Hurl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hurling.]
Etymology: [OE. hurlen, hourlen; prob. contracted fr. OE. hurtlen to hurtle, or probably akin to E. whirl. sq. root16. See Hurtle.]
1. To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance. And hurl'd them headlong to their fleet and main. Pope.
2. To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to hurl charges or invective. Spenser.
3. Etym: [Cf. Whirl.]
To twist or turn. "Hurled or crooked feet." [Obs.] Fuller.
2 other Webster entries under this spelling
Hurl, v. i.
1. To hurl one's self; to go quickly. [R.]
2. To perform the act of hurling something; to throw something (at another). God shall hurl at him and not spare. Job xxvii. 22 (Rev. Ver. ).
3. To play the game of hurling. See Hurling.
Hurl, n.
1. The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling. Congreve.
2. Tumult; riot; hurly-burly. [Obs.] Knolles.
3. (Hat Manuf.)
A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for hurl; he lists it under send.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.