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hurter
Word definitions for hurter in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hurter \Hurt"er\, n. One who hurts or does harm. I shall not be a hurter, if no helper. --Beau. & Fl.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The von Hurter family belonged to the Swiss nobility; in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries three of them were known for their conversions to Roman Catholicism , their ecclesiastical careers in Austria and their theological writings.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 One who hurts or does harm. 2 A beam on a gun-platform that prevents damage from the wheels of a gun-carriage
Usage examples of hurter.
For in order to pivot with the greatest ease, the carriage had been previously run back on the Slide to the rear Hurter, so as to bring the weight of the gun as near as possible to the Rear pivot, the very best position being with the Trunnions of the Gun just forward of the Rear pivot.
An experiment to test this, showed that running a 100-pounder out with the force of its crew against the forward hurter, the gun being level, started the shot forward nearly two feet.