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1Curr — (k[^u]r), v. i. [Prob. imitative.] To coo. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] The owlets hoot, the owlets curr. Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] …
2curr — verb To coo like an owl. The owlets hoot, the owlets curr …
3Curr — Recorded as Ker, Kerr, Keir, sometimes Carr, Curr, and possibly others, this interesting name is Anglo Scottish, but ultimately of pre 7th century Old Norse origins. It is or was topographical and found mainly in the famous Border counties of the …
4curr — [[t]kɜr[/t]] v. i. curred, curr•ing to make a low, purring sound, as a cat • Etymology: 1670–80; akin to MD curren, MHG kurren to growl …
5curr — ˈkər(.) intransitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: imitative : to make a murmuring sound (as of doves) the owlets curr William Wordsworth …
6Curr, Joseph — • English priest (d. 1847) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Curr, Joseph Joseph Curr …
7CURR, Edward Micklethwaite (1820-1889) — writer on aborigines and on stock was the son of Edward Curr (1798 1850) and was born at Hobart in 1820. His father spent over three years in Tasmania, from February 1820 to June 1823, and on his return voyage to England wrote An Account of the… …
8curr — intransitive verb Etymology: imitative Date: 1677 to make a murmuring sound (as of doves) …
9curr — /kerr/, v.i. to make a low, purring sound, as a cat. [1670 80; akin to ON kurra to grumble, murmur, MHG kurren, MD curren to growl] * * * …
10curr. — abbr. current …