Crossword clues for hurter
hurter
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Hurter \Hurt"er\, n.
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A bodily injury causing pain; a wound, bruise, or the like.
The pains of sickness and hurts . . . all men feel.
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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.
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Injury; damage; detriment; harm; mischief.
Thou dost me yet but little hurt.
--Shak.Syn: Wound; bruise; injury; harm; damage; loss; detriment; mischief; bane; disadvantage.
Hurter \Hurt"er\, n. One who hurts or does harm.
I shall not be a hurter, if no helper.
--Beau. & Fl.
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
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.
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.