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One of a family of dishes originating from South Asian cuisine, flavoured by a spiced sauce.
A spiced sauce or relish, especially one flavoured with curry powder.
Curry powder
To cook or season with curry powder.
(label) To groom (a horse); to dress or rub down a horse with a curry comb.
* (Beaumont and Fletcher) (1603-1625)
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, title= (label) To dress (leather) after it is tanned by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring.
(label) To beat, thrash; to drub.
* (Beaumont and Fletcher) (1603-1625)
* 1663 , (Hudibras) , by , part 1,
(label) To try to win or gain (favour) by flattering.
(computing) To perform currying upon.
(obsolete) To scurry; to ride or run hastily.
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(obsolete) To cover (a distance); (of a projectile) to traverse (its range).
* 1608 , George Chapman, The Conspiracie, and Tragedie of Charles Duke of Byron 2.245
* 1662 , Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue Two)
(obsolete) To hurry.
* 1676 , Andrew Marvell, Mr. Smirke 34
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As a proper noun curry
is a family name of irish origin, from.As a noun curries is
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English
(wikipedia curry)Etymology 1
1747 (as currey, first published recipe for the dish in English(Hannah Glasse), Glasse’s , 1747), from (etyl) . Earlier cury found in 1390 cookbook (Forme of Cury) (Forms of Cooking) by court chefs of (Richard II of England).Noun
(curries)Synonyms
* (dish) Ruby Murray (rhyming slang) * (curry powder) curry powderDerived terms
* curry leaf * curry paste * curry powder * currywurst * give someone currySee also
* piccalilli (Related Indian dishes) * balti * bhaji * bhuna * biryani * chilli * chutney * dhansak * dopiaza * garam masala * herb * jalfresi * karahi * korma * madras * makhani, makhonee * moghlai * naan * pakora * papadum, poppadum * paratha * pasanda * phall * roghan josh * samosa * spice * tandoor * tandoori * tikka masala * vindalooVerb
Etymology 2
From (etyl) currayen, from (etyl) correer 'to prepare', presumably from Vulgar (etyl) conredare, from com- (a form of con- 'together') + some Germanic base verbVerb
- Your short horse is soon curried .
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- I have seen him curry a fellow's carcass handsomely.
- By setting brother against brother / To claw and curry one another.
Usage notes
The sense "To win or gain favour" is most frequently used in the phrases "to curry favour (with)" and "to curry [someone's] favour",Derived terms
* curry favorEtymology 3
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Etymology 4
Possibly derived from currier , a common 16-18th century form of courier, as if to ride post, to post. Possibly influenced by scurry.Verb
- I am not hee that can ... by midnight leape my horse, curry seauen miles.
- All these shots shall curry or finish their ranges in times equal to each other.
- A sermon is soon curryed over.