curry

To curry favour; to obtain the favour of a person be coaxing or servility. To curry any one's hide; to beat him.

Curry
·vt To flavor or cook with curry. II. Curry ·noun A stew of fowl, fish, or game, cooked with curry....

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
to curry favor
To seek or gain favor by flattery, caresses, kindness, or officious civilities.--Webster. He judged...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.