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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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Curry \Cur"ry\ (k?r"r?), verb (used with an object) To flavor or cook with curry.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Curry \Cur"ry\, noun [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.
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]:
92 Moby Thesaurus words for "curry": Irish stew, bake, barbecue, baste, bed, bed down, blanch, boil, bouillabaisse, braise, break, brew, bridle, broil, brown, brush, card, chowder, clobber, coddle, comb, cook, currycomb, devil, do, do to perfection, drench, drub, etuvee, feed, fire, fodder, fricassee, frizz, frizzle, fry, gentle, goulash, griddle, grill, groom, hackle, handle, harness, hatchel, heat, heckle, hitch, lick, litter, manage, meat stew, milk, mulligan, mulligan stew, olio, olla, olla podrida, oven-bake, overwhelm, oyster stew, paella, pan, pan-broil, parboil, poach, prepare, prepare food, ragout, rake, roast, rub down, saddle, saute, scallop, sear, shellac, shirr, simmer, smear, smother, steam, stew, stir-fry, tame, tend, thrash, toast, train, trim, water, yoke
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Curry -- U.S. County in New Mexico Population (2000): 45044 Housing Units (2000): 19212 Land area (2000): 1405.949452 sq. miles (3641.392209 sq. km) Water area (2000): 1.718479 sq. miles (4.450841 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1407.667931 sq. miles (3645.843050 sq. km) Located within: New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35 Location: 34.481212 N, 103.253378 W Headwords: Curry Curry, NM Curry County Curry County, NM
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Curry -- U.S. County in Oregon Population (2000): 21137 Housing Units (2000): 11406 Land area (2000): 1627.382872 sq. miles (4214.902111 sq. km) Water area (2000): 361.192062 sq. miles (935.483105 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1988.574934 sq. miles (5150.385216 sq. km) Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41 Location: 42.398153 N, 124.279359 W Headwords: Curry Curry, OR Curry County Curry County, OR
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