Hypertext Webster Gateway: "curry"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Curry \Cur"ry\, n. [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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Curry \Cur"ry\ (k?r"r?), v. t.
To flavor or cook with curry.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Curry \Cur"ry\ (k?r"r?), v. t. [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}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
curry
n : (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats
flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
v 1: season with curry
2: treat by incorporating fat; "curry tanned leather"
3: give a neat appearance to; "groom the dogs"; "dress the
horses" [syn: {dress}, {groom}]
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