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.
Hurt , n. (Mach.)
(a) A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions. (b) A husk. See Husk, 2.
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