Chorus now
means, a composition generally in four
parts sung by many voices. choir (E.),
written also quire,
from OF. choeur (L. chorus, Gk. choros)
means, a collection
of singers or a band of dancers.
kuriil,
n. Lord.
Gk. kyrios,
kurios.
kuru1, n. Colour.
Gk. chroma,
E. chrome.
kuru2, n. Redness; adj.
red.
Cf. E. coral,
OF. coral, L. Corrallum,
G. korrallion
(red coral).
kuru3, n. Heaviness; adj.
heavy.
Goth. kaurs
(heavy), L. gravis, E. grave.
kurugu1, n. Wading bird
(esp. gander). lit. that whose neck is bent.
AS. cran,
E. crane, D. craan, G. krahn, kraniah, Ice. trani,
Dan. trane,
Amor. karan, W. garan, Gk. geranos,
L. grus, a
migratory grallatorial or wading bird of the
genus Grus.
family Gruidae.
kurugu2, n. Bangle.
Gk. guros
(ring) W. cwrwgl, E. coracle (a round boat).
W. cwrwg (anything
round).
kurudi, n. Blood, lit. that which is
red.
AS. gor, Ice.
and Dan. gor, Sw. gorr,
E. cro, Gael.
and Ir. cro.
kuru,
v.i. To curl.
E. curl (formerly
written crull),
D. krullen,
Dan. krolle, E. scroll, scrowl.
kuruai,
n. Young of animal.
E. girl. The
word was formerly applied to the young
of both sexes,
and it appears to be connected with L.G.
gor, gore,
a child; swiss. gurre, gurrli, depreciatory term
for girl.
- I.D.
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