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Definition of Hurters
1. hurter [n] - See also: hurter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hurters
Literary usage of Hurters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Improvement of Rivers: A Treatise on the Methods Employed for Improving by Benjamin Franklin Thomas, David Alexander Watt (1913)
"hurters (see PI. 62).—The hurter is a casting consisting essentially of a shoulder
and ... It may slide on rollers or on surfaces provided on the hurters, ..."
2. Manual of Heavy Artillery Service: For the Use of the Army and Militia of by John Caldwell Tidball (1891)
"A similar angle-plate with hurters is attached tt, the front part of the chassis.
Carriage No. 4 is likewise provided with ..."
3. United States Congressional Serial Set by United States Government Printing Office (1893)
"(65) The hurters are 1.16 meters apart, built into the flooring .and projecting
0.35 and 0.25 ... The hurters rest against the plate band of hewn stone. ..."
4. The Design and Construction of Dams: Including Masonry, Earth, Rock-fill by Edward Wegmann (1907)
"... hurters the width of the pass need not be considered. In the Mulatière dam it
is 340 feet wide, no piers being placed in the stream. ..."
5. A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer: Comprising Ancient and Modern Military by Thomas Wilhelm (1881)
"The motion of the gun-carriage is checked front and rear, by pieces of iron bolted
to the top of the rails, called hurters and ..."
6. Hand-book of Artillery for the Service of the United States: (Army & Militia). by Joseph Roberts (1863)
"... and counter-hurters, and their use is to prevent the gun carriage from running
off the chassis. Rail-plates of iron to protect the woo*k;: rails are let ..."
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