v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hurtled p. pr. & vb. n. Hurtling ] [ OE. hurtlen, freq. of hurten. See Hurt, v. t., and cf. Hurl. ] 1. To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Together hurtled both their steeds. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now hurtling round, advantage for to take. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Down the hurtling cataract of the ages. R. L. Stevenson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound. [ 1913 Webster ]

The noise of battle hurtled in the air. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The earthquake sound
Hurtling 'death the solid ground. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To move with violence or impetuosity; to whirl; to brandish. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His harmful club he gan to hurtle high. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To push; to jostle; to hurl. [ 1913 Webster ]

And he hurtleth with his horse adown. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Huckleberry, Whortleberry. ] See Whortleberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Doing no injury; harmless; also, unhurt; without injury or harm. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gentle dame so hurtless and so true. Spenser.

-- Hurt"less*ly, adv. -- Hurt"less*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]