Definition of horn

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Horn (n.) A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for carrying liquids..

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Sole :: Sole (n.) The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts..
Reciprocornous :: Reciprocornous (a.) Having horns turning backward and then forward, like those of a ram..
Inermis :: Inermis (a.) Unarmed; destitute of prickles or thorns, as a leaf..
Spinous :: Spinous (a.) Spinose; thorny.
Haythorn :: Haythorn (n.) Hawthorn.
Canker :: Canker (n.) An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually resulting from neglected thrush..
Pibcorn :: Pibcorn (n.) A wind instrument or pipe, with a horn at each end, -- used in Wales..
Tonsure :: Tonsure (n.) The act of clipping the hair, or of shaving the crown of the head; also, the state of being shorn..
Bighorn :: Bighorn (n.) The Rocky Mountain sheep (Ovis / Caprovis montana).
Hartshorn :: Hartshorn (n.) Spirits of hartshorn (see below); volatile salts.
Horn :: Horn (n.) A curved projection on the fore part of a plane.
Hornstone :: Hornstone (n.) A siliceous stone, a variety of quartz, closely resembling flint, but more brittle; -- called also chert..
Whalebone :: Whalebone (n.) A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen..
Hornbeam :: Hornbeam (n.) A tree of the genus Carpinus (C. Americana), having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard. It is common along the banks of streams in the United States, and is also called ironwood. The English hornbeam is C. Betulus. The American is called also blue beech and water beech..
Hornwort :: Hornwort (n.) An aquatic plant (Ceratophyllum), with finely divided leaves..
Fanfare :: Fanfare (n.) A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.; also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase..
Cowfish :: Cowfish (n.) A marine plectognath fish (Ostracoin quadricorne, and allied species), having two projections, like horns, in front; -- called also cuckold, coffer fish, trunkfish..
Bud :: Bud (v. i.) To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn..
Horn :: Horn (n.) The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg..
Pollard :: Pollard (n.) A hornless animal (cow or sheep).
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