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hurter

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Hurter  \Hurt"er\,  n. 
  1.  A  bodily  injury  causing  pain;  a  wound,  bruise,  or  the 
  like 
 
  The  pains  of  sickness  and  hurts  .  .  .  all  men  feel 
  --Locke. 
 
  2.  An  injury  causing  pain  of  mind  or  conscience;  a  slight;  a 
  stain;  as  of  sin. 
 
  But  the  jingling  of  the  guinea  helps  the  hurt  that 
  Honor  feels.  --Tennyson. 
 
  3.  Injury;  damage;  detriment;  harm;  mischief. 
 
  Thou  dost  me  yet  but  little  hurt.  --Shak. 
 
  Syn:  Wound;  bruise;  injury;  harm;  damage;  loss  detriment; 
  mischief;  bane;  disadvantage. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Hurter  \Hurt"er\,  n. 
  One  who  hurts  or  does  harm. 
 
  I  shall  not  be  a  hurter,  if  no  helper.  --Beau.  &  Fl 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Hurter  \Hurt"er\,  n.  [F.  heurtoir  lit.,  a  striker.  See  {Hurt}, 
  v.  t.] 
  A  butting  piece;  a  strengthening  piece,  esp.:  (Mil.)  A  piece 
  of  wood  at  the  lower  end  of  a  platform,  designed  to  prevent 
  the  wheels  of  gun  carriages  from  injuring  the  parapet.




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