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favel \fa"vel\, n.
A horse of a favel or dun color.
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{To curry favel}. See {To curry favor}, under {Favor}, n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
To curry favel
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curry-favel — … Useful english dictionary
favel — fa vel, n. A horse of a favel or dun color. [1913 Webster] {To curry favel}. See {To curry favor}, under {Favor}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
curry favor — (v.) early 16c., altered by folk etymology from curry favel (c.1400) from O.Fr. correier fauvel to be false, hypocritical, lit. to curry the chestnut horse, which in medieval French allegories was a symbol of cunning and deceit. See CURRY (Cf.… … Etymology dictionary
curry favor — verb seek favor by fawning or flattery This employee is currying favor with his superordinates • Syn: ↑curry favour, ↑court favor, ↑court favour • Hypernyms: ↑fawn, ↑toady, ↑truckle … Useful english dictionary
curry — curry1 noun (plural curries) a dish of meat, vegetables, etc., cooked in an Indian style sauce of strong spices. verb (curries, currying, curried) [usu. as adjective curried] prepare or flavour with such a sauce. Origin C16: from Tamil kaṟi.… … English new terms dictionary
curry — curry1 [kʉr′ē] vt. curried, currying [ME curraien < OFr correier, conreder, to put in order < VL * corredare < L com , with + red , base appearing in * arredare: for IE base see RIDE] 1. to use a curry comb 2. to prepare (tanned leather) … English World dictionary
curry favour — ► curry favour ingratiate oneself through obsequious behaviour. [ORIGIN: 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.] Main Entry:… … English terms dictionary
curry — Of the two English words curry, the older, ‘groom a horse’ [13], is now almost forgotten except in the compound currycomb and the phrase curry favour. It comes, via Old French correier, from Vulgar Latin *conrēdāre ‘arrange, prepare, get ready’,… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
curry — Of the two English words curry, the older, ‘groom a horse’ [13], is now almost forgotten except in the compound currycomb and the phrase curry favour. It comes, via Old French correier, from Vulgar Latin *conrēdāre ‘arrange, prepare, get ready’,… … Word origins
curry favour — verb seek favor by fawning or flattery This employee is currying favor with his superordinates • Syn: ↑curry favor, ↑court favor, ↑court favour • Hypernyms: ↑fawn, ↑toady, ↑truckle … Useful english dictionary
