hurl

v. i. 1. To hurl one's self; to go quickly. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To perform the act of hurling something; to throw something (at another). [ 1913 Webster ]

God shall hurl at him and not spare. Job xxvii. 22 (Rev. Ver. ). [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To play the game of hurling. See Hurling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling. Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Tumult; riot; hurly-burly. [ Obs. ] Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Hat Manuf.) A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Whirlbat. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. See Whirlbone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Far.) A bone near the middle of the buttock of a horse. Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who hurls, or plays at hurling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of throwing with force. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of game at ball, formerly played. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hurling taketh its denomination from throwing the ball. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A whirlwind. [ Obs. ] Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. hurler to howl. ] Noise; confusion; uproar. [ 1913 Webster ]

That, with the hurly, death itself awakes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]