n. [ From Hurds. ] A coarse kind of linen; -- called also harden. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hurdleed p. pr. & vb. n. Hurdleing ] To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. hurdel, hirdel, AS. hyrdel; akin to D. horde, OHG. hurt, G. hürde a hurdle, fold, pen, Icel. hur&unr_; door, Goth. haúrds, L. cratis wickerwork, hurdle, Gr. &unr_;, Skr. k&unr_;t to spin, c&unr_;t to bind, connect. √16. Cf. Crate, Grate, n. ] 1. A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hurdle race, a race in which artificial barriers in the form of hurdles, fences, etc., must be leaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Work after manner of a hurdle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Hards. ] The coarse part of flax or hemp; hards. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. of imitative origin. ] 1. A stringled instrument, lutelike in shape, in which the sound is produced by the friction of a wheel turned by a crank at the end, instead of by a bow, two of the strings being tuned as drones, while two or more, tuned in unison, are modulated by keys. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In California, a water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hind. harkāra ] In India, a running footman; a messenger. [ Written also hurkaroo. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hurled p. pr. & vb. n. Hurling. ] [ OE. hurlen, hourlen; prob. contracted fr. OE. hurtlen to hurtle, or probably akin to E. whirl. √16. See Hurtle. ] 1. To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance. [ 1913 Webster ]

And hurl'd them headlong to their fleet and main. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to hurl charges or invective. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. [ Cf. Whirl. ] To twist or turn. “Hurled or crooked feet.” [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To hurl one's self; to go quickly. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To perform the act of hurling something; to throw something (at another). [ 1913 Webster ]

God shall hurl at him and not spare. Job xxvii. 22 (Rev. Ver. ). [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To play the game of hurling. See Hurling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling. Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Tumult; riot; hurly-burly. [ Obs. ] Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Hat Manuf.) A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring. [ 1913 Webster ]