Dictionary entry

Hurst

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.