单词 | hornish |
释义 | horn /hörn/noun
Made of horn transitive verb
ORIGIN: OE horn; Scand horn, Ger Horn, Gaelic and Welsh corn, L cornū, Gr keras horned adjective
hornˈer noun
hornˈful noun Hornˈie noun (Scot) The Devil, usu represented with horns hornˈiness noun hornˈing noun
hornˈish adjective
hornˈist noun A horn player hornˈless adjective Without horns hornˈlet noun A little horn hornˈy adjective
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
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)
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
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)
hornˈtail noun A hymenopterous insect, often with a stout ovipositor hornˈwork noun
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
put to the horn (obsolete Scots law) To outlaw by three blasts of the horn at the Cross of Edinburgh |
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