Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Hurter

Hurter , noun

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. — Shakespeare

Hurter , noun

One who hurts or does harm.
I shall not be a hurter, if no helper. — Beau. & Fl

Hurter , noun

[French heurtoir, lit., a striker. See Hurt, transitive verb]

(Military) A butting piece; a strengthening piece, esp.: (Military) A piece of wood at the lower end of a platform, designed to prevent the wheels of gun carriages from injuring the parapet.