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A bodily injury causing pain; a wound, bruise, or the like.

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  1. n. A bodily injury causing pain; a wound, bruise, or the like.
  2. n. An injury causing pain of mind or conscience; a slight; a stain; as of sin.
  3. n. Injury; damage; detriment; harm; mischief.
  4. n. One who hurts or does harm.
  5. v. t. A butting piece; a strengthening piece, esp.: (Mil.) A piece of wood at the lower end of a platform, designed to prevent the wheels of gun carriages from injuring the parapet.
  6. 1. A bodily injury causing pain; a wound, bruise, or the like. The pains of sickness and hurts . . . all men feel. Locke. 2. An injury causing pain of mind or conscience; a slight; a stain; as of sin. But the jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that Honor feels. Tennyson. 3. Injury; damage; detriment; harm; mischief. Thou dost me yet but little hurt. Shak. Syn. -- Wound; bruise; injury; harm; damage; loss; detriment; mischief; bane; disadvantage. One who hurts or does harm. I shall not be a hurter, if no helper. Beau. & Fl. A butting piece; a strengthening piece, esp.: (Mil.) A piece of wood at the lower end of a platform, designed to prevent the wheels of gun carriages from injuring the parapet.
  7. One who hurts or does harm.I shall not be a hurter, if no helper. Beau. & Fl.
  8. s suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle s damaged inanimate objects or their value