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▪ I. hurting, vbl. n.1|ˈhɜːtɪŋ|
[f. hurt v.]
1. The action of the verb hurt; injury, damage, hurt. (Now usually gerundial.)
a1225Ancr. R. 344 Of keorfunge, oðer of hurtunge. a1340Hampole Psalter xxvi. 9 He hild me fra hortynge. 1382Wyclif Dan. vi. 23 Noon hirtyng is founden in hym. a1568R. Ascham Scholem. i. (Arb.) 77 Malice in hurting without cause. 1653Walton Angler vii. 150 With as little bruising or hurting the fish as.. diligence will enable you to do. 1759Adam Smith Mor. Sent. II. ii. 203 If by hurting be understood the doing mischief wantonly.
†2. Stumbling; also concr. a stumbling-block.
1382Wyclif Ezek. iii. 20 Y shal putte an hirtynge before hym. 14..in Rel. Ant. I. 41 God wole sende to the aungels to kepe the fro hirtynge.
▪ II. hurting, vbl. n.2 dial.
[f. hurt n.3 + -ing1.]
Gathering of ‘hurts’ or hurtleberries.
1884Jefferies Red Deer x. 204 Among the labouring people..to go gathering whortleberries is to go ‘a-hurting’. 1887Pall Mall G. 29 July 5/1 ‘Hurting’ is a process which involves nothing worse than the picking of the hurt, other⁓where known as the hurtle-berry,..or common bilberry.
▪ III. hurting, ppl. a.
[f. hurt v. + -ing2.]
That hurts; injurious.
1681J. Flavel Meth. Grace xviii. 328 Its hurting and terrifying power. 1894Westm. Gaz. 3 May 3/2 Dignity and self-respect, without any hurting haughtiness. |