hornˈer noun

1. A person who works or deals in horns
2. A horn player
3. A cuckold-maker (obsolete)

hornˈful noun

Hornˈie noun (Scot)

The Devil, usu represented with horns

hornˈiness noun

hornˈing noun

1. Appearance of the moon when in its crescent form
2. A mock serenade with tin horns and any discordant instruments, a shivaree (US dialect)
3. Putting to the horn (obsolete Scots law; see below)
4. Cuckold-making (obsolete)

hornˈish adjective

1. Like horn
2. Hard

hornˈist noun

A horn player

hornˈless adjective

Without horns

hornˈlet noun

A little horn

hornˈy adjective

1. Like horn
2. Of horn
3. Hard
4. Callous
5. Sexually aroused or arousing (slang)
6. Lecherous, lustful (slang)

horn balance noun

A forward extension of an aircraft control surface to assist its operation

hornˈbeak noun (dialect)

The garfish

hornˈbeam noun

A tree (genus Carpinus) resembling a beech, with hard tough wood

hornˈbill noun

A bird (of family Bucerotidae) with a horny excrescence on its bill

hornˈbook noun (historical)

A first book for children, which consisted of a single leaf set in a frame, with a thin plate of semitransparent horn in front to preserve it

hornˈbug noun (US)

A stag beetle

horned cairn noun (archaeology)

A long barrow with a pair of curved projecting arms at one end, or at both

horned horse noun

The gnu

horned owl or horn owl noun

An owl with hornlike tufts of feathers on its head

horned poppy noun

A poppy (genus Glaucium) with a horned seed vessel

horned toad noun

1. A spiny American lizard (genus Phrynosoma; also horned lizard)
2. A S American toad (Ceratophrys) with a bony shield on the back

horned viper noun

A viper of N African and Near Eastern deserts with a horn-like spine above each eye

hornˈ-footed adjective

Hoofed

horn gate noun

Gate of horn (see under gate¹)

hornˈgeld noun (historical)

Cornage

hornˈ-mad adjective (archaic)

1. Mad to the point of goring anybody
2. Enraged like a cuckold

hornˈ-madness noun (Browning).

hornˈ-maker noun (Shakespeare)

A cuckold-maker

horn mercury noun

Native mercurous chloride or calomel

hornˈ-nut noun

Water chestnut

horn of plenty noun

1. See cornucopia
2. A trumpet-shaped edible fungus, Craterellus cornucopoides

horn-pout, horned-pout see under pout²

hornˈ-rimmed adjective

(esp of spectacles) having rims of horn, or material resembling horn

hornˈ-rims plural noun

Spectacles with rims of dark horn, or material resembling horn

horn silver noun

Cerargyrite

horn spoon noun

A spoon made of (usu a sheep's) horn

hornˈstone noun (mineralogy)

1. A flinty chalcedony
2. Hornfels

hornˈtail noun

A hymenopterous insect, often with a stout ovipositor

hornˈwork noun

1. An outwork having angular points or horns, and composed of two demi-bastions joined by a curtain (fortification)
2. Work in horn
3. Cuckoldry (obsolete)

hornˈworm noun

A hawk moth caterpillar

hornˈwort noun

A rootless water plant (genus Ceratophyllum) with much-divided submerged leaves that turn translucent and horny

hornˈwrack noun

The sea mat

hornˈy-handˈed adjective

With hands hardened by toil

hornˈyhead noun

An American cyprinoid fish with hornlike processes on its head

horn in (slang)

To interpose, butt in (on)

horns of a dilemma see under dilemma

horns of the altar

The projections at the four corners of the Hebrew altar

letters of horning (Scots law; obsolete)

Letters running in the sovereign's name, and passing the signet, instructing messengers-at-arms to charge the debtor to pay, on his failure a caption or warrant for his apprehension being granted

make a spoon or spoil a horn

To attempt something at the risk of failure

pull or draw in one's horns

1. To moderate one's ardour or pretensions
2. To curtail or restrict one's activities, spending, etc

put to the horn (obsolete Scots law)

To outlaw by three blasts of the horn at the Cross of Edinburgh