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