Horn
[hɔːn] or [hɔrn]
Definition
(noun.) one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates.
(noun.) any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn.
(noun.) an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound.
(noun.) a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather).
(noun.) a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it.
(noun.) a device having the shape of a horn; 'horns at the ends of a new moon'; 'the hornof an anvil'; 'the cleat had two horns'.
(noun.) a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning;.
(noun.) the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails.
(verb.) stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; 'the rhino horned the explorer'.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and annually shed and renewed.
(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.
(n.) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias).
(n.) Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn
(n.) 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.
(n.) A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally made of the horns of cattle.
(n.) The cornucopia, or horn of plenty.
(n.) A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for carrying liquids.
(n.) The pointed beak of an anvil.
(n.) The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg.
(n.) The Ionic volute.
(n.) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc.
(n.) A curved projection on the fore part of a plane.
(n.) One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering.
(n.) One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped.
(n.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation, or pride.
(n.) An emblem of a cuckold; -- used chiefly in the plural.
(v. t.) To furnish with horns; to give the shape of a horn to.
(v. t.) To cause to wear horns; to cuckold.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Trumpet.[2]. Drinking-cup.[3]. (Bot.) Spur.
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Definition
n. the hard substance projecting from the heads of certain animals as oxen &c.: something made of or like a horn as a powder-horn a drinking-horn: a symbol of strength: (mus.) a hunting-horn: an orchestral wind-instrument of the trumpet class with a slender twisted brass tube and bell mouth—also distinctively French horn.—v.t. to furnish with horns.—adj. Horned.—ns. Horn′beak the garfish; Horn′beam a tree of Europe and America the hard white wood of which is used by joiners &c.; Horn′bill a bird about the size of the turkey having a horny excrescence on its bill; Horn′book a first book for children which formerly consisted of a single leaf set in a frame with a thin plate of transparent horn in front to preserve it; Horn′-bug a common North American beetle; Horned′-horse the gnu; Horned′-owl Horn′owl a species of owl so called from two tufts of feathers on its head like horns; Horn′er one who works or deals in horns: a trumpeter.—adj. Horn′-foot′ed having a hoof or horn on the foot.—ns. Horn′-gate one of the two gates of Dreams through which pass those visions that come true while out of the ivory-gate pass the unreal; Horn′ie the devil usually represented with horns; Horn′ing appearance of the moon when in its crescent form: (U.S.) a mock serenade with tin horns and any discordant instruments by way of showing public disapproval.—adjs. Horn′ish like horn: hard; Horn′less without horns.—n. Horn′let a little horn.—adj. Horn′-mad mad with rage as the cuckold at the moment of discovery.—ns. Hornmad′ness (Browning); Horn′-mak′er (Shak.) a cuckold-maker; Horn′-mer′cury mercurous chloride or calomel; Horn′-sil′ver silver chloride; Horn′stone a stone much like flint but more brittle ; Horn′work (fort.) an outwork having angular points or horns and composed of two demi-bastions joined by a curtain; Horn′wrack the sea-mat or lemon-weed.—adjs. Horn′y like horn: hard: callous; Horn′y-hand′ed with hands hardened by toil.—Horn of plenty the symbol of plenty carried by Ceres in her left arm filled to overflowing with fruits and flowers (see Cornucopia); Horns of a dilemma (see Dilemma); Horns of the altar the projections at the four corners of the Hebrew altar to which the victim was bound when about to be sacrificed.—Letters of horning (Scots law) letters running in the sovereign's name and passing the signet instructing messengers-at-arms to charge the debtor to pay on his failure a caption or warrant for his apprehension being granted; Pull or Draw in one's horns to restrain one's ardour or one's pretensions; Put to the horn (old Scots law) to outlaw by three blasts of the horn at the Cross of Edinburgh; Wear horns to be a cuckold.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you hear the sound of a horn, foretells hasty news of a joyful character. To see a broken horn, denotes death or accident. To see children playing with horns, denotes congeniality in the home. For a woman to dream of blowing a horn, foretells that she is more anxious for marriage than her lover.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
A sharp point.
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Examples
- A horn-handled clasp knife was lying in a pool of blood beside him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Probably he prepared the ground for his sowing with a pole, or a pole upon which he had stuck a stag's horn. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- See what tidings that horn tells us of--to announce, I ween, some hership [12] and robbery which has been done upon my lands. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I had no more presaged such feats than I had looked forward to an ascent in a balloon, or a voyage to Cape Horn. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The horn extends beyond the machine and the singer, band or orchestra is stationed in front of the mouth of this horn. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Nay, then, said Wamba, I will pray you for a close sight of that same horn that hath so powerful a breath. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- As the singer interprets the song the vibrations set up by the singer’s voice are communicated to the diaphragm by the passage of the sound through the horn. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Seem I not in this garb as bold a forester as ever blew horn? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- In the brass wind instruments such as horn, trombone, and trumpet, the lips of the player vibrate and excite the air within. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I named Sunday at two o'clock, and immediately handed over his note to Mr. Livius, the amateur play-writer, French horn-blower, lady-killer, &c. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- This animal also uses its long neck as a means of offence or defence, by violently swinging its head armed with stump-like horns. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- If these efforts fail the bull is finally lassoed, held fast and killed by driving a knife blade into the spinal column just back of the horns. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In addition to this work the construction of tops, curtains and radiators is carried on, and a large space is used for the storage of equipment and parts, such as lamps, horns, tires, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- These converging horns or funnels, with a large speaking-trumpet in between them, are mounted on a tripod, and the megaphone is complete. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Better far had it been the Old Gentleman, in full equipage of horns, hoofs, and tail. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Once in a while they even took the whole horns of some young sheep, that had not curved too much, and used the pair just as they grew. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Beside each person of rank was placed a goblet of silver; the lower board was accommodated with large drinking horns. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Sometimes they cut spiral strips from the curving horns of a mountain sheep, and steamed them straight. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Every one knows how the horns of stags become more and more branched, and the plumes of some birds become more finely developed, as they grow older. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- He turns towards his last tormentor when a man on foot holds out a red flag; the bull rushes for this and is allowed to take it on his horns. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Man had begun to make spears for use in a pinch, but would you like to tackle a husky bear or a well-horned stag with only a spear for a weapon? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- So was the black horned thing seated aloof on a rock, surveying a distant crowd surrounding a gallows. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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