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hurst (hʉrst)

noun

  1. a hillock, knoll, or mound
  2. a grove or wooded hillock

Etymology: ME < OE hyrst, hillock, wooded mound, prob. < IE *kuṛs-to-, thicket: see horst

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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