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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 currying
 加脂操作

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.