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Show 3. To twift itfelf Shekels of filver, current money with the merGen chant « Then round her {lender waitt he curl'd And famp' an image of himfelf the world Cu'riEw Lat. 1 n. [courlien Fr Tha was ftampt 2. Generall and current Hooker I have colleted the faéts, with all poffible im CURMUDGEON. n. /. [It is a vitiou manner of pronouncing ceur mechant Fr. An unknown correfpondent.] A knowin any rate rather than pafs for a poor wretch, or Locke penurious curmudgeon CurMU'DGEONLY. adj. [from curmudgeon.] Avaricious 3 covetous ; charlifh niggardly In a country where he that killed a hog invite a curmudgeonly fellow advife ho h migh Cu'RRANT . / [ribes, Lat. 1. The tree hath no prickles; the leave are large: the flower confifts of fiv leaves, placed in form of a rofe: th ovary, which arifes from the centre o the flowercup, becomes a globular fruit produced in bunches 2. A {mall dried grape: properly writte corint The butter'd currants on fat veal beftow'd And rumps of beef with virgin honey ftew'd Infipid tafte, old friend, to them who Paris know ‘Where rocombole, fhallot, and the rank garlic | grow King Cu'rrENCY. 7 /. [from current. 1. Circulation; power of pafling from han to hand ‘The currency of thofe half-penc would, in th univesfal opinion of our people, be utterly deftructive to this kingdom 2 Swift General reception as, the repor ha a long currency 3. Fluency; readinefs of utterance eafi nefs of pronunciation 4. Continuance; conftant flow; uninterrupted courfe The currency of time to eftablifh a cuftom, ough to be with a continuando from the beginning to th end of the term prefcribed Ayliffe's Parergon 5. General efteem ; the rate at which an thing is vulgasly valued He that thinketh Spain to be fome great over- match for this eftate, aflifted as it is, and may be is no good mintman, but takes greatnefs of kingdoms according to their bulk and currency, an B not after intrinfick value 6. The papers ftamped in the Englit colonies by authority, and pafling fo money CU'RRENT adj wha othe withou opinion eve hearin [currens, Latin. gar eftimation. o We are alfo to confider the difference betwee worth and merit, ftrictly taken: that is a man' intrifick, this his current, value; which is lefs o more, as men haveoccafion for him. Grew's Cofm §+ Fafhionable ;. popular Oft leaving what is natural and fit The current folly proves our ready wit And authors think their reputation fafe Which lives as long as fools are pleas'd to laugh 1. Circulatory ; pafling from hand to hand Pope 6. Paffable admitted Fouler tha fuch as ma hear thee, tho canf Dryden's Virgil 1. 1 d ‘ r"‘, qu 1 rifb thanks is good enough for fuch a prefent Shakefpeare I 2. To beat ; todrub ; to threfh; to chaftife g | - "A: deep defign in't todivid The well-affeéted that confide By fetting brother againft brother, . Hudibras To claw and curry one another o I may expet her to take care of her family, an curry her hide in cafe of refufal. Addifor's Speitator 3. To rub ‘a horfe with a fcratching in ftrument, {o as to fmooth his coat, an promote his flefh Fri€tions make the parts more flethy and_ full as we fee both in men, and in the carrying To fhine among the ftars, and bathe the gods Denbam Not fabled Po more fwells the poet's lays While through the fky his fhining current ftrays Pope 7o CURRY. @. a. [corium,leatheLat. r 1. To drefs leather, by beating and rubbing it Thy nobler ftreams fhall vifit Jove's abodes horfes: the cauf is, for that they drawa greate quantity of {pirits and blood to the parts Baco 4 To fcratch in kindnefs; to rub dow with flattery; to tickle 2. [In navigation.] Currents are certai progreflive motions of the water of th fea in feveral places, either quite dow to a -certain determi- | 5 nate depth ; by which a fhip may happen to be carried more fwiftly, or re to th IfI had a fuit to mafter Shallow, I would \hfl"'\ _mour his men; if to his men, I would carry wit Sbakgl]fl!a{tmafter Shallow the heathens, and to curry favour \fflth mfi?;;;e» This humout fucceeded fo with the puppy> tha an afs would go the fame way to work to ¢t 7o Curry Fawvour. To become favourite by petty officioufnefs, fligh kindnefles, or flattery He judged them flill over-abje&ly to fawn upo direétion of the current, with or againf the way of the fhip Harris 3. Courfe; progreflion Bacon q For Cupid deigns not wound a currifb mind. Fairf I would the were in heaven, fo the coul Entreat fome pow'r to change this curgx]b Jew bakefpeare She fays your dog was a cur ; and tells you, car Whofe fame in thine, like leffer current, s loft the walls of Sparia Warn'd by frequent ills, the way they foun To lodge their loathfome carrion under ground ; For ufelefs to the currier were their bides In fafhions wayward, and in love unkind her Eridanus no more fhall boaft The caftle of Cadmus was taken, and Thebe invefted by Phebidas the Lacedemonian infidioufly which drew on a refurprize of the caftle, arecover of the town, and a current of the war, even int Did thenceforth ever enter in his mind, = But cruelty, the fign of currifp kind. | Hubb, Tal prefently appear in another, and feem perfeétly t move like waves, fucceeding and deftroying on another; fave that their motion oftentimes feems t be quickeft, asif in that vaft fea they were carrie on by a current, or at leaft by a tide Boyle accordin A currier bought a bear-fkiofn a huntfman, an laid him down ready money for it L'Efrang No care of juftice, norno rule of reafon Thefe inequalities will vanifh in one place, an in her ‘courfe Sweet fpeaking oft a currifh heart reclaix'm;: Sidney The current, that with gentle murmur glides Thou know'ft, being ftopp'd, impatiently doth rag But his fair courfe is not hindered __He makes fweet mufick with th' enamell'd ftones Shakefpeare tarde Camden's Remaips ble 7. What is now paffing; what is at prefent in its courfe : as, zbe current year Cu'RRENT. 7. / I. A running ftream o Cu'rrisH. adj. [from cur.] Having th qualities of a degenerate dog; brutal ‘{our; quarrelfome ; malignant; ‘churlifh ; uncivil ; untractable; impractica No excufe current, but to hang thyfelf Shakefpeare's Richard 111 to the bottom Be freed from filth mak Heav' and" cufrentrig/} -with ftayednefs, how o Nor could their tainted flefh with ocean tides be allowed o can thin fubftantialnefs combineth with deligh Cu'RRIER. 7. [ [coriarius, Latin,] Op who drefles and pares leather for thof who make fhoes, or other things are current amon th fav L'Eftrange charge ne,{'s mankind Watts About three months ago we had a current repor of the king of France's death Addifon Hudibras. A man's way of living is commended, becauf he will give any rate for it; and a man will giv companion fet of notions the language found other than moft ful of fiyeer | 4. Popular ; fuch as is eftablifhed by vul Nor fhalt thou find him a curmudgeon If thou difpatch it without grudging hi in on And when he hasit in his claws wit Savift fulnefs They have been trained up from their infanc e ll not be hide-bound to the caufe z. General reception 3. Eafinefs of pronunciation Whe 7 /i [from cflrrm.] 1. Circulation . Hooker, Py, Cu'RRENTNESS pattiality, from the current hiftories of thofe times 3. Common ; general 3. Popularly; fafhionably; generally 4. Without ceafing Sidney pafieth for goo God runneth carrently on your fide 51, that ih; minds are foreftalled, and their confieit&‘perverie beforehand ble colour, whatfoever they utte T revoux caufe which nzake ignorant toythink they even ';::hh:t'e tfi:'. \l:rl(frdan received ; uncontradicted Becaufe fuch as openly reprove fuppofed diforders of ftate are taken for principal friends to th common benefit of all, under this fair and plaufi Sicily, and fometimes in France the neighbourhood The ver Arbutbnot z. Without oppofition Many ftrange bruits are received for current 2. A bird larger than a partridge, wit longer legs. It runs very fwiftly, an clean.sh data import.tsv out README {requents the corn-fields in Spain, i niggard; a churl ; a griper Abraham' authoritative creyfers, curlews, an Carew adv. [from current, 1. In a conftant motion for he is faid to be rich in cattle, i filver, and in gold a larg red an avaricious churlith fellow ; a mifer i there was current mone Cu'RRENTLY time, is paft doubt, though it is not fure that i arquata wit wit black fpots birds we recko a fov'reign o Dryden's Fables A kind of water-fowl beak, of a grey colour Amon puflins ¢ 11,90 fo C.U fawour for himfelf L Cu'rRRYCOMB. 2. /. [from curryan ‘;‘:f "An iron inftrument ufed for currying cleaning horfes i 'L |