01 n. The horn or antler of the hart, or male red deer.
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1.
The horn or antler of the hart, or male red deer.
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2.
Spirits of hartshorn (see below); volatile salts.
Phrases & compounds
Hartshorn plantain —
an annual species of plantain (Plantago Coronopus); -- called also buck's-horn.
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.
Salt of hartshorn —
an impure solid carbonate of ammonia, obtained by the destructive distillation of hartshorn, or any kind of bone; volatile salts.
Spirits of hartshorn —
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.