Definition of horn

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Horn (n.) One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped..

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Shoeing-horn :: Shoeing-horn (n.) A curved piece of polished horn, wood, or metal used to facilitate the entrance of the foot into a shoe..
Morsing Horn :: Morsing horn () A horn or flask for holding powder, as for priming..
Hornpike :: Hornpike (n.) The garfish.
Stag-horned :: Stag-horn fern () See under Stag.
Bos :: Bos (n.) A genus of ruminant quadrupeds, including the wild and domestic cattle, distinguished by a stout body, hollow horns, and a large fold of skin hanging from the neck..
Sclerobase :: Sclerobase (n.) The calcareous or hornlike coral forming the central stem or axis of most compound alcyonarians; -- called also foot secretion. See Illust. under Gorgoniacea, and Coenenchyma..
Dorn :: Dorn (n.) A British ray; the thornback.
Henna :: Henna (n.) A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia (L. alba). The fragrant white blossoms are used by the Buddhists in religious ceremonies. The powdered leaves furnish a red coloring matter used in the East to stain the hails and fingers, the manes of horses, etc..
Diorite :: Diorite (n.) An igneous, crystalline in structure, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and hornblende. It includes part of what was called greenstone..
Thorntail :: Thorntail (n.) A beautiful South American humming bird (Gouldia Popelairii), having the six outer tail feathers long, slender, and pointed. The head is ornamented with a long, pointed crest..
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..
Markhoor :: Markhoor (n.) A large wild goat (Capra megaceros), having huge flattened spiral horns. It inhabits the mountains of Northern India and Cashmere..
Sloe :: Sloe (n.) A small, bitter, wild European plum, the fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself..
Bud :: Bud (v. i.) To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn..
Unicorn :: Unicorn (n.) A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often represented in heraldry as a supporter.
Shorthorn :: Shorthorn (a.) One of a breed of large, heavy domestic cattle having short horns. The breed was developed in England..
Redhorn :: Redhorn (n.) Any species of a tribe of butterflies (Fugacia) including the common yellow species and the cabbage butterflies. The antennae are usually red.
Laminiplantar :: Laminiplantar (a.) Having the tarsus covered behind with a horny sheath continuous on both sides, as in most singing birds, except the larks..
Glasstonbury Thorn :: Glasstonbury thorn () A variety of the common hawthorn.
Corniplume :: Corniplume (n.) A hornlike tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.
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