hurtling

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hurtling - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hurtle \Hur"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hurtled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Hurtling.] [OE. hurtlen, freq. of hurten. See Hurt, v.
     t., and cf. Hurl.]
     1. To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.
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              Together hurtled both their steeds.   --Fairfax.
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     2. To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with
        violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish.
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              Now hurtling round, advantage for to take.
                                                    --Spenser.
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              Down the hurtling cataract of the ages. --R. L.
                                                    Stevenson.
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     3. To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to
        make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to
        resound.
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              The noise of battle hurtled in the air. --Shak.
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              The earthquake sound
              Hurtling 'death the solid ground.     --Mrs.
                                                    Browning.
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