hurst noun.
[hǝ:st] Also
hirst.
[Old English hyrst from base repr. also by Old Saxon, Old High German hurst, (also mod. German) horst.]I. 1. A hillock, knoll, or bank,
esp. a sandy one.
OE.b. A sandbank; a ford formed by a bed of sand or shingle.
LME.2. A wooded hillock or rise; a copse, a wood.
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