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† horn-ˈwood, a. Obs.
[f. horn n. + wood a. mad.]
= horn-mad.
a1500Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.) II. 68 Though Cayphas goe horne-wood therby. 1546J. Heywood Prov. (1867) 82 She was (as they say) horne wood. 1581Marbeck Bk. of Notes 143 A Bull..of his hornewoode and madde fiercenesse, when he is well baited. 1600Holland Livy xxxi. xviii. 784 The King amazed and astonied to see them thus horne-wood, stayed the bloudie hand of his owne souldiours. |