† jurn.
Obsolete. rare.
A butt or push made by a ram or battering-ram.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > striking with pushing action > pushing > (as) with the head > a push (as) with the head
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1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxvi. xxiii. 932 When as the walls should be shaken with the rammes, they caught not hold of them..and by plucking them aside, avoided their jurres.
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxiii. iv. 222 To breake whatsoever standeth against it, with mightie strokes and maine jurres.
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† jurv.
Obsolete.
intransitive. To butt with (or as with) the horns or head. Said of a ram, a battering-ram, etc.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > strike with pushing action > give a push > (as) with the head
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jur1600
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxvii. xxxii. 963 By that time..the [battering] ramme was jurring also at the other part.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ix. xxxi. 253 Crabs..will fight one with another, and then yee shall see them jurre and butt with their hornes like rammes.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Jur, to hit, to strike, to push with the head.
Derivatives
ˈjurring n.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > striking with pushing action > pushing > (as) with the head
jurring1668
1668 G. C. in H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) Pref. 1 12 The Arietations or Jurrings of the Spirits in the Ventricles of the Brain.
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