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Cur·ry v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curried p. pr. & vb. n. Currying.]
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.
fa·vel, n. A horse of a favel or dun color.
To curry favel. See To curry favor, under Favor, n.
fa·vor n.
1. Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.
Hath crawled into the favor of the king. --Shak.
2. The act of countenancing, or the condition of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion; befriending.
But found no favor in his lady's eyes. --Dryden.
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. --Luke ii. 52.
3. A kind act or office; kindness done or granted; benevolence shown by word or deed; an act of grace or good will, as distinct from justice or remuneration.
Beg one favor at thy gracious hand. --Shak.
4. Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.
I could not discover the lenity and favor of this sentence. --Swift.
5. The object of regard; person or thing favored.
All these his wondrous works, but chiefly man,
His chief delight and favor. --Milton.
6. A gift or present; something bestowed as an evidence of good will; a token of love; a knot of ribbons; something worn as a token of affection; as, a marriage favor is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding.
Wear thou this favor for me, and stick it in thy cap. --Shak.
7. Appearance; look; countenance; face. [Obs.]
This boy is fair, of female favor. --Shak.
8. Law Partiality; bias.
9. A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received.
10. pl. Love locks. [Obs.]
Challenge to the favor or Challenge for favor Law, the challenge of a juror on grounds not sufficient to constitute a principal challenge, but sufficient to give rise to a probable suspicion of favor or bias, such as acquaintance, business relation, etc. See Principal challenge, under Challenge.
In favor of, upon the side of; favorable to; for the advantage of.
In favor with, favored, countenanced, or encouraged by.
To curry favor
With one's favor, or By one's favor, with leave; by kind permission.
But, with your favor, I will treat it here. --Dryden.
Syn: -- Kindness; countenance; patronage; support; lenity; grace; gift; present; benefit.
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