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hurly

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Word definitions for hurly in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context obsolete English) noise; confusion; uproar

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Eileen Hurly (born 6 May 1932, Benoni, South Africa), former Southern Transvaal and South Africa cricketer Hurly Baronets

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hurly \Hur"ly\, n. [Cf. F. hurler to howl.] Noise; confusion; uproar. That, with the hurly, death itself awakes. --Shak.

Usage examples of hurly.

I had not my equal with the hurly, or bat as you call it, from Malin Head to Skibereen.

It is the heaviest hurly that ever yet was cut from the deadly upas-tree.

Stephen advanced, carrying his hurly: he was feeling particularly well and fit.

Stephen watched its course, danced out to take it as it touched the ground, checked its bounce, dribbled the ball towards the astonished coverpoint and running still he scooped it into the hollow of his hurly, raced on with twinkling steps to mid-off, there checked his run admist the stark silent amazement, flicked the ball into his hand, tossed it high, and with a screech drove it straight at Jack's wicket, shattering the near stump and sending its upper half in a long, graceful trajectory that reached the ground just as the first of La Flèche's guns, saluting the flag, echoed across the field.