Definition of horn

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Horn (n.) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc..

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Hornotine :: Hornotine (n.) A yearling; a bird of the year.
Crook :: Crook (n.) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key..
Trigonocerous :: Trigonocerous (a.) Having horns with three angles, like those of some species of goats..
Cornist :: Cornist (n.) A performer on the cornet or horn.
Bay-antler :: Bay-antler (n.) The second tine of a stag's horn. See under Antler.
Poke :: Poke (v. t.) To thrust with the horns; to gore.
Willow-thorn :: Willow-thorn (n.) A thorny European shrub (Hippophae rhamnoides) resembling a willow.
Horn :: Horn (n.) A curved projection on the fore part of a plane.
Arnee :: Arnee (n.) The wild buffalo of India (Bos, or Bubalus, arni), larger than the domestic buffalo and having enormous horns..
Beakiron :: Beakiron (n.) A bickern; a bench anvil with a long beak, adapted to reach the interior surface of sheet metal ware; the horn of an anvil..
Hawthorn :: Hawthorn (n.) A thorny shrub or tree (the Crataegus oxyacantha), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called haw. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American hawthorn is Crataegus cordata, which has the leaves but little lobed..
Poley :: Poley (a.) Without horns; polled.
Spiny :: Spiny (a.) Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree..
Coronet :: Coronet (n.) The upper part of a horse's hoof, where the horn terminates in skin..
Yt :: Yt () an old method of printing that (AS. /aet, /aet) the y taking the place of the old letter thorn (/). Cf. Ye, the..
Coleoptera :: Coleoptera (n. pl.) An order of insects having the anterior pair of wings (elytra) hard and horny, and serving as coverings for the posterior pair, which are membranous, and folded transversely under the others when not in use. The mouth parts form two pairs of jaws (mandibles and maxillae) adapted for chewing. Most of the Coleoptera are known as beetles and weevils..
Buck''s-horn :: Buck's-horn (n.) A plant with leaves branched somewhat like a buck's horn (Plantago Coronopus); also, Lobelia coronopifolia..
Horn :: Horn (n.) 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..
Ceratohyal :: Ceratohyal (n.) A ceratohyal bone, or cartilage, which, in man, forms one of the small horns of the hyoid..
Toot :: Toot (v. i.) To blow or sound a horn; to make similar noise by contact of the tongue with the root of the upper teeth at the beginning and end of the sound; also, to give forth such a sound, as a horn when blown..
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