hurled

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Hurl \Hurl\, 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. [root]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]

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