dishornv.
/dɪsˈhɔːn/ transitive. To deprive of horns, cut off the horns of.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > the top or front part > the horns
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1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xxxvii. 446 A chiefe Gossip of his had a Goate dishorned.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. iv. 63 We'll..dis-horne the spirit, And mocke him home to Windsor. View more context for this quotation
1884 Law Times 21 June 139/1 The question was with respect to dishorning cattle, or cutting off their horns quite close to the skull.
1890 Daily News 17 Feb. 5/6 A convert to dishorning..Now he dishorns his Guernsey cows.
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