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 . . . like to village curs,
Bark when their fellows do. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A worthless, snarling fellow; -- used in contempt. [ 1913 Webster ]

What would you have, you curs,
That like nor peace nor war? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being curable; curableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. curable. See Cure, v. t. ] Capable of being cured; admitting remedy. “Curable diseases.” Harvey. -- Cur"a*ble*ness, n. -- Cur`a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

{ } n. A liqueur, or cordial, flavored with the peel from the sour orange, and sometimes with cinnamon and mace; -- first made at the island of Curaçcao in the Netherlands Antilles near Venezuela. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n.; pl. Curacies [ See Cure, Curate. ] The office or employment of a curate. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Native name. Cf. Wourall. ] A black resinoid extract prepared by the South American Indians from the bark of several species of Strychnos (Strychnos toxifera, etc.). It sometimes has little effect when taken internally, but is quickly fatal when introduced into the blood, and used by the Indians as an arrow poison. [ Written also urari, woorali, woorari, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A deadly alkaloid extracted from the curare poison and from the Strychnos toxifera. It is obtained in crystalline colorless salts. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To poison with curare. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Native name in Brazil. ] (Zool.) A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax, Ourax, etc., of the family Cracidæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The crested curassow (Crax alector) is black, and about the size of a small hen-turkey, with an erectile crest of curled feathers. It ranges from Mexico to Brazil. The galeated curassow or cushew bird (Ourax Pauxi) is similar in size, and has a large, hollow, blue, pear-shaped protuberance on the head. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ SeeCuirass. ] A cuirass or breastplate. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]