Hurt, n. Mach.
(a) A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.
(b) A husk. See Husk, 2.
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Hurt (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurt (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hurting.] [OE. hurten, hirten, horten, herten; prob. fr. OF. hurter, heurter, to knock, thrust, strike, F. heurter; cf. W. hyrddu to push, drive, assault, hwrdd a stroke, blow, push; also, a ram, the orig. sense of the verb thus perhaps being, to butt as a ram; cf. D. horten to push, strike, MHG. hurten, both prob. fr. Old French.]
1.
To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound or bruise painfully.
The hurt lion groans within his den.
Dryden.
2.
To impar the value, usefulness, beauty, or pleasure of; to damage; to injure; to harm.
Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt.
Milton.
3.
To wound the feelings of; to cause mental pain to; to offend in honor or self-respect; to annoy; to grieve.
"I am angry and
hurt."
Thackeray.
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