Definition of horn

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Horn (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..

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Corneouss :: Corneouss (a.) Of a texture resembling horn; horny; hard.
Push :: Push (v. i.) To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or with a sword..
Woodstone :: Woodstone (n.) A striped variety of hornstone, resembling wood in appearance..
Chikara :: Chikara (n.) The Indian four-horned antelope (Tetraceros quadricornis).
Sloe :: Sloe (n.) A small, bitter, wild European plum, the fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself..
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..
Mull :: Mull (n.) A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.
Basset Horn :: Basset horn (a.) An instrument blown with a reed, and resembling a clarinet, but of much greater compass, embracing nearly four octaves..
Krummhorn :: Krummhorn (n.) Alt. of Krumhor.
Shorn :: Shorn () p. p. of Shear.
Pan :: Pan (n.) The god of shepherds, guardian of bees, and patron of fishing and hunting. He is usually represented as having the head and trunk of a man, with the legs, horns, and tail of a goat, and as playing on the shepherd's pipe, which he is said to have invented..
Unicorn :: Unicorn (n.) Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the head or prothorax.
Euphonium :: Euphonium (n.) A bass instrument of the saxhorn family.
Blackthorn :: Blackthorn (n.) A species of Crataegus or hawthorn (C. tomentosa). Both are used for hedges.
Bullhead :: Bullhead (n.) In America, several species of Amiurus; -- called also catfish, horned pout, and bullpout..
Poley :: Poley (a.) Without horns; polled.
Shoeing-horn :: Shoeing-horn (n.) Anything which draws on or allures; an inducement.
Xanthidium :: Xanthidium (n.) A genus of minute unicellular algae of the desmids. These algae have a rounded shape and are armed with glochidiate or branched aculei. Several species occur in ditches, and others are found fossil in flint or hornstone..
Coronet :: Coronet (n.) The upper part of a horse's hoof, where the horn terminates in skin..
Corno Inglese :: Corno Inglese () A reed instrument, related to the oboe, but deeper in pitch; the English horn..
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