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fctVn. Eafmefs of pronunciation.— When fubftantialnefs 
combineth with deliglrfulnefs, and currentnefs with ftay- 
ednefs, how can the language found other than moft full 
of fweetnefs r Camden. 
CUR'RF.R, a town of Hindooftan, in the country of 
Vifiapour : fixty miles weft of Viiiapour, and twenty-two 
fouth-fo uth-eaft of Sattarah. 
CUR'RICLE, f. See Coracle. 
CUR'RIER, f. [coriaius, Lat.] One who dreftes and 
pares leather for thofe who make (hoes, boots, &c. 
Ufelefs to the currier were their hides; 
Nor could their tainted fie(h with ocean tides 
Be freed from filth. Dry den. 
The art of the currier is chiefly direfted to foften and 
fupple cow-and calf (kins, which make the upper-lea¬ 
thers and quarters of (hoes, the coverings of (addles, 
coaches, See. and of many other utenfils deftined to keep 
out water, i. The (kins, after coming from the tanner’s 
yard, having many fleftiy fibres on them, the currier foaks 
them Come time in common water, z. He takes them 
out and ftretches them on a wooden horfe ; then with a 
paring-knife he ferapes off all the fuperfluous parts, and 
puts them to foak again. 3. He puts them wet on a hur¬ 
dle, and tramples them til! they begin to grow (oft and 
pliant. 4. He foaks and foftens them with train-oil, 
which by its undtuous quality is the beft for this pttr- 
pofe. 5. He fpreads them on large tables, and faftens 
them at the ends; then, with the help of an inftrument 
called a pummel , which is a thick piece of wood full of 
furrows crofting each other, he folds, fquares, and moves 
them forwards and backwards feveral times, under the 
teeth of this inftrument, which breaks their too great 
eallofity and ftiffnefs. This is what is properly called 
■currying. The order and number of thefe operations is 
varied by different curriers, but the material part is al¬ 
ways the fame. 6. After the (kins are curried, they may 
he coloured black, white, red, yellow, green, See. In 
order to whiten (kins, they are rubbed with chalk or 
white-lead, and afterwards with pumice-ftone. 7. When 
■a (kin is to be made black, after having oiled and dried 
it, the currier paftes over it a puff dipped in water im¬ 
pregnated with iron ; and, after his firrt wetting, he gives 
it another in a water prepared with foot, vinegar, and 
gum-arabic. Thefe different dyes gradually turn the 
(kin, and the operations are repeated till it be of a fhining 
"black. The grain and wrinkles, which contribute to the 
fupplenefs of calf and cow leather, are made by the re¬ 
iterated currying given to the (kin in every direction, 
and by the care taken to ferape oft' all hard parts on the 
colour fide. 
No currier final 1 ufe the trade of abutcher, tanner, Sec. 
.or (hall curry (kins infufficiently tanned, or ga(h any hides 
of leather, on pain of forfeiting for every hide or (kin 
fix (hillings and eight-pence. And perfons in London 
putting leather to be curried to any but freemen of the 
curriers’ company ; and fuch curriers not currying the 
. leather fufficiently, (hall forfeit the ware or the value, 
Sec. 1 Jac. I. c.22. The claufe relating to freemen is 
repealed; but if any currier do not curry leather Cent 
him, within fixteen days between Michaelmas and Lady- 
day, and in eight days at other times, on conviction be- 
’fore a juftice, he (hall forfeit five pounds, to be levied 
by diftrefs, Sc. c. yet fubjedt to mitigation, iz Geo. \\. 
c. 25. Curriers and Inch as deal in leather, may cut 
..and fell it in final 1 pieces in their (hops to any perfons 
" whatfoever. 
CUR'RISH, adj. Having the qualities of a degenerate 
^dog; brutal; four; quarrelfome ; malignant; churlifh"; 
uncivil; untraiftable ; impracticable.—She fays your dog 
was a cur; and tells you curri/h thanks is good enough 
for fuch a prefent. Shakefpeare. —Sweet ("peaking oft a 
■curri/h heart reclaims. Sidney. 
No care of juftice, nor no rule of reafon. 
Did thenceforth ever enter in his mind,^ 
JJut cruelty, the fign of curri/lC kind. ' Hubb. Tate , 
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CURRITU'CK, a county of the American States, 
fituated on the fea coaft of Edenton diftriCt, North Ca¬ 
rolina, and forms the nortb-eaft corner of the (fate ; being 
bounded e.ift by Currituck found, north by the (late ot 
Virginia, fouth by Albemarle found, and weft by Cam¬ 
den county ; containing by the cenfus 5219 inhabitants. 
Difmal Swamp lies in this county, on the fouth fide of 
Albemarle found; but is now luppofed to contain one 
of the moft valuable rice eftates in America. In the 
midft of this Difmal, which contains upwards of 350,000 
acres, is a lake of eleven miles long and ("even miles 
broad. A navigable canal, twenty feet wide and five 
miles and a half long, connects the waters of the lake 
with the head of Skuppernong river. About five hun¬ 
dred yards from the lake, the proprietors have eredted 
feveral faw-mills : and as the water of the lake is higher 
than the banks of the canal, the company can at any 
time lay under water about ten thoufand acres of rich 
fwamp, admirably fitted for rice. 
CURRITU'CK, or Caratunk, a townftiip of the 
American States, in the didrift of Maine, twenty-eight 
miles above Norridge-walk. In 1792 this was the upper- 
moft fettleinent on Kennebeck river. 
CURRODRE'PANUS, f. [of currus, a chariot, and 
fytmu.vovy a ("cythe or fickle,] In antiquity, a war-chariot 
armed with feythes: fuch were tiled by the early Britons. 
CURRUMB A'US, a town of Hindoollan, on the foutli 
bank of the Ganges, and north of Furruckabad ; here 
the river is fordable in dry feafons. 
CURRUMNAS'S A, a liver of Hindooftan, which di¬ 
vides the province of Bahar from the territories of the 
nawaub of Oude, fouth of the Ganges. 
To CUR'RY, v. a. [from corium , leather, Lat.] To 
drefs leather, by beating and rubbing it. To beat; to 
drub ; to threfh ; to chaftife.—I may expeft her to take 
core of her family, and curry her hide in cafe of refufal. 
Addifon. 
A deep defign in’t to divide 
The well-aftefted that confide; 
By fetcing brother againft brother. 
To claw and curry one another. Hudibras. 
To rub a horfe with a fcratching inftrument, (o as to 
fmooth his coat, and promote his flefti.—Friftions make 
the parts more fleftiy and full; as we fee both in men, 
and in the currying of horfes,: the caufe is, for that they 
draw a greater quantity of fpirits and blood to the parts. 
Bacon. —To (cratch in kindnefs ; to rub down with flat- 
teiy; to tickle.—If I had a fuit to mafter Shallow, I 
would humour his men ; if to his men, I would curry 
with mafter Shallow. Shakefpcare. 
To Curry Favour. To become a favourite by petty cf- 
ficioufiiefs, (light kindnefles, or flattery.—This humour 
("ucceeded fo with the puppy, hat an afs would go the 
fame way to work to curry favour for hirnfelf. V E/range. 
CUR'RY COMB, /. An iron inftrument ufed for cur¬ 
rying or cleaning horfes.—He lias a clearer idea from a 
little print than from a long definition ; and fo he would 
have of Jlrigil and fijlrum, if, inftead.of a currycomb and 
cymbal, he w'ould lee.(tamped in.the.margin lmall pic¬ 
tures of thefe inftruments. Locke. 
CUR'SAY, or Curzay, a town of France, in the 
department of the Vienne, and chief place oi a canton, 
in the diftrift of Loudun : .twelve miles fouth-vveft of 
Poitiers. 
To CURSE, v. a. [Cujvpian, Sax.] To wifti evil to; 
to execrate ; to devote.— Curje me thus people; for they 
are too mighty for me. Numbers. 
What, yet again ! the third time haft thou curjl me : 
'1 his imprecation was for Laius’ death, 
And thou haft willed me like him. Dryd.cn. 
To mifehief; to afflict; to torment: 
On impious realms and barb’rous kings impofe 
Thy plagues, and curfe ’em witli fuch Cons as thofe. Pope „ 
To CURSE, v.n. To imprecate; to deny or affirm 
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