1. A small or short course.
Upon a curricle in this world depends a long course of the next.
Sir T. Browne.
2. A two-wheeled chaise drawn by two horses abreast.
Curriculum
(Cur*ric"u*lum) n.; pl. E. Curriculums L. Curricula [L. See Curricle.]
1. A race course; a place for running.
2. A course; particularly, a specified fixed course of study, as in a university.
Currie
(Cur"rie) n. & v. See 2d & 3d Curry.
Curried
(Cur"ried) p. a. [See Curry, v. t., and Curry, n.]
1. Dressed by currying; cleaned; prepared.
2. Prepared with curry; as, curried rice, fowl, etc.
Currier
(Cur"ri*er) n. [From 1st Curry.] One who curries and dresses leather, after it is tanned.
Currish
(Cur"rish) a. [From Cur.] Having the qualities, or exhibiting the characteristics, of a cur; snarling; quarrelsome; snappish; churlish; hence,
also malicious; malignant; brutal.
Thy currish spirit
Governed a wolf.
Shak.
Some currish plot, — some trick.
Lockhart.
— Cur"rish*ly, adv. — Cur"rish*ness, n.
Curry
(Cur"ry) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curried (-r?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Currying.] [OE. curraien, curreien,
OF. cunreer, correier, to prepare, arrange, furnish, curry 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.
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.
