One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
Shak.
||Cu`rÚ" (k&usdot;`r&asl;"), n. [F., fr. LL. curatus. See Curate.] A curate; a pardon.
Cure"*all` (k?r"?l`), n. A remedy for all diseases, or for all ills; a panacea.
Cure"less, a. Incapable of cure; incurable.
With patience undergo
A cureless ill, since fate will have it so.
Dryden.
Cur"er (-?r), n. 1. One who cures; a healer; a physician.
2. One who prepares beef, fish, etc., for preservation by drying, salting, smoking, etc.
||Cu*rette" (k&usdot;*r&ebreve;t"), n.[F., fr. curer to cleanse.] (Med.) A scoop or ring with either a blunt or a cutting edge, for removing substances from the walls of a cavity, as from the eye, ear, or womb.
Cur"few (kűr"fū), n. [OE. courfew, curfu, fr. OF. cuevrefu, covrefeu, F. couvre-feu; covrir to cover + feu fire, fr. L. focus fireplace, hearth. See Cover, and Focus.] 1. The ringing of an evening bell, originally a signal to the inhabitants to cover fires, extinguish lights, and retire to rest, -- instituted by William the Conqueror; also, the bell itself.
He begins at curfew, and walks till the first cock.
Shak.
The village curfew, as it tolled profound.
Campbell.