n. [ AS. ceorl a freeman of the lowest rank, man, husband; akin to D. karel, kerel, G. kerl, Dan. & Sw. karl, Icel. karl, and to the E. proper name Charles (orig., man, male), and perh. to Skr. jāra lover. Cf. Carl, Charles's Wain. ] 1. A rustic; a countryman or laborer. “A peasant or churl.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your rank is all reversed; let men of cloth
Bow to the stalwart churls in overalls. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor. [ 1913 Webster ]

A churl's courtesy rarely comes, but either for gain or falsehood. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like to some rich churl hoarding up his pelf. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Churlish; rough; selfish. [ Obs. ] Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly; illiberal; niggardly. “Churlish benefits.” Ld. Burleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

Half mankind maintain a churlish strife. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Wanting pliancy; unmanageable; unyielding; not easily wrought; as, a churlish soil; the churlish and intractable nature of some minerals. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a churlish manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Rudeness of manners or temper; lack of kindness or courtesy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Rude; churlish; violent. Longfellow. [ 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 ]

n. See Whirlbat. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. See Whirlbone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Far.) A bone near the middle of the buttock of a horse. Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who hurls, or plays at hurling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of throwing with force. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of game at ball, formerly played. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hurling taketh its denomination from throwing the ball. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A whirlwind. [ Obs. ] Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. hurler to howl. ] Noise; confusion; uproar. [ 1913 Webster ]

That, with the hurly, death itself awakes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Reduplicated fr. OE. hurly confusion: cf. F. hurler to howl, yell, L. ululare; or cf. E. hurry. ] Tumult; bustle; confusion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

All places were filled with tumult and hurly-burly. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. þyrel a hole. √53. See Thirl, Thrill. ] 1. A hole; an aperture. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mining) (a) A short communication between adits in a mine. (b) A long adit in a coalpit. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Thrill. ] 1. To cut through; to pierce. [ Obs. ] Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mining) To cut through, as a partition between one working and another. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mining) Same as Thurl, n., 2 (a). [ 1913 Webster ]