English Dictionary: hermaphrodite brig | by the DICT Development Group |
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Harmful \Harm"ful\, a. Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous. [bd] Most harmful hazards.[b8] --Strype. --{Harm"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Harm"ful*ness}, n. | |
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Harmful \Harm"ful\, a. Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous. [bd] Most harmful hazards.[b8] --Strype. --{Harm"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Harm"ful*ness}, n. | |
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Harmful \Harm"ful\, a. Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous. [bd] Most harmful hazards.[b8] --Strype. --{Harm"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Harm"ful*ness}, n. | |
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Hereinafter \Here`in*aft"er\, adv. In the following part of this (writing, document, speech, and the like). | |
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Hereinbefore \Here`in*be*fore"\, adv. In the preceding part of this (writing, document, book, etc.). | |
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Hermaphrodeity \Her*maph`ro*de"i*ty\, n. Hermaphrodism. --B. Jonson. | |
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Hermaphrodism \Her*maph"ro*dism\, n. [Cf. F. hermaphrodisme.] (Biol.) See {Hermaphroditism}. | |
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Hermaphrodite \Her*maph"ro*dite\, n. [L. hermaphroditus, Gr. [?], so called from the mythical story that Hermaphroditus, son of Hermes and Aphrodite, when bathing, became joined in one body with Salmacis, the nymph of a fountain in Caria: cf. F. hermaphrodite.] (Biol.) An individual which has the attributes of both male and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant having the parts of generation of both sexes, as when a flower contains both the stamens and pistil within the same calyx, or on the same receptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without the union of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates. See Illust. in Appendix, under Helminths. | |
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Hermaphrodite \Her*maph"ro*dite\, a. Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite animal or flower. {Hermaphrodite brig}. (Naut.) See under {Brig}. --Totten. | |
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Brig \Brig\, n. [Shortened from {Brigantine}.] (Naut.) A two-masted, square-rigged vessel. {Hermaphrodite brig}, a two-masted vessel square-rigged forward and schooner-rigged aft. See Illustration in Appendix. | |
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Hermaphrodite \Her*maph"ro*dite\, a. Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite animal or flower. {Hermaphrodite brig}. (Naut.) See under {Brig}. --Totten. | |
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Hermaphroditic \Her*maph`ro*dit"ic\, Hermaphroditical \Her*maph`ro*dit"ic*al\, a. (Biol.) Partaking of the characteristics of both sexes; characterized by hermaphroditism. -- {Her*maph`ro*dit"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Hermaphroditic \Her*maph`ro*dit"ic\, Hermaphroditical \Her*maph`ro*dit"ic*al\, a. (Biol.) Partaking of the characteristics of both sexes; characterized by hermaphroditism. -- {Her*maph`ro*dit"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Hermaphroditic \Her*maph`ro*dit"ic\, Hermaphroditical \Her*maph`ro*dit"ic*al\, a. (Biol.) Partaking of the characteristics of both sexes; characterized by hermaphroditism. -- {Her*maph`ro*dit"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Hermaphroditism \Her*maph"ro*dit*ism\, n. (Biol.) The union of the two sexes in the same individual, or the combination of some of their characteristics or organs in one individual. | |
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Horn \Horn\, n. [AS. horn; akin to D. horen, hoorn, G., Icel., Sw., & Dan. horn, Goth. ha[a3]rn, W., Gael., & Ir. corn, L. cornu, Gr. [?], and perh. also to E. cheer, cranium, cerebral; cf. Skr. [87]iras head. Cf. {Carat}, {Corn} on the foot, {Cornea}, {Corner}, {Cornet}, {Cornucopia}, {Hart}.] 1. 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. 2. The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and annually shed and renewed. 3. (Zo[94]l.) 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. 4. (Bot.) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed ({Asclepias}). 5. Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn; as: (a) 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. [bd]Wind his horn under the castle wall.[b8] --Spenser. See {French horn}, under {French}. (b) A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally made of the horns of cattle. [bd]Horns of mead and ale.[b8] --Mason. (c) The cornucopia, or horn of plenty. See {Cornucopia}. [bd]Fruits and flowers from Amalth[91]a's horn.[b8] --Milton. (d) A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for carrying liquids. [bd]Samuel took the hornof oil and anointed him [David].[b8] --1 Sam. xvi. 13. (e) The pointed beak of an anvil. (f) The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg. (g) (Arch.) The Ionic volute. (h) (Naut.) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc. (i) (Carp.) A curved projection on the fore part of a plane. (j) One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering. [bd]Joab . . . caught hold on the horns of the altar.[b8] --1 Kings ii. 28. 6. One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped. The moon Wears a wan circle round her blunted horns. --Thomson. 7. (Mil.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form. Sharpening in mooned horns Their phalanx. --Milton. 8. 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. 9. (Script.) A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation, or pride. The Lord is . . . the horn of my salvation. --Ps. xviii. 2. 10. An emblem of a cuckold; -- used chiefly in the plural. [bd]Thicker than a cuckold's horn.[b8] --Shak. {Horn block}, the frame or pedestal in which a railway car axle box slides up and down; -- also called {horn plate}. {Horn of a dilemma}. See under {Dilemma}. {Horn distemper}, a disease of cattle, affecting the internal substance of the horn. {Horn drum}, a wheel with long curved scoops, for raising water. {Horn lead} (Chem.), chloride of lead. {Horn maker}, a maker of cuckolds. [Obs.] --Shak. {Horn mercury}. (Min.) Same as {Horn quicksilver} (below). {Horn poppy} (Bot.), a plant allied to the poppy ({Glaucium luteum}), found on the sandy shores of Great Britain and Virginia; -- called also {horned poppy}. --Gray. {Horn pox} (Med.), abortive smallpox with an eruption like that of chicken pox. {Horn quicksilver} (Min.), native calomel, or bichloride of mercury. {Horn shell} (Zo[94]l.), any long, sharp, spiral, gastropod shell, of the genus {Cerithium}, and allied genera. {Horn silver} (Min.), cerargyrite. {Horn slate}, a gray, siliceous stone. {To haul in one's horns}, to withdraw some arrogant pretension. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Horn \Horn\, n. [AS. horn; akin to D. horen, hoorn, G., Icel., Sw., & Dan. horn, Goth. ha[a3]rn, W., Gael., & Ir. corn, L. cornu, Gr. [?], and perh. also to E. cheer, cranium, cerebral; cf. Skr. [87]iras head. Cf. {Carat}, {Corn} on the foot, {Cornea}, {Corner}, {Cornet}, {Cornucopia}, {Hart}.] 1. 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. 2. The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and annually shed and renewed. 3. (Zo[94]l.) 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. 4. (Bot.) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed ({Asclepias}). 5. Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn; as: (a) 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. [bd]Wind his horn under the castle wall.[b8] --Spenser. See {French horn}, under {French}. (b) A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally made of the horns of cattle. [bd]Horns of mead and ale.[b8] --Mason. (c) The cornucopia, or horn of plenty. See {Cornucopia}. [bd]Fruits and flowers from Amalth[91]a's horn.[b8] --Milton. (d) A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for carrying liquids. [bd]Samuel took the hornof oil and anointed him [David].[b8] --1 Sam. xvi. 13. (e) The pointed beak of an anvil. (f) The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg. (g) (Arch.) The Ionic volute. (h) (Naut.) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc. (i) (Carp.) A curved projection on the fore part of a plane. (j) One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering. [bd]Joab . . . caught hold on the horns of the altar.[b8] --1 Kings ii. 28. 6. One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped. The moon Wears a wan circle round her blunted horns. --Thomson. 7. (Mil.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form. Sharpening in mooned horns Their phalanx. --Milton. 8. 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. 9. (Script.) A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation, or pride. The Lord is . . . the horn of my salvation. --Ps. xviii. 2. 10. An emblem of a cuckold; -- used chiefly in the plural. [bd]Thicker than a cuckold's horn.[b8] --Shak. {Horn block}, the frame or pedestal in which a railway car axle box slides up and down; -- also called {horn plate}. {Horn of a dilemma}. See under {Dilemma}. {Horn distemper}, a disease of cattle, affecting the internal substance of the horn. {Horn drum}, a wheel with long curved scoops, for raising water. {Horn lead} (Chem.), chloride of lead. {Horn maker}, a maker of cuckolds. [Obs.] --Shak. {Horn mercury}. (Min.) Same as {Horn quicksilver} (below). {Horn poppy} (Bot.), a plant allied to the poppy ({Glaucium luteum}), found on the sandy shores of Great Britain and Virginia; -- called also {horned poppy}. --Gray. {Horn pox} (Med.), abortive smallpox with an eruption like that of chicken pox. {Horn quicksilver} (Min.), native calomel, or bichloride of mercury. {Horn shell} (Zo[94]l.), any long, sharp, spiral, gastropod shell, of the genus {Cerithium}, and allied genera. {Horn silver} (Min.), cerargyrite. {Horn slate}, a gray, siliceous stone. {To haul in one's horns}, to withdraw some arrogant pretension. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Horn \Horn\, n. [AS. horn; akin to D. horen, hoorn, G., Icel., Sw., & Dan. horn, Goth. ha[a3]rn, W., Gael., & Ir. corn, L. cornu, Gr. [?], and perh. also to E. cheer, cranium, cerebral; cf. Skr. [87]iras head. Cf. {Carat}, {Corn} on the foot, {Cornea}, {Corner}, {Cornet}, {Cornucopia}, {Hart}.] 1. 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. 2. The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and annually shed and renewed. 3. (Zo[94]l.) 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. 4. (Bot.) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed ({Asclepias}). 5. Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn; as: (a) 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. [bd]Wind his horn under the castle wall.[b8] --Spenser. See {French horn}, under {French}. (b) A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally made of the horns of cattle. [bd]Horns of mead and ale.[b8] --Mason. (c) The cornucopia, or horn of plenty. See {Cornucopia}. [bd]Fruits and flowers from Amalth[91]a's horn.[b8] --Milton. (d) A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for carrying liquids. [bd]Samuel took the hornof oil and anointed him [David].[b8] --1 Sam. xvi. 13. (e) The pointed beak of an anvil. (f) The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg. (g) (Arch.) The Ionic volute. (h) (Naut.) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc. (i) (Carp.) A curved projection on the fore part of a plane. (j) One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering. [bd]Joab . . . caught hold on the horns of the altar.[b8] --1 Kings ii. 28. 6. One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped. The moon Wears a wan circle round her blunted horns. --Thomson. 7. (Mil.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form. Sharpening in mooned horns Their phalanx. --Milton. 8. 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. 9. (Script.) A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation, or pride. The Lord is . . . the horn of my salvation. --Ps. xviii. 2. 10. An emblem of a cuckold; -- used chiefly in the plural. [bd]Thicker than a cuckold's horn.[b8] --Shak. {Horn block}, the frame or pedestal in which a railway car axle box slides up and down; -- also called {horn plate}. {Horn of a dilemma}. See under {Dilemma}. {Horn distemper}, a disease of cattle, affecting the internal substance of the horn. {Horn drum}, a wheel with long curved scoops, for raising water. {Horn lead} (Chem.), chloride of lead. {Horn maker}, a maker of cuckolds. [Obs.] --Shak. {Horn mercury}. (Min.) Same as {Horn quicksilver} (below). {Horn poppy} (Bot.), a plant allied to the poppy ({Glaucium luteum}), found on the sandy shores of Great Britain and Virginia; -- called also {horned poppy}. --Gray. {Horn pox} (Med.), abortive smallpox with an eruption like that of chicken pox. {Horn quicksilver} (Min.), native calomel, or bichloride of mercury. {Horn shell} (Zo[94]l.), any long, sharp, spiral, gastropod shell, of the genus {Cerithium}, and allied genera. {Horn silver} (Min.), cerargyrite. {Horn slate}, a gray, siliceous stone. {To haul in one's horns}, to withdraw some arrogant pretension. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Horn \Horn\, n. [AS. horn; akin to D. horen, hoorn, G., Icel., Sw., & Dan. horn, Goth. ha[a3]rn, W., Gael., & Ir. corn, L. cornu, Gr. [?], and perh. also to E. cheer, cranium, cerebral; cf. Skr. [87]iras head. Cf. {Carat}, {Corn} on the foot, {Cornea}, {Corner}, {Cornet}, {Cornucopia}, {Hart}.] 1. 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. 2. The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and annually shed and renewed. 3. (Zo[94]l.) 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. 4. (Bot.) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed ({Asclepias}). 5. Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn; as: (a) 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. [bd]Wind his horn under the castle wall.[b8] --Spenser. See {French horn}, under {French}. (b) A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally made of the horns of cattle. [bd]Horns of mead and ale.[b8] --Mason. (c) The cornucopia, or horn of plenty. See {Cornucopia}. [bd]Fruits and flowers from Amalth[91]a's horn.[b8] --Milton. (d) A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for carrying liquids. [bd]Samuel took the hornof oil and anointed him [David].[b8] --1 Sam. xvi. 13. (e) The pointed beak of an anvil. (f) The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg. (g) (Arch.) The Ionic volute. (h) (Naut.) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc. (i) (Carp.) A curved projection on the fore part of a plane. (j) One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering. [bd]Joab . . . caught hold on the horns of the altar.[b8] --1 Kings ii. 28. 6. One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped. The moon Wears a wan circle round her blunted horns. --Thomson. 7. (Mil.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form. Sharpening in mooned horns Their phalanx. --Milton. 8. 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. 9. (Script.) A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation, or pride. The Lord is . . . the horn of my salvation. --Ps. xviii. 2. 10. An emblem of a cuckold; -- used chiefly in the plural. [bd]Thicker than a cuckold's horn.[b8] --Shak. {Horn block}, the frame or pedestal in which a railway car axle box slides up and down; -- also called {horn plate}. {Horn of a dilemma}. See under {Dilemma}. {Horn distemper}, a disease of cattle, affecting the internal substance of the horn. {Horn drum}, a wheel with long curved scoops, for raising water. {Horn lead} (Chem.), chloride of lead. {Horn maker}, a maker of cuckolds. [Obs.] --Shak. {Horn mercury}. (Min.) Same as {Horn quicksilver} (below). {Horn poppy} (Bot.), a plant allied to the poppy ({Glaucium luteum}), found on the sandy shores of Great Britain and Virginia; -- called also {horned poppy}. --Gray. {Horn pox} (Med.), abortive smallpox with an eruption like that of chicken pox. {Horn quicksilver} (Min.), native calomel, or bichloride of mercury. {Horn shell} (Zo[94]l.), any long, sharp, spiral, gastropod shell, of the genus {Cerithium}, and allied genera. {Horn silver} (Min.), cerargyrite. {Horn slate}, a gray, siliceous stone. {To haul in one's horns}, to withdraw some arrogant pretension. [Colloq.] | |
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Pout \Pout\, n. [Cf. {Eelpout}.] (Zo[94]l.) The European whiting pout or bib. {Eel pout}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Eelpout}. {Horn pout}, [or] {Horned pout}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bullhead} (b) . | |
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Horn \Horn\, n. [AS. horn; akin to D. horen, hoorn, G., Icel., Sw., & Dan. horn, Goth. ha[a3]rn, W., Gael., & Ir. corn, L. cornu, Gr. [?], and perh. also to E. cheer, cranium, cerebral; cf. Skr. [87]iras head. Cf. {Carat}, {Corn} on the foot, {Cornea}, {Corner}, {Cornet}, {Cornucopia}, {Hart}.] 1. 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. 2. The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and annually shed and renewed. 3. (Zo[94]l.) 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. 4. (Bot.) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed ({Asclepias}). 5. Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn; as: (a) 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. [bd]Wind his horn under the castle wall.[b8] --Spenser. See {French horn}, under {French}. (b) A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally made of the horns of cattle. [bd]Horns of mead and ale.[b8] --Mason. (c) The cornucopia, or horn of plenty. See {Cornucopia}. [bd]Fruits and flowers from Amalth[91]a's horn.[b8] --Milton. (d) A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for carrying liquids. [bd]Samuel took the hornof oil and anointed him [David].[b8] --1 Sam. xvi. 13. (e) The pointed beak of an anvil. (f) The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg. (g) (Arch.) The Ionic volute. (h) (Naut.) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc. (i) (Carp.) A curved projection on the fore part of a plane. (j) One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering. [bd]Joab . . . caught hold on the horns of the altar.[b8] --1 Kings ii. 28. 6. One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped. The moon Wears a wan circle round her blunted horns. --Thomson. 7. (Mil.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form. Sharpening in mooned horns Their phalanx. --Milton. 8. 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. 9. (Script.) A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation, or pride. The Lord is . . . the horn of my salvation. --Ps. xviii. 2. 10. An emblem of a cuckold; -- used chiefly in the plural. [bd]Thicker than a cuckold's horn.[b8] --Shak. {Horn block}, the frame or pedestal in which a railway car axle box slides up and down; -- also called {horn plate}. {Horn of a dilemma}. See under {Dilemma}. {Horn distemper}, a disease of cattle, affecting the internal substance of the horn. {Horn drum}, a wheel with long curved scoops, for raising water. {Horn lead} (Chem.), chloride of lead. {Horn maker}, a maker of cuckolds. [Obs.] --Shak. {Horn mercury}. (Min.) Same as {Horn quicksilver} (below). {Horn poppy} (Bot.), a plant allied to the poppy ({Glaucium luteum}), found on the sandy shores of Great Britain and Virginia; -- called also {horned poppy}. --Gray. {Horn pox} (Med.), abortive smallpox with an eruption like that of chicken pox. {Horn quicksilver} (Min.), native calomel, or bichloride of mercury. {Horn shell} (Zo[94]l.), any long, sharp, spiral, gastropod shell, of the genus {Cerithium}, and allied genera. {Horn silver} (Min.), cerargyrite. {Horn slate}, a gray, siliceous stone. {To haul in one's horns}, to withdraw some arrogant pretension. [Colloq.] | |
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Hornbeak \Horn"beak`\, n. A fish. See {Hornfish}. | |
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Hornbeam \Horn"beam`\, n. [See {Beam}.] (Bot.) A tree of the genus {Carpinus} ({C. Americana}), having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard. It is common along the banks of streams in the United States, and is also called {ironwood}. The English hornbeam is {C. Betulus}. The American is called also {blue beech} and {water beech}. {Hop hornbeam}. (Bot.) See under {Hop}. | |
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Hornbill \Horn"bill`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any bird of the family {Bucerotid[91]}, 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. | |
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Amphibole \Am"phi*bole\ ([acr]m"f[icr]*b[omac]l), n. [Gr. 'amfi`bolos doubtful, equivocal, fr. 'amfiba`llein to throw round, to doubt: cf. F. amphibole. Ha[81]y so named the genus from the great variety of color and composition assumed by the mineral.] (Min.) A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are {tremolite}, {actinolite}, {asbestus}, {edenite}, {hornblende} (the last name being also used as a general term for the whole species). Amphibole is a constituent of many crystalline rocks, as syenite, diorite, most varieties of trachyte, etc. See {Hornblende}. | |
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Hornblende \Horn"blende`\, n. [G., fr. horn horn + blende blende.] (Min.) The common black, or dark green or brown, variety of amphibole. (See {Amphibole}.) It belongs to the aluminous division of the species, and is also characterized by its containing considerable iron. Also used as a general term to include the whole species. {Hornblende schist} (Geol.), a hornblende rock of schistose structure. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Amphibole \Am"phi*bole\ ([acr]m"f[icr]*b[omac]l), n. [Gr. 'amfi`bolos doubtful, equivocal, fr. 'amfiba`llein to throw round, to doubt: cf. F. amphibole. Ha[81]y so named the genus from the great variety of color and composition assumed by the mineral.] (Min.) A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are {tremolite}, {actinolite}, {asbestus}, {edenite}, {hornblende} (the last name being also used as a general term for the whole species). Amphibole is a constituent of many crystalline rocks, as syenite, diorite, most varieties of trachyte, etc. See {Hornblende}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hornblende \Horn"blende`\, n. [G., fr. horn horn + blende blende.] (Min.) The common black, or dark green or brown, variety of amphibole. (See {Amphibole}.) It belongs to the aluminous division of the species, and is also characterized by its containing considerable iron. Also used as a general term to include the whole species. {Hornblende schist} (Geol.), a hornblende rock of schistose structure. | |
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{Gneissoid granite}, granite in which the mica has traces of a regular arrangement. {Graphic granite}, granite consisting of quartz and feldspar without mica, and having the quartz crystals so arranged in the transverse section like oriental characters. {Porphyritic granite}, granite containing feldspar in distinct crystals. {Hornblende granite}, or {Syenitic granite}, granite containing hornblende as well as mica, or, according to some authorities hornblende replacing the mica. {Granite ware}. (a) A kind of stoneware. (b) A Kind of ironware, coated with an enamel resembling granite. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hornblende \Horn"blende`\, n. [G., fr. horn horn + blende blende.] (Min.) The common black, or dark green or brown, variety of amphibole. (See {Amphibole}.) It belongs to the aluminous division of the species, and is also characterized by its containing considerable iron. Also used as a general term to include the whole species. {Hornblende schist} (Geol.), a hornblende rock of schistose structure. | |
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Slate \Slate\, n. [OE. slat, OF. esclat a shiver, splinter, F. [82]clat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to chip, F. [82]clater, fr. OHG. sliezen to tear, slit, split, fr. sl[c6]zan to slit, G. schleissen. See {Slit}, v. t., and cf. {Eclat}.] 1. (Min.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist. 2. Any rock or stone having a slaty structure. 3. A prepared piece of such stone. Especially: (a) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses, etc. (b) A tablet for writing upon. 4. An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the above purposes. 5. A thin plate of any material; a flake. [Obs.] 6. (Politics) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand. [Cant, U.S.] --Bartlett. {Adhesive slate} (Min.), a kind of slate of a greenish gray color, which absorbs water rapidly, and adheres to the tongue; whence the name. {Aluminous slate}, [or] {Alum slate} (Min.), a kind of slate containing sulphate of alumina, -- used in the manufacture of alum. {Bituminous slate} (Min.), a soft species of sectile clay slate, impregnated with bitumen. {Hornblende slate} (Min.), a slaty rock, consisting essentially of hornblende and feldspar, useful for flagging on account of its toughness. {Slate ax} [or] {axe}, a mattock with an ax end, used in shaping slates for roofs, and making holes in them for the nails. {Slate clay} (Geol.), an indurated clay, forming one of the alternating beds of the coal measures, consisting of an infusible compound of alumina and silica, and often used for making fire bricks. --Tomlinson. {Slate globe}, a globe the surface of which is made of an artificial slatelike material. {Slate pencil}, a pencil of slate, or of soapstone, used for writing on a slate. {Slate rocks} (Min.), rocks which split into thin lamin[91], not necessarily parallel to the stratification; foliated rocks. {Slate spar} (Min.), a variety of calcite of silvery white luster and of a slaty structure. {Transparent slate}, a plate of translucent material, as ground glass, upon which a copy of a picture, placed beneath it, can be made by tracing. | |
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Hornblendic \Horn*blend"ic\, a. Composed largely of hornblende; resembling or relating to hornblende. | |
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Gneiss \Gneiss\ (n[imac]s), n. [G.] (Geol.) A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabs or flags. Hornblende sometimes takes the place of the mica, and it is then called {hornblendic [or] syenitic gneiss}. Similar varieties of related rocks are also called gneiss. | |
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Hornblower \Horn"blow`er\, n. [AS. hornbl[be]were.] One who, or that which, blows a horn. | |
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Hornbook \Horn"book`\, n. 1. The first book for children, or that from which in former times they learned their letters and rudiments; -- so called because a sheet of horn covered the small, thin board of oak, or the slip of paper, on which the alphabet, digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written or printed; a primer. [bd]He teaches boys the hornbook.[b8] --Shak. 2. A book containing the rudiments of any science or branch of knowledge; a manual; a handbook. | |
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Hornbug \Horn"bug`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large nocturnal beetle of the genus {Lucanus} (as {L. capreolus}, and {L. dama}), having long, curved upper jaws, resembling a sickle. The grubs are found in the trunks of old trees. | |
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Sauger \Sau"ger\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An American fresh-water food fish ({Stizostedion Canadense}); -- called also {gray pike}, {blue pike}, {hornfish}, {land pike}, {sand pike}, {pickering}, and {pickerel}. | |
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Garfish \Gar"fish`\, n. [See {Gar}, n.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European marine fish ({Belone vulgaris}); -- called also {gar}, {gerrick}, {greenback}, {greenbone}, {gorebill}, {hornfish}, {longnose}, {mackerel guide}, {sea needle}, and {sea pike}. (b) One of several species of similar fishes of the genus {Tylosurus}, of which one species ({T. marinus}) is common on the Atlantic coast. {T. Caribb[91]us}, a very large species, and {T. crassus}, are more southern; -- called also {needlefish}. Many of the common names of the European garfish are also applied to the American species. | |
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Hornfish \Horn"fish`\, n. [AS. hornfisc.] (Zo[94]l.) The garfish or sea needle. | |
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Sauger \Sau"ger\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An American fresh-water food fish ({Stizostedion Canadense}); -- called also {gray pike}, {blue pike}, {hornfish}, {land pike}, {sand pike}, {pickering}, and {pickerel}. | |
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Garfish \Gar"fish`\, n. [See {Gar}, n.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European marine fish ({Belone vulgaris}); -- called also {gar}, {gerrick}, {greenback}, {greenbone}, {gorebill}, {hornfish}, {longnose}, {mackerel guide}, {sea needle}, and {sea pike}. (b) One of several species of similar fishes of the genus {Tylosurus}, of which one species ({T. marinus}) is common on the Atlantic coast. {T. Caribb[91]us}, a very large species, and {T. crassus}, are more southern; -- called also {needlefish}. Many of the common names of the European garfish are also applied to the American species. | |
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Hornfish \Horn"fish`\, n. [AS. hornfisc.] (Zo[94]l.) The garfish or sea needle. | |
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Hornfoot \Horn"foot`\, a. Having hoofs; hoofed. | |
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Hornify \Horn"i*fy\, v. t. [Horn + -fy.] To horn; to cuckold. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Hobnob \Hob"nob`\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hornobbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hornobbing}.] 1. To drink familiarly (with another). [ Written also {hob-a-nob}.] 2. To associate familiarly; to be on intimate terms. | |
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Hobnob \Hob"nob`\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hornobbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hornobbing}.] 1. To drink familiarly (with another). [ Written also {hob-a-nob}.] 2. To associate familiarly; to be on intimate terms. | |
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Hornpike \Horn"pike`\, n. The garfish. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Hornpipe \Horn"pipe`\, n. (Mus.) (a) An instrument of music formerly popular in Wales, consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. It was so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn. (b) A lively tune played on a hornpipe, for dancing; a tune adapted for such playing. Many a hornpipe he tuned to his Phyllis. --Sir W. Raleigh. (c) A dance performed, usually by one person, to such a tune, and popular among sailors. | |
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Hornpout \Horn"pout`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Horned pout}, under {Horned}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hornbeak, TN (town, FIPS 36000) Location: 36.33141 N, 89.29695 W Population (1990): 445 (185 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38232 | |
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Hornbeck, LA (town, FIPS 36045) Location: 31.32670 N, 93.39623 W Population (1990): 427 (198 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71439 | |
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Hornbrook, CA Zip code(s): 96044 | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Harnepher a chief of the tribe of Asher (1 Chr. 7:36). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Harnepher, the anger of a bull; increasing heat | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Harumaph, destruction |