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
26 March 2025
(noun) bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
