Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The horn of a deer; also, the bone which forms the antlers of a deer.
- noun A large rough mussel, Tritigonia or Unio verrucosa, found in the Mississippi river, the shell being used in the manufacture of buttons. Also called
buckhorn .
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- noun
horn from adeer
Etymologies
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Examples
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One, a helmet with tall, three-branch "deerhorn" crests, belonged to the famous samurai Honda Tadakatsu (1548-1610).
Latest News 2009
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One, a helmet with tall, three-branch "deerhorn" crests, belonged to the famous samurai Honda Tadakatsu (1548-1610).
Latest News 2009
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It had a handle of deerhorn and a curved blade of shining bronze.
Shield of Thunder Gemmell, David 2006
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Aviendha found a dagger with gold wire wrapped around a hilt of rough deerhorn; the blade was dull, and by all evidence, always had been.
The Path of Daggers Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1998
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No, of course I don't mean ground deerhorn, Ezra, but I mean, let us be sensible in what we plan to bring back to mother Earth.
Decision at Doona McCaffrey, Anne 1969
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