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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Hurter

· Hurt·er · IPA /ˈhɜː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/
01 n. A bodily injury causing pain; a wound, bruise, or the like.
  1. 1.
    A bodily injury causing pain; a wound, bruise, or the like.
    “The pains of sickness and hurts . . . all men feel.” — Locke.
  2. 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. 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.
02 n. One who hurts or does harm.
  1. 1.
    One who hurts or does harm.
    “I shall not be a hurter, if no helper.” — Beau. & Fl.
03 n. 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 …
  1. 1.
    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.(Mil.)