"Horn" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
In old Scotch practice. A kind of trumpet used in denouncing contumacious persons rebels and outlaws, which was done with three blasts of the horn by the king’s sergeant. This was called "putting to the hornand the party so denounced was said to be “at the horn.4* Bell. See Hobninq
A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation, or pride.
The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections
on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg.
The tough, fibrous material of which true horns are composed,
being, in the Ox family, chiefly albuminous, with some phosphate of
lime; also, any similar substance, as that which forms the hoof crust
of horses, sheep, and cattle; as, a spoon of horn.
The cornucopia, or horn of plenty.
The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections
forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc.
One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or
cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped.
A curved projection on the fore part of a plane.
The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron
drawn up in a crescentlike form.
To furnish with horns; to give the shape of a horn to.
A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally made of
the horns of cattle.
The pointed beak of an anvil.
Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal,
resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.:
(a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the hornbill. (b) A
tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the horned owl. (c) A
hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an insect, or the head
of a reptile, or fish. (d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a
fish, as in the horned pout.
Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn
An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the
flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias).
A wind instrument of music; originally, one made of a horn
(of an ox or a ram); now applied to various elaborately wrought
instruments of brass or other metal, resembling a horn in shape.
One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish
altar of burnt offering.
The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and
annually shed and renewed.
To cause to wear horns; to cuckold.
An emblem of a cuckold; -- used chiefly in the plural.
A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon
the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats,
and the like. The hollow horns of the Ox family consist externally of
true horn, and are never shed.
The Ionic volute.
A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for containing
powder; anciently, a small vessel for carrying liquids.
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An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in military music, often replacing the French horn.
Read the complete definitionAn instrument of horn used for collecting painters' colors on the stone in the process of grinding.
Read the complete definitionStart modified by heat so as to become a transparent mass, like horn. It is soluble in cold water.
Read the complete definitionA South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (Palamedea cornuta). See Kamichi.
Read the complete definitionA small wild ox of Celebes (Anoa depressicornis), allied to the buffalo, but having long nearly straight horns.
Read the complete definitionOne of a group of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate between the deer and the goat. The horns are usually annulated, or …
Read the complete definitionA movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, …
Read the complete definitionThe entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine animal, as of a stag.
Read the complete definitionOf or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.
Read the complete definitionA species of wild sheep (Ovis ammon, or O. argali), remarkable for its large horns. It inhabits the mountains of …
Read the complete definitionHaving horns, beak, talons, etc; -- said of beasts and birds of prey.
Read the complete definitionThe wild buffalo of India (Bos, or Bubalus, arni), larger than the domestic buffalo and having enormous horns.
Read the complete definitionbag-óhan - New, novel, fresh, inexperienced, green, green-horn; modern, new-fangled. (cf. bág-o).
Read the complete definitionn. typhoon, storm, hurricane; strong, violent wind. v. /AG-/ to have a typhoon, storm or hurricane. Agbagyo man siguron intono …
Read the complete definitionbalibód - To wind, roll, twine, twist round, encircle, enwreath, wreath round. Ang kalát nabalibód sa súngay sang karabáw. The …
Read the complete definitionAn instrument blown with a reed, and resembling a clarinet, but of much greater compass, embracing nearly four octaves.
Read the complete definitionA modification of the bassoon, much deeper in tone.
Read the complete definitionThe second tine of a stag's horn. See under Antler.
Read the complete definitionA bickern; a bench anvil with a long beak, adapted to reach the interior surface of sheet metal ware; the …
Read the complete definitionThe principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which bears the antlers, or branches.
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