Webster's Dictionary 1913

3025

Hormone

Hor″mone (hôr″mōn), n. [From Gr. ορμἅειν to excite.] (Physiol. Chem.) A chemical substance formed in one organ and carried in the circulation to another organ on which it exerts...

3026

Horn

Horn (?), n. [AS. horn; akin to D. horen, hoorn, G., Icel., Sw., & Dan. horn, Goth. haúrn, W., Gael., & Ir. corn, L. cornu, Gr. �, and perh. also to E. cheer, cranium, cerebral;...

3027

Horn (2)

Horn (?), v. t. 1. To furnish with horns; to give the shape of a horn to.2. To cause to wear horns; to cuckold. Shak.

3028

Horn-mad

Horn″–mad′ (?), a. Quite mad; — raving crazy.Did I tell you about Mr. Garrick, that the town are horn-mad after? Gray.

3029

Hornbeak

Horn″beak′ (?), n. A fish. See Hornfish.

3030

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...

3031

Hornbill

Horn″bill′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any bird of the family Bucerotidæ, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical parts of Asia, Afric...

3032

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 div...

3033

Hornblendic

Horn‐blend″ic (?), a. Composed largely of hornblende; resembling or relating to hornblende.

3034

Hornblower

Horn″blow′er (?), n. [AS. hornblāwere.] One who, or that which, blows a horn.

3035

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 s...

3036

Hornbug

Horn″bug′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) 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 i...

3037

Horned

Horned (?), a. Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part shaped like a horn.The horned moon with one br...

3038

Hornedness

Horn″ed‐ness (?), n. The condition of being horned.

3039

Hornel

Horn″el (?), n.(Zoöl.) The European sand eel.

3040

Horner

Horn″er (?), n. 1. One who works or deal in horn or horns. Grew.2. One who winds or blows the horn. Sherwood.3. One who horns or cuckolds. Massinger.4. (Zoöl.) The British sand ...

3041

Hornet

Hor″net (?), n. [AS. hyrnet; akin to OHG. hornaz, hornuz, G. horniss; perh. akin to E. horn, and named from the sound it makes as if blowing the horn; but more prob. akin to D. ...

3042

Hornfish

Horn″fish′ (?), n. [AS. hornfisc.] (Zoöl.) The garfish or sea needle.

3043

Hornfoot

Horn″foot′ (?), a. Having hoofs; hoofed.

3044

Hornify

Horn″i‐fy (?), v. t. [Horn + -fy.] To horn; to cuckold. Beau. & Fl.

3045

Horning

Horn″ing, n. Appearance of the moon when increasing, or in the form of a crescent. J. Gregory.Letters of horning(Scots Law), the process or authority by which a person, directed...

3046

Hornish

Horn″ish, a. Somewhat like horn; hard.

3047

Hornito

‖Hor‐ni″to (?), n. [A dim. fr. Sp. horno oven, L. furnus. See Furnace.] (Geol.) A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, and emitting smoke and vapors from its side...

3048

Hornless

Horn″less (?), a. Having no horn.

3049

Hornotine

Hor″no‐tine (?), n. [L. hornotinus of this year.] (Zoöl.) A yearling; a bird of the year.

3050

Hornowl

Horn″owl′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Horned Owl.

3051

Hornpike

Horn″pike′ (?), n. The garfish.