Hurry

·vt To cause to be done quickly.

II. Hurry ·vt To Hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.

III. Hurry ·noun The act of hurrying in motion or business; pressure; urgency; bustle; confusion.

IV. Hurry ·vi To move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity or precipitation; as, let us hurry.

V. Hurry ·vt To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.

hurry
(which Grose explains " a small load of hay or corn. North.") Rather the turn, as two or three hurri...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
hurry
A staith or wharf where coals are shipped in the north. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Hurry-skurry
·adv Confusedly; in a bustle. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
rack-hurry
The tram-way on which coal-waggons run to a hurry. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
hurry up the cakes
i.e. Be quick; look alive. This phrase, which has lately got into vogue, originated in the common Ne...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.