Definition of horn

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Horn (n.) A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally made of the horns of cattle..

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Cusp :: Cusp (n.) The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary.
Hornblower :: Hornblower (n.) One who, or that which, blows a horn..
Shorling :: Shorling (n.) A person who is shorn; a shaveling; hence, in contempt, a priest..
Rhamnus :: Rhamnus (n.) A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The California Rhamnus Purshianus and the European R. catharticus are used in medicine. The latter is used for hedges.
Battledoor :: Battledoor (n.) A child's hornbook.
Hornbill :: Hornbill (n.) Any bird of the family Bucerotidae, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical parts of Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, and are remarkable for having a more or less horn-like protuberance, which is usually large and hollow and is situated on the upper side of the beak. The size of the hornbill varies from that of a pigeon to that of a raven, or even larger. They feed chiefly upon fruit, but some species eat dead animals..
Bighorn :: Bighorn (n.) The Rocky Mountain sheep (Ovis / Caprovis montana).
Ammonia :: Ammonia (n.) A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn..
Juwansa :: Juwansa (n.) The camel's thorn. See under Camel.
Whitethorn :: Whitethorn (n.) The hawthorn.
Haythorn :: Haythorn (n.) Hawthorn.
Monoceros :: Monoceros (n.) A one-horned creature; a unicorn; a sea monster with one horn.
Horning :: Horning (n.) Appearance of the moon when increasing, or in the form of a crescent..
Buckthorn :: Buckthorn (n.) A genus (Rhamnus) of shrubs or trees. The shorter branches of some species terminate in long spines or thorns. See Rhamnus.
Ceratosaurus :: Ceratosaurus (n.) A carnivorous American Jurassic dinosaur allied to the European Megalosaurus. The animal was nearly twenty feet in length, and the skull bears a bony horn core on the united nasal bones. See Illustration in Appendix..
Bos :: Bos (n.) A genus of ruminant quadrupeds, including the wild and domestic cattle, distinguished by a stout body, hollow horns, and a large fold of skin hanging from the neck..
Thornset :: Thornset (a.) Set with thorns.
Mayflower :: Mayflower (n.) In England, the hawthorn; in New England, the trailing arbutus (see Arbutus); also, the blossom of these plants..
Hornpout :: Hornpout (n.) See Horned pout, under Horned..
Call :: Call (n.) A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds.
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