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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Curried \Cur"ried\ (-r?d), p. a. [See Curry, v. t., and
   Curry, n.]
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   1. Dressed by currying; cleaned; prepared.
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   2. Prepared with curry; as, curried rice, fowl, etc.
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Curry \Cur"ry\ (k?r"r?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curried (-r?d);
   p. pr. & vb. n. Currying.] [OE. curraien, curreien, OF.
   cunreer, correier, to prepare, arrange, furnish, curry (a
   horse), 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.
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   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.
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            Your short horse is soon curried.     --Beau. & FL.
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   3. To beat or bruise; to drub; -- said of persons.
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            I have seen him curry a fellow's carcass handsomely.
                                                  --Beau. & FL.
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   To curry favor, to seek to gain favor by flattery or
      attentions. See Favor, n.
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Thesaurus Results for Curried:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
baked, boiled, braised, brisk, broiled, browned, burning, coddled, cooked, deviled, fired, fricasseed, fried, grilled, heated, high-seasoned, hot, hot as pepper, lively, nippy, oven-baked, pan-broiled, parboiled, peppery, poached, racy, roast, roasted, sauteed, scalloped, seared, seasoned, shirred, snappy, spiced, spicy, steamed, stewed, tangy, toasted, with a kick, zestful, zesty, zippy
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