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▪ I. hurter1|ˈhɜːtə(r)|
[f. hurt v. + -er1.]
One who or that which hurts or injures.
1552Abp. Hamilton Catech. (1884) 10 Hurtaris of the common weil. 1597in Row Hist. Kirk (Wodrow Soc.) 181 Hurters and mutilaters of ministers. 1611Beaum. & Fl. King & no King v. i. I shall not be a hurter if no helper. 1834A. W. Hare Serm. II. xvii. 319 The great and fatal hurter, Death.
▪ II. hurter2|ˈhɜːtə(r)|
Forms: 4–5 hurtour, -ur(e, hortour, 6 horter, 8– hurter.
[ad. F. hurtoir, in 1375 hurtouoir (Godef.), f. hurter to strike, hurt v.]
1. The shoulder of an axle, against which the nave of the wheel strikes; also, a strengthening piece on the shoulder of an axle.
1300–1Durham MS. Burs. Roll, Sellis, hurtur', buklis, cingulis novis empt. c1310Ibid., xvj Cluttis et j Hortour empt. pro Carect. Prioris, xiiijd. 1349–50Ibid., viij Hurtours pro Carectis..de proprio ferro faciendis. 1404Durham MS. Sacr. Roll, j hurtour. 1600Vestry Bks. (Surtees) 48 To the Smith of Pittington for makeinge a claspe and a horter to the great bell. 1788Chambers' Cycl., Hurter, in Artillery, a flatted iron fixed against the body of an axle tree, with straps to take off the friction of the naves of wheels against the body. 1825Brockett, Hurter, the shoulder of the axle against which the nave of the wheel knocks. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Hurter..2. (Vehicles.) A butting-piece on an axle.
2. a. A beam fixed on a gun-platform, to stop the wheels of the gun-carriage from injuring the parapet. b. A wooden or iron piece fastened to the top rails of the lower gun-carriage or chassis, either in front or behind (counter-hurter), to check the motion of the gun.
1828J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner (ed. 2) 326 Platforms..Sleepers, Hurters, Planks, Pickets. 1851J. S. Macaulay Field Fortif. 80 In laying a gun-platform the first thing to be done is to fix the hurter, which may be a piece of timber 7 or 8 feet long, and 7 inches square, or a strong fascine may be used..The hurter should be placed perpendicular to the axis or central line of the embrasure. 1884Mil. Engineering (ed. 3) I. ii. 56 Two short hurters, each 3 feet × 6 inches × 6 inches, are also provided to prevent the gun carriage running up too far.
▪ III. hurter3 local.
[f. hurt n.3]
A gatherer of hurtleberries. (Common in Surrey.) |