Definition for HURL

HURL, v.t. [Arm. harlua. This may be a different spelling of whirl.]

  1. To throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone. And hurl them headlong to their fleet and main. Pope.
  2. To utter with vehemence; as, to hurl out vows. [Not in use.] Spenser.
  3. To play at a kind of game. Carew.

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