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Hurling logo #10101) Catapulting 2) Moving 3) Sport
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Hurling logo #10101) Early form of football 2) Exclusively Anglo word 3) Exclusively Saxon word 4) Field hockey relative 5) Gaelic game 6) Moving 7) Team sport 8) Throwing a game 9) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins 10) Word of purely Anglo origin
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Hurling logo #21000 Hurling (Iománaíocht/Iomáint) is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic and Irish origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for over 3,000 years, and is considered to be the world`s fastest field sport. One of Ireland`s native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features w.....
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Hurling logo #21002• (n.) A kind of game at ball, formerly played. • (n.) The act of throwing with force. • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hurl
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hurling logo #21003outdoor stick-and-ball game somewhat akin to field hockey and lacrosse and long recognized as the national pastime of Ireland. There is considerable ...
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Hurling logo #20972Hurl'ing noun 1. The act of throwing with force. 2. A kind of game at ball, formerly played. « Hurling taketh its denomination from throwing the ball.» Carew.
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hurling logo #21477An Irish ball game like hockey, played with a shorter stick with a broader oval blade
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Hurling logo #21217Hurling is a fast team game in which teams try to propel a small ball with a broad-bladed stick (caman) between the opposite teams goal posts. The goal posts are 6.4 meters apart with a cross-bar 2.4 meters from the ground.
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hurling logo #20400[adj] - (archaic) rushing and whirling 2. [n] - a traditional Irish game resembling hockey
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Hurling logo #23790A fast-paced Irish game played with hockey-like sticks (a hurley) and a hard baseball-like ball (a sliotar).
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hurling logo #20974 adjective rushing and whirling; `the hurling water`
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hurling logo #21221Stick-and-ball game played between two teams of 15 players each, popular in Ireland. Its object is to hit the ball, by means of a curved stick, into the opposing team's goal. If the ball passes under the goal's crossbar three points are scored; if it passes above the crossbar one point is scored. First played over 3,000 years ag...
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hurling logo #21199the act of throwing or casting, esp. with great force or strength. · a traditionally Irish game played by two teams of 15 players each on a rectangular field 140 yards (128 m) long, points being scored by hitting, pushing, carrying, or throwing the leather-covered ball between the goalposts at the opponent's end of the field with a wide-bla...
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