currying

Variant of curry

transitive verb curried, currying

  1. to use a curry comb
  2. to prepare (tanned leather) by soaking, scraping, cleaning, beating, etc.
  3. to beat or flog

Origin: ME curraien < OFr correier, conreder, to put in order < VL *corredare < L com-, with + -red-, base appearing in *arredare: for IE base see ride

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