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De - Pt| English Dictionary: hartshorn | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for hartshorn | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Hartshorn \Harts"horn`\, n. 1. The horn or antler of the hart, or male red deer. 2. Spirits of hartshorn (see below); volatile salts. {Hartshorn plantain} (Bot.), an annual species of plantain ({Plantago Coronopus}); -- called also {duck's-horn}. --Booth. {Hartshorn shavings}, originally taken from the horns of harts, are now obtained chiefly by planing down the bones of calves. They afford a kind of jelly. --Hebert. {Salt of hartshorn} (Chem.), an impure solid carbonate of ammonia, obtained by the destructive distillation of hartshorn, or any kind of bone; volatile salts. --Brande & C. {Spirits of hartshorn} (Chem.), a solution of ammonia in water; -- so called because formerly obtained from hartshorn shavings by destructive distillation. Similar ammoniacal solutions from other sources have received the same name. | |
| From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
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Hartshorn, MO Zip code(s): 65479 | |
