Obs. [perh. derived from currier, common 16–18th-c. form of courier, as if to ride post, to post. Cf. SCURRY.] intr. To ride or run with haste or rapidity; to scurry.
1608. Chapman, Byron’s Conspir., V. Plays, 1873, II. 245. I am not hee that can … by midnight leape my horse, curry seauen miles [etc.].
1630. J. Taylor (Water P.), Discov. by Sea, Wks. II. 21/1. We with our Wherry … Along the christall Thames did cut and curry.
1676. Marvell, Mr. Smirke, 34. A Sermon is soon curryed over.
