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Webster 1913 Edition

Hurl

Hurl

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hurled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hurling
.]
[OE.
hurlen
,
hourlen
; prob. contracted fr. OE.
hurtlen
to hurtle, or probably akin to E.
whirl
. √16. See
Hurtle
.]
1.
To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force;
as, to
hurl
a stone or lance
.
And
hurl’d
them headlong to their fleet and main.
Pope.
2.
To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity;
as, to
hurl
charges or invective
.
Spenser.
3.
[Cf.
Whirl
.]
To twist or turn.
“Hurled or crooked feet.”
[Obs.]
Fuller.

Hurl

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To hurl one's self; to go quickly.
[R.]
2.
To perform the act of hurling something; to throw something (at another).
God shall
hurl
at him and not spare.
Job xxvii. 22 (Rev. Ver. ).
3.
To play the game of hurling. See
Hurling
.

Hurl

,
Noun.
1.
The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling.
Congreve.
2.
Tumult; riot; hurly-burly.
[Obs.]
Knolles.
3.
(Hat Manuf.)
A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hurl

HURL

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone.
And hurl them headlong to their fleet and main.
2.
To utter with vehemence; as, to hurl out vows. [Not in use.]
3.
To play at a kind of game.

HURL

,
Noun.
The act of throwing with violence.
1.
Tumult; riot; commotion.

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