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HURTER
Etymology
Noun
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
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