| 单词 | head of horns |
| 释义 | > as lemmashead of horns head of horns n. the horns of a deer, bull, etc., as forming the adornment of the head; in later use also head of antlers; cf. sense 6. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > body and parts > antler > collectively headc1400 rightc1425 attire1562 attirement1566 head of horns1626 stag-horns1663 head of antlers1839 antlery1849 rack1915 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §757 To make an Oxe or a Deere haue a Greater Head of Hornes. 1787 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 295 That you may wear A noble head of horns. 1839 H. Bevan Thirty Years India II. vii. 106 Some pea-fowl, and a fine spotted deer with a full head of antlers, were killed near the same spot. 1856 Wool Grower Feb. 49/2 Mr. Stirling's ox, whose fine head of horns attracted so much attention. 1888 J. Inglis Tent Life Tigerland 345 Intent on securing what seemed to be a good head of horns. 1907 H. Storey Hunting & Shooting in Ceylon xiv. 232 I..saw, to my further delight, a fine head of horns which, later, the steel tape gave as 29 inches, with a grand spread. 1995 K. Atkinson Behind Scenes at Museum (1996) 236 It's a stag, a huge monarch, with a great head of antlers. 2007 Spokesman Rev. (Spokane, Washington) (Nexis) 28 Apr. i. 7 Baldwin saw a bull elk with a full head of horns grazing peacefully on his land during the first week of April. < as lemmas |
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