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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Horn :: Horn (n.) Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn.
Gemul :: Gemul (n.) A small South American deer (Furcifer Chilensis), with simple forked horns..
Sivatherium :: Sivatherium (n.) A genus of very large extinct ruminants found in the Tertiary formation of India. The snout was prolonged in the form of a proboscis. The male had four horns, the posterior pair being large and branched. It was allied to the antelopes, but very much larger than any exsisting species..
Beamy :: Beamy (a.) Having horns, or antlers..
Horntail :: Horntail (n.) Any one of family (Uroceridae) of large hymenopterous insects, allied to the sawflies. The larvae bore in the wood of trees. So called from the long, stout ovipositors of the females..
Piciformes :: Piciformes (n. pl.) A group of birds including the woodpeckers, toucans, barbets, colies, kingfishes, hornbills, and some other related groups..
Longicorn :: Longicorn (a.) Long-horned; pertaining to the Longicornia.
Cohorn :: Cohorn (n.) See Coehorn.
Olifant :: Olifant (n.) An ancient horn, made of ivory..
Leverwood :: Leverwood (n.) The American hop hornbeam (Ostrya Virginica), a small tree with very tough wood..
Turritella :: Turritella (n.) Any spiral marine gastropod belonging to Turritella and allied genera. These mollusks have an elongated, turreted shell, composed of many whorls. They have a rounded aperture, and a horny multispiral operculum..
Ward-corn :: Ward-corn (n.) The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under Watch, n., 1) with a horn to be blown upon any occasion of surprise..
Amassette :: Amassette (n.) An instrument of horn used for collecting painters' colors on the stone in the process of grinding.
Staghound :: Stag-horned (a.) Having the mandibles large and palmate, or branched somewhat like the antlers of a stag; -- said of certain beetles..
Devon :: Devon (n.) One of a breed of hardy cattle originating in the country of Devon, England. Those of pure blood have a deep red color. The small, longhorned variety, called North Devons, is distinguished by the superiority of its working oxen..
Bez-antler :: Bez-antler (n.) The second branch of a stag's horn.
Push :: Push (v. i.) To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or with a sword..
Hornbill :: Hornbill (n.) Any bird of the family Bucerotidae, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical parts of Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, and are remarkable for having a more or less horn-like protuberance, which is usually large and hollow and is situated on the upper side of the beak. The size of the hornbill varies from that of a pigeon to that of a raven, or even larger. They feed chiefly upon fruit, but some species eat dead animals..
Lanthorn :: Lanthorn (n.) See Lantern.
Crook :: Crook (n.) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key..
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