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Webster 1913 Edition

Hurtle

Hur′tle

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hurtled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hurtling
.]
[OE.
hurtlen
, freq. of
hurten
. See
Hurt
,
Verb.
T.
, and cf.
Hurl
.]
1.
To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.
Together
hurtled
both their steeds.
Fairfax.
2.
To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish.
Now
hurtling
round, advantage for to take.
Spenser.
Down the
hurtling
cataract of the ages.
R. L. Stevenson.
3.
To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound.
The noise of battle
hurtled
in the air.
Shakespeare
The earthquake sound
Hurtling
’death the solid ground.
Mrs. Browning.

Hur′tle

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To move with violence or impetuosity; to whirl; to brandish.
[Obs.]
His harmful club he gan to
hurtle
high.
Spenser.
2.
To push; to jostle; to hurl.
And he
hurtleth
with his horse adown.
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hurtle

HURT'LE

,
Verb.
I.
[from hurt.] To clash or run against; to jostle; to skirmish; to meet in shock and encounter; to wheel suddenly. [Not now used.]

HURT'LE

,
Verb.
T.
To move with violence or impetuosity.
1.
To push forcibly; to whirl.

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