Webster's Dictionary 1828

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CURLY

CURLY, adjective Having curls; tending to curl; full of ripples.

6023

CURMUDGEON

CURMUDGEON, noun An avaricious churlish fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl.

6024

CURMUDGEONLY

CURMUDGEONLY, adjective Avaricious; covetous; niggardly; churlish.

6025

CURRANT

CURRANT, noun [from Corinth.]1. The fruit of a well known shrub belonging to the genus Ribes, of which Grossularia is now considered a species; the grossberry or gooseberry and ...

6026

CURRENCY

CURRENCY, noun [See Current.]1. Literally, flowing, running or passing; a continued or uninterrupted course, like that of a stream; as the currency of time.2. A continued course...

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CURRENT

CURRENT, adjective [Latin, to flow or run.]1. Literally, flowing, running, passing. Hence, passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulating; as current opinions;...

6028

CURRENTLY

CURRENTLY, adjective In constant motion; with continued progression. Hence, commonly; generally; popularly; with general reception; as, the story is currently reported and belie...

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CURRENTNESS

CURRENTNESS, noun1. Currency; circulation; general reception.2. Fluency; easiness of pronunciation. [Not much used.]

6030

CURRICLE

CURRICLE, noun [Latin, to run.]1. A chaise or carriage, with two wheels, drawn by two horses abreast.2. A chariot. [Not in use.]3. A course. [Not in use.]

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CURRIED

CURRIED, participle passive [See Curry.] Dressed by currying; dressed as leather; cleaned; prepared.

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CURRIER

CURRIER, noun [Latin See Curry.] A man who dresses and colors leather, after it is tanned.

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CURRISH

CURRISH, adjective [See Cur.] Like a cur; having the qualities of a cur; brutal; malignant; snappish; snarling; churlish; intractable; quarrelsome.

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CURRISHLY

CURRISHLY, adverb Like a cur; in a brutal manner.

6035

CURRISHNESS

CURRISHNESS, noun Moroseness; churlishness.

6036

CURRY

CURRY, verb transitive [Latin, to scrape; scrape, from cutting.]1. To dress leather, after it is tanned; to soak, pare or scrape, cleanse, beat and color tanned hides, and prepa...

6037

CURRY-COMB

CURRY-COMB, noun [See Comb.] An iron instrument or comb, for rubbing and cleaning horses.

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CURRYING

CURRYING, participle present tense Scraping and dressing; cleaning; scratching.

6039

CURSE

CURSE, verb transitivepreterit tense and participle passive cursed or curst.1. To utter a wish of evil against one; to imprecate evil upon; to call for mischief or injury to fal...

6040

CURSED

CURSED, participle passive1. Execrated; afflicted; vexed; tormented; blasted by a curse.2. Devoted to destruction.Thou art cursed from the earth. Genesis 4:11.3.adjective Deserv...

6041

CURSEDLY

CURSEDLY, adverb In a cursed manner; enormously; miserably; in a manner to be cursed or detested. [A low word.]

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CURSEDNESS

CURSEDNESS, noun The state of being under a curse, or of being doomed to execration or to evil.

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CURSER

CURSER, noun One who curses, or utters a curse.

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CURSHIP

CURSHIP, noun [See Cur.] Dogship; meanness; ill-nature.

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CURSING

CURSING, participle present tense Execrating; imprecating evil on; denouncing evil; dooming to evil, misery, or vexation.CURSING, noun Execration; the uttering of a curse; a doo...

6046

CURSITOR

CURSITOR, noun [Latin, to run.] In England, a clerk in the court of chancery, whose business is to make out original writs. In the statute 18 Edward III, the cursitors are calle...

6047

CURSIVE

CURSIVE, adjective [See Course and Current.] Running; flowing. cursive hand is a running hand.

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CURSORARY

CURSORARY, adjective Cursory; hasty. [Not in use.]