† curryn.¹

Forms: In Middle English curray.

Etymology: < French corroi 13th cent. (Anglo-Norman *corrai ), Old French also conroi , conrei , etc., with the primary sense ‘preparation’: see conrey n., and curry v.¹

Obsolete. rare.

The currying or dressing of leather.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > [noun] > other processes of treating leather

curryc1430

currying1481

fire-curing1844

buffing1856

boarding1870

pebbling1875

skivinga1884

nourishment1897

seasoning1897

samming1909

c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) ii. xiii. 52 a A skin wrought by good curray.

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curryn.²

Brit.

/ˈkʌri/, U.S.

/ˈkəri/

Forms: (1500s carriel, 1600s carree), 1700s carrye, curree, kerry, 1700s– currie, curry.

Etymology: < Tamil kari sauce, relish for rice, Kannada karil, whence Portuguese caril, and earlier English and French forms; modern French is cari.

1. A preparation of meat, fish, fruit, or vegetables, cooked with a quantity of bruised spices and turmeric, and used as a relish or flavouring, esp. for dishes composed of or served with rice. Hence, a curry = a dish or stew (of rice, meat, etc.) flavoured with this preparation (or with curry-powder).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > curry-powder or -paste

curry1598

masala1780

curry-powder1810

curry-paste1855

mulligatawny paste1858

garam masala1954

gochujang1966

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > food by way of preparation > [noun] > highly seasoned dish

curry1598

hogo1649

haut-goût1656

devilment1775

devil1786

piquant1843

pol sambol1949

1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xlviii. 88/2 Most of their fish is eaten with rice, that they seeth in broth which they put upon the rice, and is somewhat sowre..but it tasteth well, and is called Carriil.

1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon 12 They..boyl them [fruits] to make Carrees, to use the Portuguez word, that is somewhat to eat with and relish their Rice.

1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery 52 To make a Currey the India way.

1757 J. H. Grose Voy. E.-Indies x. 241 The currees are infinitely various, being a sort of fricacees, to eat with rice, made of any animals or vegetables.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Lett. If you can come to dinner, there's a curry.

1891 Sharman Fam. Cookery 16 Pour the curry on the dish with the rice.

2. to give (a person) curry: see quot. 1941. Australian slang.

ΚΠ

1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 21 To give someone curry, to abuse, reprove, express anger at a person.

1944 Coast to Coast 1943 113 I'd like him not to be writing! Wouldn't I give him curry!

1944 Coast to Coast 1943 124 I'm going to give those old tarts a bit of curry to-night, Ron.

1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. vi. 120 A man who attacks another is said..to give him curry or curried hell.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

curry-sauce n.

ΚΠ

1845 E. Acton Mod. Cookery viii. 210 Currie sauce, highly onioned, is frequently served.

1948 Good Housek. Cookery Bk. 280 Curry sauce..is much improved by the addition of 1 tbsp. cream immediately before use.

curry-stuff n.

ΚΠ

1860 J. E. Tennent Ceylon (new ed.) II. ix. iv. 463 Plots of esculents and curry stuffs of every variety, onions, chillies, yams.

C2.

curry-leaf tree n. a name for Bergera Königii, the aromatic leaves of which are used to flavour curries.

curry-paste n. preparations of turmeric and strong spices, for making curried dishes.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > curry-powder or -paste

curry1598

masala1780

curry-powder1810

curry-paste1855

mulligatawny paste1858

garam masala1954

gochujang1966

1855 E. Acton Mod. Cookery (rev. ed.) i. 45 A large tablespoonful of Captain White's currie-paste.

1906 Mrs. Beeton's Bk. Househ. Managem. (rev. ed.) xv. 450 Add the stock, curry-paste, sliced apple.

curry-powder n. see curry-paste n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > curry-powder or -paste

curry1598

masala1780

curry-powder1810

curry-paste1855

mulligatawny paste1858

garam masala1954

gochujang1966

1810 R. J. Thornton Family Herbal 12 Turmeric..a principal ingredient in the composition of curry-powder.

1883 I. L. Bishop in Leisure Hour 146/1 Curry is at each meal, but it is not made with curry powder.

Draft additions June 2004

curry house n. chiefly British colloquial a restaurant which serves curry; an Indian restaurant.

ΚΠ

1883 J. Fiske Let. 9 Mar. (1940) 494 Last evening I dressed in ulster, fur cap and arctics and went out to dine at Halford's Anglo-Indian Curry-House.

1976 Times 7 Aug. 11/2 An old ‘silver lounge’ squashed between curry house and camera shop in an east Kent suburban High Street.

2000 M. Gayle Turning Thirty xxviii. 120 We had this absolutely mad night out—curry houses, late-night members-only drinking clubs, hotel bars, the lot.

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† curryn.³

Forms: Also 1500s curee, curie; also currie.

Etymology: < French curée, in 14–15th cent. cuirée , < cuir hide, corresponding to a Latin type *coriāta lit. hide-ful, skin-ful, the entrails of the deer being given to the hounds on the skin: see Littré, and Notes to Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 474. Compare quarry n.¹

Obsolete or archaic.

The portions of an animal slain in the chase that were given to the hounds; the cutting up and disembowelling of the game; transferred any prey thrown to the hounds to be torn in pieces, or seized and torn in pieces by wild beasts: see quarry n.¹

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > [noun] > reward for hounds

rightc1330

fee14..

hallowc1420

rewardc1425

curryc1500

quarre1562

dole1575

the world > food and drink > hunting > [noun] > cutting up

curry1600

c1500 Melusine (1895) xix. 99 Þe herte..was hadde out of the watre and the curee made & gyue to the houndes as custome is to doo.

1600 Earle of Gowries Conspiracie sig. A4 ^v His maiesty not staying vpon the curry of the Deire, (as his vse is).

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xvi. 145 A den of wolves..New come from currie of a stag.

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xvi. 693 Two fierce kings of beasts, oppos'd in strife about a hind Slain on the forehead of a hill, both sharp and hungry set, And to the currie never came but like two deaths they met.

1830 R. Chambers Life James I I. ix. 247 It was James's practice to superintend the curry or dissection of the deer.

1859 A. Helps Friends in Council New Ser. II. vi. 134 A bill is thrown before the house as the curée to the hounds; and it is torn to pieces by everybody.]

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† curryn.⁴

Apparently an error for carry n.¹ 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > cart (usually two-wheeled) > small or light

putt1313

butt1663

currya1682

dog cart1799

Whitechapel cart1839

Whitechapel1842

tum-tum1863

a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1684) i. 11 Whereof one would lade a Curry or small Cart.

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curryadj.

Brit.

/ˈkʌri/, U.S.

/ˈkəri/, Caribbean English

/ˈkʌri/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: curried adj.²

Etymology: Shortened < curried adj.²; compare curry n.²

Originally and chiefly Caribbean.

attributive. Curried, esp. in a Caribbean style. Esp. in curry goat.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > seasoning > [adjective] > flavoured with curry

curried1845

curry1938

1938 Z. N. Hurston Tell my Horse i. ii. 25 It is to be remembered that curry goat is a strong feed, so they could not have femalish music around there.

1945 Daily Gleaner (Jamaica) 14 Dec. 11/1 The menu includes: Curry goat and rice.

1994 New Paper (Singapore) 1 Oct. 14/4 I'll prepare his favourite curry chicken and nasi lemak when he comes home.

2001 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch (Nexis) 4 Oct. d37 The menu includes jerk chicken, a typical Caribbean dish, but there's also curry beef, goat and shrimp.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

curryv.¹

Brit.

/ˈkʌri/, U.S.

/ˈkəri/

Forms: Middle English (?) courey, Middle English–1600s cory, corry, Middle English–1500s cury, Middle English corroye, coraye, corey, ( core), curray, (past tense plural curreiden), couray, 1500s courye, courie, currey, 1500s–1600s courrie, courry, currie, Middle English– curry.

Etymology: < Old French correie-r, coree-r, originally conreder, conreer, cunreer, conraer , conraier to put in order, prepare, arrange, dispose, equip, apparel, curry a horse; in Palsgrave and Cotgrave courroyer , modern French corroyer to curry leather, = Provençal conrear to arrange, to entertain, Italian corredare to equip, furnish, deck out, fit out (a bride or a ship) < early Romance *conrēdāre to prepare, make ready, etc.: see conrey n.In Old French the diphthong ei, oi, in the second syllable, belongs originally only to the stressed forms, whence it has been extended to all. The 16th cent. form courroyer seems to have been assimilated to courroye, courroie < Latin corrigia thong, leather strap.

a. transitive. To rub down or dress (a horse, ass, etc.) with a comb.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [verb (transitive)] > groom horse

curryc1290

scrub13..

shruba1400

kembc1400

dress1510

to rub down1593

wispa1598

curry-comb1708

groom1809

strap1854

c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 61/251 And selde heo [an ass] is i-coureyd [? i-conreyd] wel.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xli. 1190 The colte is nouȝt ylitered wiþ strawe, nouþer ycorrayed [a1425 Pierpont Morgan coreyed] wiþ horse combe.

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1840) 53 Lik as he wold coraye his maystres hors.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. x. sig. Cii^v Ye a shorte horse is soone corryd (quoth shee).

1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xiii. 31 It may suffize to rubbe and courrie the hounde three times in a weeke.

1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet 3 Who would currie an Asse with an Iuorie combe?

1607 G. Markham Cavelarice iii. 20 First let your Groome vncloath him, then currie, rubbe, picke, and dresse him.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Travelling Horse Ever where the Horse's hair is thinnest there curry the gentlest.

1841 W. Irving Chron. Wolfert's Roost (1855) 232 Her hide is daily curried and brushed.

b. Applied to persons.

ΚΠ

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiii. 223 Thou art that fine, foolish..Alexander that tendest to nothing but to combe & cury thy haire.

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. O3 Currying & smudging and pranking himselfe.

1733 G. Cheyne Eng. Malady ii. xii. 243 The Parts affected..being first well curried with a Flesh Brush.

1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xx. 245 She curries with towels The Chamber-maid's bowels.

c. figurative: To tickle, scrape, scratch, claw, etc.

ΚΠ

1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia v. sig. D7 We shall be curried with the briske phrases, And prick-song termes he hath premeditate.

1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe v. sig. H2^v You shall go on fidling..curry your instruments: play and away.

1655 T. Fuller Hist. Univ. Cambr. vi. 102 in Church-hist. Brit. Indeed with his learned Lectures, he..curried the lazy Hides of many an idle and ignorant Frier.

a. To dress (tanned leather) by soaking, scraping, paring, beating, colouring, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > work with skins [verb (transitive)] > other processes

curry14..

shave1467

dress1511

slaughter1603

raise1607

scutch1688

chamois1728

braya1835

break1842

fellmonger1843

fire-cure1848

crimp1849

board1860

pebble1862

soft-board1878

sam1883

stock1883

nourish1884

buff1885

pinwheel1885

sammy1885

wheel1885

unlime1888

14.. Chalmerlan Air c. 22 (Jam.) Item, thai wirk it [lethir] or it be courait.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 110 Currayyn ledyr..corradio.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos vii. 30 The hide of an oxe whiche [she] dyd doo corroye well.

1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 19 Preamb. Upon peyne of forfeitur of every hyde by hym so corryed.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 171 Those skins which are to be courried and dressed.

1639 Sc. Acts, Chas. I (1870) V. App. 610/1 Edward Spencer Corier, craving libertie to buy hydis..and vent the same being Coried.

1714 tr. French Bk. of Rates 142 All Leather, tanned or curried, coming from Foreign Parts.

1826 W. Scott Woodstock III. vii. 204 I made the deer's hide be curried and dressed by a tanner.

†b. To work iron in the forge. Obsolete. [ < French corroyer du fer.]

ΚΠ

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iii. 55 Spanish Steel..sometimes proves very unsound, as not being well curried, that is well wrought.

3. transferred. To beat or thrash one's hide for him, give a drubbing to. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > beat

threshOE

beatc1000

to lay on?c1225

chastise1362

rapa1400

dressc1405

lack?c1475

paya1500

currya1529

coil1530

cuff1530

baste1533

thwack1533

lick1535

firka1566

trounce1568

fight1570

course1585

bumfeage1589

feague1589

lamback1589

lambskin1589

tickle1592

thrash1593

lam1595

bumfeagle1598

comb1600

fer1600

linge1600

taw1600

tew1600

thrum1604

feeze1612

verberate1614

fly-flap1620

tabor1624

lambaste1637

feak1652

flog1676

to tan (a person's) hide1679

slipper1682

liquora1689

curry-comb1708

whack1721

rump1735

screenge1787

whale1790

lather1797

tat1819

tease1819

larrup1823

warm1824

haze1825

to put (a person) through a course of sprouts1839

flake1841

swish1856

hide1875

triangle1879

to give (a person or thing) gyp1887

soak1892

to loosen (a person's) hide1902

a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Eiii For myrth I haue hym coryed beten and blyst.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 504/2 She hath curryed hym with a good staffe.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie C 1665 He hath well Curried thy cote.

a1625 J. Fletcher Island Princesse iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ooo4/1 I have seene him Curry a fellowes carcasse handsomely.

1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth V. 227 This is the great Sir Francis Vere, That so the Spaniards curry'd.

1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. vii. 139 He swore..that..he'd curry his hide till he made him run out of it like a snake in spring time.

†4.

a. figurative. To ‘stroke down’ (a person) with flattery or blandishment. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > flatter [verb (transitive)]

flatter?c1225

flackera1250

slickc1250

blandishc1305

blandc1315

glozec1330

beflatter1340

curryc1394

elkena1400

glaverc1400

anointa1425

glotherc1480

losenge1480

painta1513

to hold in halsc1560

soothe1580

smooth1584

smooth1591

soothe1601

pepper1654

palp1657

smoothify1694

butter1700

asperse1702

palaver1713

blarney1834

sawder1834

soft-soap1835

to cock up1838

soft-solder1838

soother1842

behoney1845

soap1853

beslaver1861

beslobber1868

smarm1902

sugar1923

sweetmouth1948

smooth-talk1950

c1394 P. Pl. Crede 365 Whou þey curry kinges & her back claweþ.

†b. intransitive or absol. To employ flattery or blandishment, so as to cajole or win favour: cf. 5.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour [verb (intransitive)]

fain?c1225

fawnc1325

to make placebo1340

fagea1382

curryc1400

to curry favela1420

to claw (a person's) toea1500

to curry favour?1518

to be at the school of placebo1554

to play (with) placebo1583

insinuatea1593

wriggle1601

lick1602

sycophantize1605

gnathonize1619

pickthank1621

supparasitate1623

ingratiate1647

slaver1730

toad-eat1766

slaum1787

to eat (any one's) toads1788

toad1802

bootlick1846

toady1861

to suck in1899

smoodge1906

smarm1911

arse-lick1928

bum-suck1930

to suck round1931

ass-lick1937

brown-nose1939

suck-hole1961

weasel1980

c1400 Test. Love (1560) i. 280 b/1 Tho curreiden glosours, tho welcomeden flatterers.

1574 Brieff Disc. Troubles Franckford p. cxcv Such as..can cap it can cope it an curry for aduantage.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. i. 66 I would curry with maister Shallow.

1830 A. W. Fonblanque Eng. under Seven Admin. (1837) II. 51 His Grace meant he was currying to the Duke of Newcastle.

†a. to curry favel: to use insincere flattery, or unworthy compliance with the humour of another, in order to gain personal advantage. (Cf. curry-favel n. below.) [ < Old French estriller fauvel (fauveau , fauvain , also torcher fauvel ) to curry the chestnut horse, hence, to employ deceit or hypocrisy, to gloze; compare favel adj. and n.]

ΘΚΠ

fain?c1225

fawnc1325

to make placebo1340

fagea1382

curryc1400

to curry favela1420

to claw (a person's) toea1500

to curry favour?1518

to be at the school of placebo1554

to play (with) placebo1583

insinuatea1593

wriggle1601

lick1602

sycophantize1605

gnathonize1619

pickthank1621

supparasitate1623

ingratiate1647

slaver1730

toad-eat1766

slaum1787

to eat (any one's) toads1788

toad1802

bootlick1846

toady1861

to suck in1899

smoodge1906

smarm1911

arse-lick1928

bum-suck1930

to suck round1931

ass-lick1937

brown-nose1939

suck-hole1961

weasel1980

a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 189 The knyght or squier..but he hide The trouthe and cory favelle, he not the ner is His lordes grace.

c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 24 Loke þou core not fauele ne be no flaterer.

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 362 She toke hym by the swere, As þouȝe she had lernyd cury fauel, of som olde ffrere.

c1561 Underhill Narr. Reformation (1859) 159 Accordynge to the olde provearbe..He thatt wylle in courte abyde Must cory favelle bake and syde, for souche gett moste gayne.

1570 T. Wilson tr. Demosthenes 3 Orations 77 While they tell you a faire tale and curry fauell with you.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 108 Her pickthanke favourits, who to currie Fauell, spared not [etc.].

b. Later, this phrase was transformed into to curry favour: to seek to win favour, or ingratiate oneself with another, by officious courtesy or unworthy complaisance.

ΘΚΠ

fain?c1225

fawnc1325

to make placebo1340

fagea1382

curryc1400

to curry favela1420

to claw (a person's) toea1500

to curry favour?1518

to be at the school of placebo1554

to play (with) placebo1583

insinuatea1593

wriggle1601

lick1602

sycophantize1605

gnathonize1619

pickthank1621

supparasitate1623

ingratiate1647

slaver1730

toad-eat1766

slaum1787

to eat (any one's) toads1788

toad1802

bootlick1846

toady1861

to suck in1899

smoodge1906

smarm1911

arse-lick1928

bum-suck1930

to suck round1931

ass-lick1937

brown-nose1939

suck-hole1961

weasel1980

?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. H^v Flatter nat as do some With none, cory fauell.

1557 Bible (Whittingham) Matt. viii. 20 (note) He thoght by this meanes to courry fauour with the worlde.

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 470 [It] was then by him published to curry favour with the Royalists.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 250 A set of bravos who..attempted to curry favour with the government by affronting members of the opposition.

1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xxiii. 472 Gossiping traders who seek to curry their favour.

†c. Hence occasionally in other phrases of kindred meaning, as to curry acquaintance, to curry good will, to curry applause, to curry friends, to curry pardon.

ΘΚΠ

curryc1571

c1571 E. Campion Two Bks. Hist. Ireland (1963) ii. ix. 120 He curryed acquaintaunce and affynytie withe mere Iryshe enemyes.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1303/2 He..seeketh all waies he could to currie the bishops good will.

1630 A. Symmer Rest for Weary i. sig. Aiv^v The proud and ambitious man..curryes the applause of the world with all his might.

a1745 J. Swift Dan Jackson's Reply in Poems 'Tis true indeed, to curry friends, You seem to praise to make amends.

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1838) III. 250 Currying pardon for his past liberalism by charging..himself with the guilt of falsehood.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† curryv.²

Etymology: perhaps derived < currier, common 16–18th cent. form of courier , as if to ride post, to post. Compare scurry v.

Obsolete.

intransitive. To ride or run with haste or rapidity; to scurry.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > going swiftly on foot > go swiftly on foot [verb (intransitive)] > scurry or scamper

scuttlea1450

scuddle1577

curry1608

scamper1691

brattle1725

scurry1810

chevya1825

skitter1845

skelter1852

hurry and scurry1857

skeeter1964

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move with urgent speed

rempeOE

fuseOE

rakeOE

hiec1175

i-fusec1275

rekec1275

hastec1300

pellc1300

platc1300

startc1300

buskc1330

rapc1330

rapec1330

skip1338

firk1340

chase1377

raikc1390

to hie one's waya1400

catchc1400

start?a1505

spur1513

hasten1534

to make speed1548

post1553

hurry1602

scud1602

curry1608

to put on?1611

properate1623

post-haste1628

whirryc1630

dust1650

kite1854

to get a move on1888

to hump it1888

belt1890

to get (or put) one's skates on1895

hotfoot1896

to rattle one's dags1968

shimmy1969

1608 G. Chapman Conspiracie Duke of Byron v. sig. H4 I am not hee that can..by midnight leape my horse, curry seauen miles [etc.].

1623 J. Taylor New Discouery by Sea sig. A3 We with our Wherry..Along the christall Thames did cut and curry.

1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. F^v A Sermon is soon curryed over.

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curryv.³

Brit.

/ˈkʌri/, U.S.

/ˈkəri/

Etymology: < curry n.²

transitive. To flavour or prepare with curry or curry-powder.

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1839 Britannia 12 May The culinary skill by which..Lord John Russell curried unfortunate Lord Morpeth into the yellow resemblance of a statesman.

1845 E. Acton Mod. Cookery xiv. 351 (heading) Curried oysters.

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释义	† curryn.¹ Forms: In Middle English curray. Etymology: < French corroi 13th cent. (Anglo-Norman corrai ), Old French also conroi* , conrei , etc., with the primary sense ‘preparation’: see conrey n., and curry v.¹ Obsolete. rare. The currying or dressing of leather. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > [noun] > other processes of treating leather curryc1430 currying1481 fire-curing1844 buffing1856 boarding1870 pebbling1875 skivinga1884 nourishment1897 seasoning1897 samming1909 c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) ii. xiii. 52 a A skin wrought by good curray. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). curryn.² Brit. /ˈkʌri/, U.S. /ˈkəri/ Forms: (1500s carriel, 1600s carree), 1700s carrye, curree, kerry, 1700s– currie, curry. Etymology: < Tamil kari sauce, relish for rice, Kannada karil, whence Portuguese caril, and earlier English and French forms; modern French is cari. 1. A preparation of meat, fish, fruit, or vegetables, cooked with a quantity of bruised spices and turmeric, and used as a relish or flavouring, esp. for dishes composed of or served with rice. Hence, a curry = a dish or stew (of rice, meat, etc.) flavoured with this preparation (or with curry-powder). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > curry-powder or -paste curry1598 masala1780 curry-powder1810 curry-paste1855 mulligatawny paste1858 garam masala1954 gochujang1966 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > food by way of preparation > [noun] > highly seasoned dish curry1598 hogo1649 haut-goût1656 devilment1775 devil1786 piquant1843 pol sambol1949 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xlviii. 88/2 Most of their fish is eaten with rice, that they seeth in broth which they put upon the rice, and is somewhat sowre..but it tasteth well, and is called Carriil. 1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon 12 They..boyl them [fruits] to make Carrees, to use the Portuguez word, that is somewhat to eat with and relish their Rice. 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery 52 To make a Currey the India way. 1757 J. H. Grose Voy. E.-Indies x. 241 The currees are infinitely various, being a sort of fricacees, to eat with rice, made of any animals or vegetables. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Lett. If you can come to dinner, there's a curry. 1891 Sharman Fam. Cookery 16 Pour the curry on the dish with the rice. 2. to give (a person) curry: see quot. 1941. Australian slang. ΚΠ 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 21 To give someone curry, to abuse, reprove, express anger at a person. 1944 Coast to Coast 1943 113 I'd like him not to be writing! Wouldn't I give him curry! 1944 Coast to Coast 1943 124 I'm going to give those old tarts a bit of curry to-night, Ron. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. vi. 120 A man who attacks another is said..to give him curry or curried hell. Compounds C1. General attributive. curry-sauce n. ΚΠ 1845 E. Acton Mod. Cookery viii. 210 Currie sauce, highly onioned, is frequently served. 1948 Good Housek. Cookery Bk. 280 Curry sauce..is much improved by the addition of 1 tbsp. cream immediately before use. curry-stuff n. ΚΠ 1860 J. E. Tennent Ceylon (new ed.) II. ix. iv. 463 Plots of esculents and curry stuffs of every variety, onions, chillies, yams. C2. curry-leaf tree n. a name for Bergera Königii, the aromatic leaves of which are used to flavour curries. curry-paste n. preparations of turmeric and strong spices, for making curried dishes. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > curry-powder or -paste curry1598 masala1780 curry-powder1810 curry-paste1855 mulligatawny paste1858 garam masala1954 gochujang1966 1855 E. Acton Mod. Cookery (rev. ed.) i. 45 A large tablespoonful of Captain White's currie-paste. 1906 Mrs. Beeton's Bk. Househ. Managem. (rev. ed.) xv. 450 Add the stock, curry-paste, sliced apple. curry-powder n. see curry-paste n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > curry-powder or -paste curry1598 masala1780 curry-powder1810 curry-paste1855 mulligatawny paste1858 garam masala1954 gochujang1966 1810 R. J. Thornton Family Herbal 12 Turmeric..a principal ingredient in the composition of curry-powder. 1883 I. L. Bishop in Leisure Hour 146/1 Curry is at each meal, but it is not made with curry powder. Draft additions June 2004 curry house n. chiefly British colloquial a restaurant which serves curry; an Indian restaurant. ΚΠ 1883 J. Fiske Let. 9 Mar. (1940) 494 Last evening I dressed in ulster, fur cap and arctics and went out to dine at Halford's Anglo-Indian Curry-House. 1976 Times 7 Aug. 11/2 An old ‘silver lounge’ squashed between curry house and camera shop in an east Kent suburban High Street. 2000 M. Gayle Turning Thirty xxviii. 120 We had this absolutely mad night out—curry houses, late-night members-only drinking clubs, hotel bars, the lot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † curryn.³ Forms: Also 1500s curee, curie; also currie. Etymology: < French curée, in 14–15th cent. cuirée , < cuir hide, corresponding to a Latin type coriāta lit. hide-ful, skin-ful, the entrails of the deer being given to the hounds on the skin: see Littré, and Notes to Sir Tristrem* (1886) l. 474. Compare quarry n.¹ Obsolete or archaic. The portions of an animal slain in the chase that were given to the hounds; the cutting up and disembowelling of the game; transferred any prey thrown to the hounds to be torn in pieces, or seized and torn in pieces by wild beasts: see quarry n.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > [noun] > reward for hounds rightc1330 fee14.. hallowc1420 rewardc1425 curryc1500 quarre1562 dole1575 the world > food and drink > hunting > [noun] > cutting up curry1600 c1500 Melusine (1895) xix. 99 Þe herte..was hadde out of the watre and the curee made & gyue to the houndes as custome is to doo. 1600 Earle of Gowries Conspiracie sig. A4 ^v His maiesty not staying vpon the curry of the Deire, (as his vse is). ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xvi. 145 A den of wolves..New come from currie of a stag. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xvi. 693 Two fierce kings of beasts, oppos'd in strife about a hind Slain on the forehead of a hill, both sharp and hungry set, And to the currie never came but like two deaths they met. 1830 R. Chambers Life James I I. ix. 247 It was James's practice to superintend the curry or dissection of the deer. 1859 A. Helps Friends in Council New Ser. II. vi. 134 A bill is thrown before the house as the curée to the hounds; and it is torn to pieces by everybody.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † curryn.⁴ Apparently an error for carry n.¹ 1. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > cart (usually two-wheeled) > small or light putt1313 butt1663 currya1682 dog cart1799 Whitechapel cart1839 Whitechapel1842 tum-tum1863 a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1684) i. 11 Whereof one would lade a Curry or small Cart. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). curryadj. Brit. /ˈkʌri/, U.S. /ˈkəri/, Caribbean English /ˈkʌri/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: curried adj.² Etymology: Shortened < curried adj.²; compare curry n.² Originally and chiefly Caribbean. attributive. Curried, esp. in a Caribbean style. Esp. in curry goat. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > seasoning > [adjective] > flavoured with curry curried1845 curry1938 1938 Z. N. Hurston Tell my Horse i. ii. 25 It is to be remembered that curry goat is a strong feed, so they could not have femalish music around there. 1945 Daily Gleaner (Jamaica) 14 Dec. 11/1 The menu includes: Curry goat and rice. 1994 New Paper (Singapore) 1 Oct. 14/4 I'll prepare his favourite curry chicken and nasi lemak when he comes home. 2001 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch (Nexis) 4 Oct. d37 The menu includes jerk chicken, a typical Caribbean dish, but there's also curry beef, goat and shrimp. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021). curryv.¹ Brit. /ˈkʌri/, U.S. /ˈkəri/ Forms: Middle English (?) courey, Middle English–1600s cory, corry, Middle English–1500s cury, Middle English corroye, coraye, corey, ( core), curray, (past tense plural curreiden), couray, 1500s courye, courie, currey, 1500s–1600s courrie, courry, currie, Middle English– curry. Etymology: < Old French correie-r, coree-r, originally conreder, conreer, cunreer, conraer , conraier to put in order, prepare, arrange, dispose, equip, apparel, curry a horse; in Palsgrave and Cotgrave courroyer , modern French corroyer to curry leather, = Provençal conrear to arrange, to entertain, Italian corredare to equip, furnish, deck out, fit out (a bride or a ship) < early Romance conrēdāre to prepare, make ready, etc.: see conrey n.In Old French the diphthong ei, oi, in the second syllable, belongs originally only to the stressed forms, whence it has been extended to all. The 16th cent. form courroyer* seems to have been assimilated to courroye, courroie < Latin corrigia thong, leather strap. 1. a. transitive. To rub down or dress (a horse, ass, etc.) with a comb. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [verb (transitive)] > groom horse curryc1290 scrub13.. shruba1400 kembc1400 dress1510 to rub down1593 wispa1598 curry-comb1708 groom1809 strap1854 c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 61/251 And selde heo [an ass] is i-coureyd [? i-conreyd] wel. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xli. 1190 The colte is nouȝt ylitered wiþ strawe, nouþer ycorrayed [a1425 Pierpont Morgan coreyed] wiþ horse combe. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1840) 53 Lik as he wold coraye his maystres hors. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. x. sig. Cii^v Ye a shorte horse is soone corryd (quoth shee). 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xiii. 31 It may suffize to rubbe and courrie the hounde three times in a weeke. 1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet 3 Who would currie an Asse with an Iuorie combe? 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice iii. 20 First let your Groome vncloath him, then currie, rubbe, picke, and dresse him. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Travelling Horse Ever where the Horse's hair is thinnest there curry the gentlest. 1841 W. Irving Chron. Wolfert's Roost (1855) 232 Her hide is daily curried and brushed. b. Applied to persons. ΚΠ 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiii. 223 Thou art that fine, foolish..Alexander that tendest to nothing but to combe & cury thy haire. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. O3 Currying & smudging and pranking himselfe. 1733 G. Cheyne Eng. Malady ii. xii. 243 The Parts affected..being first well curried with a Flesh Brush. 1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xx. 245 She curries with towels The Chamber-maid's bowels. c. figurative: To tickle, scrape, scratch, claw, etc. ΚΠ 1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia v. sig. D7 We shall be curried with the briske phrases, And prick-song termes he hath premeditate. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe v. sig. H2^v You shall go on fidling..curry your instruments: play and away. 1655 T. Fuller Hist. Univ. Cambr. vi. 102 in Church-hist. Brit. Indeed with his learned Lectures, he..curried the lazy Hides of many an idle and ignorant Frier. 2. a. To dress (tanned leather) by soaking, scraping, paring, beating, colouring, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > work with skins [verb (transitive)] > other processes curry14.. shave1467 dress1511 slaughter1603 raise1607 scutch1688 chamois1728 braya1835 break1842 fellmonger1843 fire-cure1848 crimp1849 board1860 pebble1862 soft-board1878 sam1883 stock1883 nourish1884 buff1885 pinwheel1885 sammy1885 wheel1885 unlime1888 14.. Chalmerlan Air c. 22 (Jam.) Item, thai wirk it [lethir] or it be courait. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 110 Currayyn ledyr..corradio. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos vii. 30 The hide of an oxe whiche [she] dyd doo corroye well. 1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 19 Preamb. Upon peyne of forfeitur of every hyde by hym so corryed. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 171 Those skins which are to be courried and dressed. 1639 Sc. Acts, Chas. I (1870) V. App. 610/1 Edward Spencer Corier, craving libertie to buy hydis..and vent the same being Coried. 1714 tr. French Bk. of Rates 142 All Leather, tanned or curried, coming from Foreign Parts. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock III. vii. 204 I made the deer's hide be curried and dressed by a tanner. †b. To work iron in the forge. Obsolete. [ < French corroyer du fer.] ΚΠ 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iii. 55 Spanish Steel..sometimes proves very unsound, as not being well curried, that is well wrought. 3. transferred. To beat or thrash one's hide for him, give a drubbing to. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > beat threshOE beatc1000 to lay on?c1225 chastise1362 rapa1400 dressc1405 lack?c1475 paya1500 currya1529 coil1530 cuff1530 baste1533 thwack1533 lick1535 firka1566 trounce1568 fight1570 course1585 bumfeage1589 feague1589 lamback1589 lambskin1589 tickle1592 thrash1593 lam1595 bumfeagle1598 comb1600 fer1600 linge1600 taw1600 tew1600 thrum1604 feeze1612 verberate1614 fly-flap1620 tabor1624 lambaste1637 feak1652 flog1676 to tan (a person's) hide1679 slipper1682 liquora1689 curry-comb1708 whack1721 rump1735 screenge1787 whale1790 lather1797 tat1819 tease1819 larrup1823 warm1824 haze1825 to put (a person) through a course of sprouts1839 flake1841 swish1856 hide1875 triangle1879 to give (a person or thing) gyp1887 soak1892 to loosen (a person's) hide1902 a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Eiii For myrth I haue hym coryed beten and blyst. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 504/2 She hath curryed hym with a good staffe. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie C 1665 He hath well Curried thy cote. a1625 J. Fletcher Island Princesse iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ooo4/1 I have seene him Curry a fellowes carcasse handsomely. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth V. 227 This is the great Sir Francis Vere, That so the Spaniards curry'd. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. vii. 139 He swore..that..he'd curry his hide till he made him run out of it like a snake in spring time. †4. a. figurative. To ‘stroke down’ (a person) with flattery or blandishment. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > flatter [verb (transitive)] flatter?c1225 flackera1250 slickc1250 blandishc1305 blandc1315 glozec1330 beflatter1340 curryc1394 elkena1400 glaverc1400 anointa1425 glotherc1480 losenge1480 painta1513 to hold in halsc1560 soothe1580 smooth1584 smooth1591 soothe1601 pepper1654 palp1657 smoothify1694 butter1700 asperse1702 palaver1713 blarney1834 sawder1834 soft-soap1835 to cock up1838 soft-solder1838 soother1842 behoney1845 soap1853 beslaver1861 beslobber1868 smarm1902 sugar1923 sweetmouth1948 smooth-talk1950 c1394 P. Pl. Crede 365 Whou þey curry kinges & her back claweþ. †b. intransitive or absol. To employ flattery or blandishment, so as to cajole or win favour: cf. 5. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour [verb (intransitive)] fain?c1225 fawnc1325 to make placebo1340 fagea1382 curryc1400 to curry favela1420 to claw (a person's) toea1500 to curry favour?1518 to be at the school of placebo1554 to play (with) placebo1583 insinuatea1593 wriggle1601 lick1602 sycophantize1605 gnathonize1619 pickthank1621 supparasitate1623 ingratiate1647 slaver1730 toad-eat1766 slaum1787 to eat (any one's) toads1788 toad1802 bootlick1846 toady1861 to suck in1899 smoodge1906 smarm1911 arse-lick1928 bum-suck1930 to suck round1931 ass-lick1937 brown-nose1939 suck-hole1961 weasel1980 c1400 Test. Love (1560) i. 280 b/1 Tho curreiden glosours, tho welcomeden flatterers. 1574 Brieff Disc. Troubles Franckford p. cxcv Such as..can cap it can cope it an curry for aduantage. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. i. 66 I would curry with maister Shallow. View more context for this quotation 1830 A. W. Fonblanque Eng. under Seven Admin. (1837) II. 51 His Grace meant he was currying to the Duke of Newcastle. 5. †a. to curry favel: to use insincere flattery, or unworthy compliance with the humour of another, in order to gain personal advantage. (Cf. curry-favel n. below.) [ < Old French estriller fauvel (fauveau , fauvain , also torcher fauvel ) to curry the chestnut horse, hence, to employ deceit or hypocrisy, to gloze; compare favel adj. and n.] ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour [verb (intransitive)] fain?c1225 fawnc1325 to make placebo1340 fagea1382 curryc1400 to curry favela1420 to claw (a person's) toea1500 to curry favour?1518 to be at the school of placebo1554 to play (with) placebo1583 insinuatea1593 wriggle1601 lick1602 sycophantize1605 gnathonize1619 pickthank1621 supparasitate1623 ingratiate1647 slaver1730 toad-eat1766 slaum1787 to eat (any one's) toads1788 toad1802 bootlick1846 toady1861 to suck in1899 smoodge1906 smarm1911 arse-lick1928 bum-suck1930 to suck round1931 ass-lick1937 brown-nose1939 suck-hole1961 weasel1980 a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 189 The knyght or squier..but he hide The trouthe and cory favelle, he not the ner is His lordes grace. c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 24 Loke þou core not fauele ne be no flaterer. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 362 She toke hym by the swere, As þouȝe she had lernyd cury fauel, of som olde ffrere. c1561 Underhill Narr. Reformation (1859) 159 Accordynge to the olde provearbe..He thatt wylle in courte abyde Must cory favelle bake and syde, for souche gett moste gayne. 1570 T. Wilson tr. Demosthenes 3 Orations 77 While they tell you a faire tale and curry fauell with you. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 108 Her pickthanke favourits, who to currie Fauell, spared not [etc.]. b. Later, this phrase was transformed into to curry favour: to seek to win favour, or ingratiate oneself with another, by officious courtesy or unworthy complaisance. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour [verb (intransitive)] fain?c1225 fawnc1325 to make placebo1340 fagea1382 curryc1400 to curry favela1420 to claw (a person's) toea1500 to curry favour?1518 to be at the school of placebo1554 to play (with) placebo1583 insinuatea1593 wriggle1601 lick1602 sycophantize1605 gnathonize1619 pickthank1621 supparasitate1623 ingratiate1647 slaver1730 toad-eat1766 slaum1787 to eat (any one's) toads1788 toad1802 bootlick1846 toady1861 to suck in1899 smoodge1906 smarm1911 arse-lick1928 bum-suck1930 to suck round1931 ass-lick1937 brown-nose1939 suck-hole1961 weasel1980 ?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. H^v Flatter nat as do some With none, cory fauell. 1557 Bible (Whittingham) Matt. viii. 20 (note) He thoght by this meanes to courry fauour with the worlde. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 470 [It] was then by him published to curry favour with the Royalists. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 250 A set of bravos who..attempted to curry favour with the government by affronting members of the opposition. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xxiii. 472 Gossiping traders who seek to curry their favour. †c. Hence occasionally in other phrases of kindred meaning, as to curry acquaintance, to curry good will, to curry applause, to curry friends, to curry pardon. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour with [verb (transitive)] > obtain by > seek to curryc1571 c1571 E. Campion Two Bks. Hist. Ireland (1963) ii. ix. 120 He curryed acquaintaunce and affynytie withe mere Iryshe enemyes. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1303/2 He..seeketh all waies he could to currie the bishops good will. 1630 A. Symmer Rest for Weary i. sig. Aiv^v The proud and ambitious man..curryes the applause of the world with all his might. a1745 J. Swift Dan Jackson's Reply in Poems 'Tis true indeed, to curry friends, You seem to praise to make amends. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1838) III. 250 Currying pardon for his past liberalism by charging..himself with the guilt of falsehood. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † curryv.² Etymology: perhaps derived < currier, common 16–18th cent. form of courier , as if to ride post, to post. Compare scurry v. Obsolete. intransitive. To ride or run with haste or rapidity; to scurry. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > going swiftly on foot > go swiftly on foot [verb (intransitive)] > scurry or scamper scuttlea1450 scuddle1577 curry1608 scamper1691 brattle1725 scurry1810 chevya1825 skitter1845 skelter1852 hurry and scurry1857 skeeter1964 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move with urgent speed rempeOE fuseOE rakeOE hiec1175 i-fusec1275 rekec1275 hastec1300 pellc1300 platc1300 startc1300 buskc1330 rapc1330 rapec1330 skip1338 firk1340 chase1377 raikc1390 to hie one's waya1400 catchc1400 start?a1505 spur1513 hasten1534 to make speed1548 post1553 hurry1602 scud1602 curry1608 to put on?1611 properate1623 post-haste1628 whirryc1630 dust1650 kite1854 to get a move on1888 to hump it1888 belt1890 to get (or put) one's skates on1895 hotfoot1896 to rattle one's dags1968 shimmy1969 1608 G. Chapman Conspiracie Duke of Byron v. sig. H4 I am not hee that can..by midnight leape my horse, curry seauen miles [etc.]. 1623 J. Taylor New Discouery by Sea sig. A3 We with our Wherry..Along the christall Thames did cut and curry. 1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. F^v A Sermon is soon curryed over. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). curryv.³ Brit. /ˈkʌri/, U.S. /ˈkəri/ Etymology: < curry n.² transitive. To flavour or prepare with curry or curry-powder. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > seasoning > season [verb (transitive)] > flavour with curry curry1839 1839 Britannia 12 May The culinary skill by which..Lord John Russell curried unfortunate Lord Morpeth into the yellow resemblance of a statesman. 1845 E. Acton Mod. Cookery xiv. 351 (heading) Curried oysters. 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