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• Cur — (k[^u]r), n. [OE. curre, kur; cf. dial. Sw. kurre dog, OD. korre watchdog, and Icel. kurra to murmur, grumble, Sw. kurra to rumble, croak, Dan. kurre to coo, whirr; prob. of imitative origin.] 1. A mongrel or inferior dog. [1913 Webster] They …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• cur´rish|ness — cur|rish «KUR ihsh», adjective. of or like a cur; surly; contemptible; snarling. SYNONYM(S): ill bred, worthless, base, ignoble, quarrelsome. –cur´rish|ly, adverb. –cur´rish|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• cur´rish|ly — cur|rish «KUR ihsh», adjective. of or like a cur; surly; contemptible; snarling. SYNONYM(S): ill bred, worthless, base, ignoble, quarrelsome. –cur´rish|ly, adverb. –cur´rish|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• cur|rish — «KUR ihsh», adjective. of or like a cur; surly; contemptible; snarling. SYNONYM(S): ill bred, worthless, base, ignoble, quarrelsome. –cur´rish|ly, adverb. –cur´rish|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• cur|tain-up — «KUR tuhn UHP», noun. British. the start of a play, concert, or the like …   Useful english dictionary

• Cur — For the Swiss city and canton named Cur in German, see Chur. For the filename extension .cur , see ICO (icon image file format). For other uses, see CUR (disambiguation). A young Mountain Cur Cur as slang refers to a type of random bred, or mixed …   Wikipedia

• cur — noun 1) a mangy cur Syn: mongrel, mutt 2) informal Neil was beginning to feel like a cur See bastard 1. 2) …   Thesaurus of popular words

• cur´er — cure «kyur», verb, cured, cur|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to bring back to health; make well: »The doctor used strong medicine to cure the sick child of pneumonia. Figurative. Time cured him of his grief (Washington Irving). 2. to get rid of: »R …   Useful english dictionary

• Mountain Cur — A young Mountain Cur Country of origin United States Traits Classific …   Wikipedia

• Catahoula Cur — Infobox Dogbreed image caption = Blue leopard Catahoula Cur name = Catahoula Cur altname = Catahoula Leopard Dog Catahoula Hog Dog Louisiana Catahoula Leopard Dog Catahoula Hound [ [http://www.trainpetdog.com/Catahoula/about catahoula.html… …   Wikipedia