Hartshorn
[hɑ:tshɒ:n]
Definition
(n.) The horn or antler of the hart, or male red deer.
(n.) Spirits of hartshorn (see below); volatile salts.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Carbonate of ammonia (in solution), spirit of hartshorn, liquid ammonia.
Editor: Tracy
Examples
- Deerhurst was smelling a bottle of hartshorn, which Sophia's landlady held fast to the end of his nose. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Drawing the loom-made lace curtains, he starts up the window shade on the automatic Hartshorn roller and is enabled to see how to put in his collar button and adjust his shirt studs. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Editor: Tracy