curryingn.
/ˈkʌrɪɪŋ/ 1. The action of rubbing down with a curry-comb.
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1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 120 In currying of them we must begin at the head, and the necke.
1634 T. Heywood & R. Brome Late Lancashire Witches iiii. sig. G4 The Beast..hath cost you more the currying, then all the Combs in your Stable are worth.
2.
a. The process of dressing tanned hides.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > [noun] > other processes of treating leather
curryc1430
currying1481
fire-curing1844
buffing1856
boarding1870
pebbling1875
skivinga1884
nourishment1897
seasoning1897
samming1909
1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 198 To Cordener for coreyyng of a barkyd hyde iiij. d.
1532–3 Act 24 Hen. VIII c. 1 An acte concernynge true tanninge and coriynge of lether.
1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 295 Tanned leather often undergoes the further operation of currying.
b. figurative. Drubbing, thrashing.
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1807 Salmagundi 24 Jan. 9 Nor will the gentlemen..escape our currying.
Compounds
currying-glove n. a glove with a rough surface used for currying horses.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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