▪ I. † ˈcury1 Obs.
Also 4 kewery.
[a. OF. keuerie, queuerie, queurie (14th c.), cookery, kitchen, f. keu, queu, coeu:—L. coquus, cocus cook: see -ery.]
a. Cookery. (Also the ‘concoction’ of substances in alchemy.) b. Cooked food; a dish.
| 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 405 They conne ete and be mury Wiþ oute grete kewery. [Caxton cury, Higden coquorum artificia]. ? c 1390 (title), Form of Cury. ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 1063 Here es cury un-clene, carle, be my trowthe. c 1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 506 Cookes with þeire newe conceytes..Many new curies..þey are contryvynge & Fyndynge. 1513 Douglas æneis viii. Prol. 95 Throw cury of the quentassens. |
▪ II. cury2
rare. = L. curia.
| 1886 [See curiate]. |