hurter (plural hurters)
One who hurts or does harm.
A beam on a gun-platform that prevents damage from the wheels of a gun-carriage
Source: Wiktionary
Hurt"er, n.
1. A bodily injury causing pain; a wound, bruise, or the like. The pains of sickness and hurts . . . all men feel. Locke.
2. 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. Tennyson.
3. Injury; damage; detriment; harm; mischief. Thou dost me yet but little hurt. Shak.
Syn.
– Wound; bruise; injury; harm; damage; loss; detriment; mischief; bane; disadvantage.
Hurt"er, n.
Definition: One who hurts or does harm. I shall not be a hurter, if no helper. Beau. & Fl.
Hurt"er, n. Etym: [F. heurtoir, lit., a striker. See Hurt, v. t.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
