Currying

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  currying
       
          Turning an uncurried function into a {curried function}.