As doth an eager hound Thrust to an hind within some covert glade.
Spenser.
Thrust, n. 1. A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved
in the direction of its length, or with the hand or foot, or with any
instrument; a stab; — a word much used as a term of fencing.
[Polites] Pyrrhus with his lance pursues, And often reaches, and his
thrusts renews.
Dryden.