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Hurl
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling. Congreve.
2. Tumult; riot; hurly-burly. [Obs.] Knolles.
3. A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance. And hurl'd them headlong to their fleet and main. Pope.
2. To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to hurl charges or invective. Spenser.
3. To twist or turn. "Hurled or crooked feet." [Obs.] Fuller.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To hurl one's self; to go quickly. [R.]
2. To perform the act of hurling something; to throw something (at another). God shall hurl at him and not spare. Job xxvii. 22 (Rev. Ver. ).
3. To play the game of hurling. See Hurling.