Dictionary entry

Horny

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Horn″y (?), a. [Compar.Hornier (?); superl.Horniest.] 1. Having horns or hornlike projections. Gay.

2. Composed or made of horn, or of a substance resembling horn; of the nature of horn. “The horny... coat of the eye.” Ray.

3. Hard; callous. “His horny fist.” Dryden.