curry2
• verb (curries, curried) 1 chiefly N. Amer. groom (a horse) with a curry-comb. 2 historical treat (tanned leather) to improve its properties. — PHRASES curry favour ingratiate oneself through obsequious behaviour. from the name (Favel) of a horse in a medieval French romance who became a symbol of cunning and duplicity; hence ‘to rub down Favel’ meant to use cunning. — ORIGIN Old French correier.
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