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单词 curry-comb
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curry-combn.

Etymology: < curry v.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcurry-comb.
A comb or instrument of metal used for currying horses, etc.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > grooming of horses > grooming instruments
horse-comba1100
wisp1362
combc1440
mane-comb1564
curry-comb1573
scraper1581
rubber1598
teaseler1607
French brush1655
sweating-iron1753
dandy-brush1845
groomera1884
sweat-scraper1908
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 14v A currey combe, mainecombe, & whip for a Iade.
a1625 J. Fletcher Loyal Subj. i. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ddd v/2 The devill with a Currie-combe Scratch 'em, and scrub 'em.
1714 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 29 49 Rubbing and currying..with a Currycomb and Brush.
1882 H. Lansdell Through Siberia I. 137 Siberian post-horses are sorry objects to look at..A curry-comb probably never touches their coats.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations.
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1634 T. Heywood & R. Brome Late Lancashire Witches i. sig. E2 I have..then halfe a score mile to ride by currie-combe time, i' the morning.
1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man i. 15 Old Ruggins, the curry-comb-maker.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

curry-combv.

Forms: Also currycomb.
Etymology: < curry-comb n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcurry-comb.
transitive. To rub down or groom with a curry-comb; to curry. Also transferred and figurative: see curry v.1
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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
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
1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. vii. 26 The Groom..ordered one of his Underlings to..curricomb him with a Cudgel.
1809 W. Scott in C. K. Sharpe's Corr. (1888) I. 366 I would willingly embrace your offer of curry-combing Miss Owenson.
1839 Times 13 Sept. They do not believe a priest can currycomb off their sins.
1842 C. G. F. Gore Fascination 42 The principal clerk..became suddenly as serious as an ass that is being currycombed.

Derivatives

ˈcurry-comber n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > grooming of horses > currier of horse
currier1555
curry-comber1889
1889 G. Rawlinson Hist. Anc. Egypt (ed. 4) ii. 32 The Apis bull..had his train of attendant priests..his grooms and curry-combers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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