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<hw>Hur"ry</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity or precipitation; <as>as, let us <ex>hurry</ex></as>.</def>

<cs><col>To hurry up</col>, <cd>to make haste. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Hurry</h1> <Xpage=714>

<hw>Hur"ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of hurrying in motion or business; pressure; urgency; bustle; confusion.</def>

<blockquote>Ambition raises a tumult in the soul, it inflames the mind, and puts into a violent <b>hurry</b> of thought. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Haste; speed; dispatch. See <er>Haste</er>.</syn>

<h1>Hurryingly</h1> <Xpage=714>

<hw>Hur"ry*ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a hurrying manner.</def>

<h1>Hurry-skurry</h1> <Xpage=714>

<hw>Hur"ry-skur`ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[An imitative word; cf. Sw. <ets>skorra</ets> to rattle, snarl, E. <ets>scurry</ets>.]</ety> <def>Confusedly; in a bustle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Hurst</h1> <Xpage=714>

<hw>Hurst</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hurst</ets>, AS. <ets>hyrst</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>hurst</ets>, <ets>horst</ets>, wood, thicket, G. <ets>horst</ets> the nest of a bird of prey, an eyerie, thicket.]</ety> <def>A wood or grove; -- a word used in the composition of many names, as in Hazle<i>hurst</i>.</def>

<h1>Hurt</h1> <Xpage=714>

<hw>Hurt</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A husk. See <er>Husk</er>, 2.</def>

<h1>Hurt</h1> <Xpage=714>

<hw>Hurt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hurt</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hurting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>hurten</ets>, <ets>hirten</ets>, <ets>horten</ets>, <ets>herten</ets>; prob. fr. OF. <ets>hurter</ets>, <ets>heurter</ets>, to knock, thrust, strike, F. <ets>heurter</ets>; cf. W. <ets>hyrddu</ets> to push, drive, assault, <ets>hwrdd</ets> a stroke, blow, push; also, a ram, the orig. sense of the verb thus perhaps being, to butt as a ram; cf. D. <ets>horten</ets> to push, strike, MHG. <ets>hurten</ets>, both prob. fr. Old French.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound or bruise painfully.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>hurt</b> lion groans within his den. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To impar the value, usefulness, beauty, or pleasure of; to damage; to injure; to harm.</def>

<blockquote>Virtue may be assailed, but never <b>hurt</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To wound the feelings of; to cause mental pain to; to offend in honor or self-respect; to annoy; to grieve.</def> "I am angry and <i>hurt</i>."

<i>Thackeray.</i>

<h1>Hurter</h1> <Xpage=714>

<hw>Hurt"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A bodily injury causing pain; a wound, bruise, or the like.</def>

<blockquote>The pains of sickness and <b>hurts</b> . . . all men feel. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An injury causing pain of mind or conscience; a slight; a stain; as of sin.</def>

<blockquote>But the jingling of the guinea helps the <b>hurt</b> that Honor feels. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Injury; damage; detriment; harm; mischief.</def>