Hurst (?), n. [OE. hurst, AS. hyrst; akin to OHG. hurst, horst, wood, thicket, G. horst the nest of a bird of prey, an eyerie, thicket.]

A wood or grove; -- a word used in the composition of many names, as in Hazlehurst.

 

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