Crossword clues for hartshorn
hartshorn
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hartshorn \Harts"horn`\ (-h[^o]rn`), n.
The horn or antler of the hart, or male red deer.
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Spirits of hartshorn (see below); volatile salts.
Hartshorn plantain (Bot.), an annual species of plantain ( Plantago Coronopus); -- called also buck's-horn.
--Booth.Hartshorn shavings, originally taken from the horns of harts, are now obtained chiefly by planing down the bones of calves. They afford a kind of jelly.
--Hebert.Salt of hartshorn (Chem.), an impure solid carbonate of ammonia, obtained by the destructive distillation of hartshorn, or any kind of bone; volatile salts.
--Brande & C.Spirits of hartshorn (Chem.), a solution of ammonia in water; -- so called because formerly obtained from hartshorn shavings by destructive distillation. Similar ammoniacal solutions from other sources have received the same name.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 The antler of a hart, once used as a source of ammoni
2 (context dated English) An aqueous solution of ammonia; smelling salts. v
(context transitive English) To revive with hartshorn smelling salts.
Wikipedia
Hartshorn is the horn of male red deer.
Usage examples of "hartshorn".
A woman in Patamoke had introduced her to burnt hartshorn, a bitter substance which produced good results when used to combat congestions, and it was now possible to get steady supplies of turmeric from London, and this was certain to cure weaknesses of blood.
Haugh's apothecary shop hadn't changed at all, through English occupa-tion, Scottish Rising, and the Stuart's fall, and my heart rose in delight as I stepped through the door into the rich, familiar smells of hartshorn, pepperinint, almond oil, and anise.
Loftis was rousted at a queer bar back in '44, pallin' with a lawyer named Charles Hartshorn, a big wheel downtown.
I was trackin' corroboration dirt on the Commies and I got a note said Hartshorn was rousted with Reynolds Loftis at a fruit bar in Santa Monica in '44.
Mal got weepy on the kid, then went loony on Dudley Smith--Dudley made for José Diaz, Charles Hartshorn, suppression of evidence and a fuckload of conspiracy raps, Dudley sucking gas up at Q.
Once in Grantville, his duty visit to the spirits of hartshorn plant complete, Phillip had set out to complete his real mission.
I braced Hartshorn, and he thought at first I was a Homicide dick, ‘cause he was acquainted with one of the dead homos from Upshaw’s job.
Lindenaur met Hartshorn through some fruit introduction service, perved with him and threatened to snitch Hartshorn’s queerness to the daughter.
Because in the bags, tins, and bottle, malt and sugar, ginger, anise, and salt of hartshorn, honey and beer, pepper and mutton suet are always in readiness.