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Webster 1913 Edition


Cur

Cur

(kûr)
,
Noun.
[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.
They . . . like to village
curs
,
Bark when their fellows do.
Shakespeare
2.
A worthless, snarling fellow; – used in contempt.
What would you have, you
curs
,
That like nor peace nor war?
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Cur

CUR

,
Noun.
A degenerate dog; and in reproach, a worthless man.

Definition 2024


cúr

cúr

See also: cur and cûr

Irish

Noun

cúr m (genitive singular cúir)

  1. foam, froth

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cúr chúr gcúr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.