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Hurtle \Hur"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hurtled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hurtling}.] [OE. hurtlen, freq. of hurten. See {Hurt}, v.
t., and cf. {Hurl}.]
1. To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.
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Together hurtled both their steeds. --Fairfax.
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2. To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with
violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish.
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Now hurtling round, advantage for to take.
--Spenser.
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Down the hurtling cataract of the ages. --R. L.
Stevenson.
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3. To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to
make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to
resound.
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The noise of battle hurtled in the air. --Shak.
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The earthquake sound
Hurtling 'death the solid ground. --Mrs.
Browning.
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Hurtle \Hur"tle\, v. t.
1. To move with violence or impetuosity; to whirl; to
brandish. [Obs.]
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His harmful club he gan to hurtle high. --Spenser.
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2. To push; to jostle; to hurl.
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And he hurtleth with his horse adown. --Chaucer.
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