curry

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  1. transitive verb To groom (a horse) with a currycomb.
  2. transitive verb To prepare (tanned hides) for use, as by soaking or coloring.
  3. idiom curry favor To seek or gain favor by fawning or flattery.
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  • "Given that the curry is a UK national dish, we should be developing our own indigenous curry workforce" ... —  Latest News - UPI.com
  • Basil, which is often used in Thai curry, helps fight colds. —  Kansan.com stories
  • I'm normally a little weary of the use of the phrase "curry" -- it's just not accurate, nor fair -- to describe the enormous variety in Indian cuisine (or the rest of South East Asia for that matter) as simply "curry." —  Recipe Exchange
  • In RUby 1.9, you create a curry-able proc by calling the curry method on it. —  RubyCorner
  • Indians accept chicken tikka masala as the British version of curry, the British have learned to eat chilli with their baked beans. —  The Guardian World News
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  1. Middle English curreien, from Anglo-Norman curreier, to arrange, curry, from Vulgar Latin *conrēdāre : Latin com-, com- + Vulgar Latin *-rēdāre, to make ready (of Germanic origin; see reidh- in Indo-European roots). Curry favor, by folk etymology from Middle English currayen favel, from Old French correier fauvel, to curry a fallow-colored horse, be hypocritical (from the fallow horse as a medieval symbol of deceit).
  2. Tamil kaṟi.

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  1. Early modern English also currie, curray, cory, etc.; from Middle English curreyen, currayen, corayen, coryen, rub down a horse, dress leather, from Old French correier, coreer, earlier conreer, cunreer, conraier, conrer, put in order, prepare, make ready, treat, curry, later courroyer, French corroyer, dress leather (= Provencal conrear = Italian corredare), from corroi, coroi, conroi, conroy, conroit, conrei, cunroi, cunrei, etc., order, arrangement, apparatus, equipage, apparel, provisions, etc. (later Middle English curreye, n.) (cf. Middle Latin corredium, conredium, apparatus, etc.; also corrodium, later corody, q. v.), from con- + roi, array, order, = Italian -redo in arredo, array, from Middle Latin -redum, -redium (in arredium, array, and conredium), of Teutonic origin: cf. Swedish reda = Danish rede, order, = Icelandic reidhi, tackle, equipment, akin to English ready, q. v.: see array. For the relation of curry to currier, see currier. Cf. German gerben, curry, literally prepare.
  2. Anglo-Indian, also written currie, representing Canarese kari or kadi (cerebral d), Malayālam kari (a pron. nearly as English u), boiled sour milk used with rice, a mixed dish; also bite, bit, morsel, chip, etc.
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