry tanned leather"
3: give a neat appearance to; "groom the dogs"; "dress the horses" [syn: {dress}, {groom}] [also: {curried}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "curried": baked, boiled, braised, brisk, broiled, browned, burning, coddled, cooked, deviled, fired, fricasseed, fried, grilled, heated, high-seasoned, hot, hot as pepper, lively, nippy, oven-baked, pan-broiled, parboiled, peppery, poached, racy, roast, roasted, sauteed, scalloped, seared, seasoned, shirred, snappy, spiced, spicy, steamed, stewed, tangy, toasted, with a kick, zestful, zesty, zippy
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