Crossword clues for horner
horner
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Horner \Horn"er\, n.
One who works or deal in horn or horns. [R.]
--Grew.One who winds or blows the horn. [Obs.]
--Sherwood.One who horns or cuckolds. [Obs.]
--Massinger.(Zo["o]l.) The British sand lance or sand eel ( Ammodytes lanceolatus).
Wiktionary
n. 1 One who works or deals in horn or horns. 2 (context obsolete English) One who blows a horn. 3 (context obsolete English) One who horns or cuckolds. 4 The British sand lance or sand eel, (taxlink Hyperoplus lanceolatus species noshow=1).
Wikipedia
Horner can refer to:
- An English surname of Anglo-Saxon origin, that derives from the Middle English word for the occupation horner, meaning either horn-worker, horn-maker, or even horn-blower.
Usage examples of "horner".
But Quickening had assured him in that way she had of dispelling all doubt that Horner Dees was the man they needed.
For all of his gruff talk and his grizzled look, Horner Dees knew what he was doing.
Horner Dees to contend with as well, and there was something about this old man that bothered Pe Ell.
He worked diligently at the tasks Horner Dees gave him to aid in outfitting the little company for its journey north, trying a little harder most times than the others.
He had caught the hesitation in the look Horner Dees gave Pe Ell - just a hint of recognition.
Horner Dees set a steady pace, but the company could not travel rapidly while afoot and with mules in tow, and progress was slow.
Through it all Horner Dees remained steady and certain, a great shaggy presence they quickly learned to rely upon.
I am especially indebted to the Work, and the speculations, of John Alexander, Mark Boguski, Edwin Colbert, John Conway, Philip Currie, Peter Dodson, Niles Eldredge, Stephen Jay Gould, Donald Griffin, John Holland, John Horner, Fred Hoyle, Stuart Kauffman, Christopher Langton, Ernst Mayr, Mary Midgley, John Ostrom, Norman Packard, David Raup, Jeffrey Schank, Manfred Schroeder, George Gaylord Simpson, Bruce Weber, John Wheeler, and David Weishampel.
Griffiths, the doctor, Horner, Jim and I, Brown and Miles Soper and Coal, with two other men, went.
Almost immediately Horner Dees was running beside him, his bearish form laboring from the strain.
W ill Price and Lester Horner had set up their samp in the usual spot, a parched clearing a few dozen yards from the entrance to Lion Canyon.
The corpsman, Hospitalman First Class Horner, took the equipment from Snodgrass and examined it closely.
Moments later the FIST sergeant major, Shiro, and newly promoted Chief Hospitalman Horner arrived.
Chief Hospitalman Horner puffed more sedately and still had three inches of Fidel between the fingers of his left hand.
FIST sergeant major, Shiro, and newly promoted Chief Hospitalman Horner arrived.