Webster's Dictionary 1828

1567

HORNED

HORN'ED, adjective Furnished with horns; as horned cattle.1. Shaped like a crescent, or the new moon.

1568

HORNEDNESS

HORN'EDNESS, noun The appearance of horns.

1569

HORNER

HORN'ER, noun One who works or deals in horns.1. One who winds or blows the horn.

1570

HORNET

HORN'ET, noun An insect of the genus Vespa or wasp, the Vespa crabro. It is much larger and stronger than the wasp, and its sting gives severe pain. This insect constructs a nes...

1571

HORNFISH

HORN'FISH, noun The garfish or sea-needle, of the genus Esox.

1572

HORNFOOT

HORN'FOOT, adjective Having a hoof; hoofed.

1573

HORNIFY

HORN'IFY, verb transitive To bestow horns upon. [Not used or vulgar.]

1574

HORNING

HORN'ING, noun Appearance of the moon when increasing, or in the form of a crescent.

1575

HORNISH

HORN'ISH, adjective Somewhat like horn; hard.

1576

HORNLESS

HORN'LESS, adjective Having no horns.

1577

HORNMERCURY

HORN'MERCURY, noun Muriate of mercury.

1578

HORNOWL

HORN'OWL, noun A species of owl, so called from two tufts of feathers on its head like horns.

1579

HORNPIPE

HORN'PIPE, noun An instrument of music in Wales, consisting of a wooden pipe with horns at the ends; one to collect the wind blown from the mouth; the other to carry off the sou...

1580

HORNSHAVINGS

HORN'SHAVINGS, noun Scrapings or raspings of the horns of deer.

1581

HORNSILVER

HORN'SILVER, noun Muriate of silver, or chlorid of silver.

1582

HORNSLATE

HORN'SLATE, noun A gray siliceous stone.

1583

HORNSPOON

HORN'SPOON, noun A spoon made of horn.

1584

HORNSTONE

HORN'STONE, noun A siliceous stone, a subspecies of quartz. It is divided by Jameson into splintery, conchoidal, and wood-stone. [See Chert.]

1585

HORNWORK

HORN'WORK, noun In fortification, an outwork composed of two demi-bastions joined by a curtain.

1586

HORNY

HORN'Y, adjective Consisting of horn or horns.1. Resembling horn.2. Hard; callous.

1587

HOROGRAPHY

HOROG'RAPHY, noun [Gr. hour, and to write.]1. An account of hours.2. The art of constructing dials.

1588

HOROLOGE

HO'ROLOGE, noun [Latin horologium; Gr. hour, and to tell.]An instrument that indicates the hour of the day. But chronometer is now generally used.

1589

HOROLOGICAL

HOROLOG'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to the horologe, or to horology.

1590

HOROLOGIOGRAPHIC

HOROLOGIOGRAPH'IC, adjective Pertaining to the art of dialling.

1591

HOROLOGIOGRAPHY

HOROLOGIOG'RAPHY, noun [Gr. hour, discourse, and to describe.]An account of instruments that show the hour of the day; also, of the art of constructing dials.

1592

HOROLOGY

HOROL'OGY, noun [Gr. hour, and to indicate. See Horologe.]The art of constructing machines for measuring and indicating portions of time, as clocks, watches, etc.

1593

HOROMETRICAL

HOROMET'RICAL, adjective [from horometry.] Belonging to horometry, or to the measurement of time by hours and subordinate divisions.