curdmill (kerdmil)

A curd-cutter. cur-dog (ker'dog), n. [ It differs from a vegetable emulsion by coagulating into a curdy ma with acids. Arbuthnot , Aliments. cure (kūr), n. [ cure (also cury, q. v.), cure , F. cure = Pr. Sp. Pg. It. cur a = MD. Horace advises the Romans to seek a seat in some remote part, by way of a cure for the corruption of manners. Swift . Like some sick man declined, And trusted any cure . Tennyson , Palace of Art. 5. A remedy for disease; a means of curing disease; that which heals: as, a cure for toothache. Cure of souls, the spiritual oversight of parishioners, or of others holding a similar relation, by a priest or clergyman; specifically, in prelatical churches, an ecclesiastical charge in which parochial duties and the administration of sacraments are included, primarily vested in the bishop of the diocese, the clergy of each parish acting as his deputies. A cure of souls is that portion of responsibility for the provision of sacraments to and the adequate instruction of the Catholic faithful which devolves upon the parish priest of a particular district, in regard to the souls of all persons dwelling within the limits of that district. Cath . Dict. To do no curet, to take no care. Chaucer. (See also grape-cure, movement - cure , water - cure , etc.) cure (kür), v.; pret. and pp. cured , ppr. curing . [ curen , curer , care for, etc., mod. F. curer, cleanse, = Sp. Pg. curar = It. curare, cure, = G. curiren = Dan. kurere = Sw. kurera , coerare , coirare , take care of, attend to, care for as a physician, cure, cur a , care, etc.: see cure, n.] 1. trans. 1t. To take care of; care for. Men dredeful curiden or buriden Stheuene. Wyclif , Deeds (Acts) viii. 2. 2. To restore to health or to a sound state; heal or make well: as, he was cured of a wound, or of a fever. The child was cured from that very hour. Mat. xvii. 18. I strive in vain to cure my wounded soul. B. Jonson, Every Man out of his Humour, i. 1. 3. To remove or put an end to by remedial means; heal, as a disease; remedy, as an evil of any kind; remove, as something objection able. Luke ix. 1. Then he called his twelve disciples together and gave them power to cure diseases. This way of setting off, by the by, was not likely to cure my uncle Toby's suspicions.