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treat by incorporating fat; "curry tanned leather"

season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking

treat by incorporating fat; "curry tanned leather"

To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather.

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.

To beat or bruise; to drub; -- said of persons.

A kind of sauce much used in India, containing garlic, pepper, ginger, and other strong spices.

A stew of fowl, fish, or game, cooked with curry.

To flavor or cook with curry.

To dress after tanning; said of leather; beat; to rub down and clean; as, to curry a horse; to seek to gain favor by flattery.

A highly spiced East Indian sauce; a stew of rice, etc., flavored with this spice.

Curried.

Currying.

A kind of sauce or seasoning much used in India and elsewhere, and compounded of pepper, ginger, and other spices: a stew mixed with currypowder.

To dress leather: to rub down and dress a horse: to beat: to scratch:-pr.p. currying; pa.p. curried.

A spicy E. Indian condiment; dish dressed with curry.

To dress leather; comb and rub a horse.

To clean or groom, as a horse.

To dress for use, as leather.

A pungent sauce, or a dish served with it.

A kind of sauce much used in India; a stew of fowl, fish, &c., cooked with curry sauce.

To season with curry. Curry-powder, a condiment of cayenne pepper, coriander-seed, black pepper, mushroom powder, and cumin.

To dress leather after it is tanned: to rub and clean with a comb; to thrash. To curry favour, to seek favour by flattery.

To dress leather after being tanned; to rub and clean a horse with a comb.

Sometimes currie, a highly-spiced condiment much used throughout India; a dish flavoured with curry.

To prepare with curry; curry-powder, a powder consisting of many ingredients for making curries.

n. [Persian] A stew of fowl, fish, &c., cooked with curry-powder.