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hurler1|ˈhɜːlə(r)|
[f. hurl v. + -er1.]
1. One who hurls or throws with violence.
1532More Confut. Barnes viii. Wks. 768/1 Bi and by one hurled at him again. And anone as he saw that, what horsons (quoth he)..I se wel ye be hurlers or of counsaile with y⊇ hurlers al the wole maynye of you. 1579–80North Plutarch (1676) 461 Darters, Bow-men, and Hurlers with Slings. 1642Milton Apol. Smect. Wks. (1851) 276 This cursing Shimei a hurler of stones. 1873Symonds Grk. Poets vi. 168 Supreme hurler of the thunderbolt.
2. spec.
a. One who plays either game of hurling.
1602Carew Cornwall 74 The Hurlers are bound to the observation of many lawes. 1850‘Bat’ Crick. Man. 25 A player..ran with [the ball], followed by the whole pack of hurlers.
b. (See quots.)
1607Camden Brit. 139 (Cornwall) Saxa..equibus septem vel octo æqua inter se distantia..Hurlers vicini vocant. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 192 The neighbour Inhabitants terme them Hurlers..perswaded, they had beene men sometimes transformed into Stones, for profaning the Lord's Day, with hurling the Ball. 1797Maton West. Count. I. 269 The Hurlers are three singular and large circles of stones. 1827G. Higgins Celtic Druids Pref. 54 In the Parish of St. Clare in Cornwall, are three circles of stone called the Hurlers.
3. One who contends or strives; one who creates a disturbance.
c1440Promp. Parv. 253/2 Hvrlere, or debate maker.
4. One who wheels a barrow or cart. Sc.
1802Findlater Agric. Surv. Peeblesh. 209 [The peat] is taken up by the women wheelers (hurlers)..Two hurlers commonly suffice to spread the peat dug by one man.
5. A pitcher at baseball. N. Amer. slang.
1926Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 22 July 12/3 Fifty-six runs were scored in a Three-I League baseball game yesterday in which Springfield defeated Peoria... Thirteen hurlers appeared. 1965O. Nash in Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Nov. 1036/5 When I am told that the hurler kicks, rocks, and either deals or delivers. 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 10 July 26/5 But in a season dominated by pitchers, the hurlers once again reigned supreme. |
