What does "hurter" mean?
Hurter: An injury causing pain of mind or conscience; a slight; a stain; as of sin. But the jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that Honor feels. Tennyson.
Additional senses
- 2.Injury; damage; detriment; harm; mischief. Thou dost me yet but little hurt. Shak.
- 3.One who hurts or does harm. I shall not be a hurter, if no helper. Beau. & Fl.
- 4.A butting piece; a strengthening piece, esp.: (Mil.) A piece of wood at the lower end of a platform, designed to prevent the wheels of gun carriages from injuring the parapet.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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