Etymology : Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German horn, Latin cornu, Greek keras
Pronunciation : horn
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. hard bony growth projecting from the head of certain animals; substance of which these growths are made; device used to sound a warning (in cars, etc.); (Music) wind instrument resembling a horn (usually brass instruments). butt or gore with the horns. horn\horn\ , n. [as. horn; akin to d. horen, hoorn, g., icel., sw., & dan. horn, goth. ha?rn, w., gael., & ir. corn, l. cornu, gr. , and perh. also to e. cheer, cranium, cerebral; cf. skr. çiras head. cf. carat, corn on the foot, cornea, corner, cornet, cornucopia, hart.].
2. 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.
3. the antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and annually shed and renewed.
4. (zo?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.
5. (bot.) an incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed (asclepias).
6. 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. "wind his horn under the castle wall." see:
french horn, under french. (b) a drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally made of the horns of cattle. "horns of mead and ale." (c) the cornucopia, or horn of plenty. see:
cornucopia. "fruits and flowers from amalth?a's horn." (d) a vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for carrying liquids. "samuel took the hornof oil and anointed him [david]." xvi.
7. (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. "joab caught hold on the horns of the altar." i.
8. 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.
9. (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.
10. 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.
11. (script.) a symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation, or pride. the lord is the horn of my salvation. xviii.
12. 10. an emblem of a cuckold; -- used chiefly in the plural. "thicker than a cuckold's horn."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.]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.
13. A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like.
14. The hollow horns of the Ox family consist externally of true horn, and are never shed.
15. The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and annually shed and renewed.
16. Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.: A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the hornbill. A tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the horned owl. A hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an insect, or the head of a reptile, or fish. A sharp spine in front of the fins of a fish, as in the horned pout.
17. An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed.
18. Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn A wind instrument of music; originally, one made of a horn ; now applied to various elaborately wrought instruments of brass or other metal, resembling a horn in shape.
19. A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally made of the horns of cattle.
20. The cornucopia, or horn of plenty.
21. A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for carrying liquids.
22. The pointed beak of an anvil.
23. The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg.
24. The Ionic volute.
25. The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc.
26. A curved projection on the fore part of a plane.
27. One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering.
28. One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent- shaped.
29. The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form.
30. 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.
31. A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation, or pride.
32. To furnish with horns; to give the shape of a horn to.
33. To cause to wear horns; to cuckold. one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates any outgrowth from the head of an organism that resembles a horn an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound a high pommel of a Western saddle a noisemaker that makes a loud noise when you blow through it a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning; the material that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; "the rhino horned the explorer".
34. 1. On a vehicle such as a car, the horn is the device that makes a loud noise as a signal or warning. He sounded the car horn.
35. The horns of an animal such as a cow or deer are the hard pointed things that grow from its head.
36. Horn is the hard substance that the horns of animals are made of. Horn is sometimes used to make objects such as spoons, buttons, or ornaments. see also:
horn-rimmed.
37. A horn is a musical instrument of the brass family. It is a long circular metal tube, wide at one end, which you play by blowing.
38. A horn is a simple musical instrument consisting of a metal tube that is wide at one end and narrow at the other. You play it by blowing into it. a hunting horn. see also:
shoehorn.
39. If you blow your own horn, you boast about yourself.
40. If two people lock horns, they argue about something. During his six years in office, Seidman has often locked horns with lawmakers.
41. If you are on the horns of a dilemma, you have to choose between two things, both of which are unpleasant or difficult. The bird is caught on the horns of a dilemma. Should it attack the predator, even though it then risks its own life? Or should it get out while the going is good?.
42. If someone pulls in their horns or draws in their horns, they start behaving more cautiously than they did before, especially by spending less money. Customers are drawing in their horns at a time of high interest rates.
43. to take the bull by the horns: see:
bull. A headland of extreme southern Chile in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago. The southernmost point of South America, it was first rounded in 1616 by the Dutch navigator Willem Schouten (died 1625), who named it after his birthplace, Hoorn. It is notorious for its storms and heavy seas. the Horn Cape Horn. horn in to interrupt or try to take part in something when you are not wanted = butt in horn in on. English horn French horn Horn of Africa Horn Cape.
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