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Harts´horn`
Pronunciation:
~hôrn`
n.
1.
The
horn
or
antler
of
the
hart
,
or
male
red
deer
.
2.
Spirits
of
hartshorn
(
see
below
);
volatile
salts
.
Hartshorn plantain
(Bot.)
an
annual
species
of
plantain
(
Plantago
Coronopus
); -
called
also
buck's-horn
.
Hartshorn shavings
originally
taken
from
the
horns
of
harts
,
are
now
obtained
chiefly
by
planing
down
the
bones
of
calves
.
They
afford
a
kind
of
jelly
.
- Booth.
Salt of hartshorn
(Chem.)
an
impure
solid
carbonate
of
ammonia
,
obtained
by
the
destructive
distillation
of
hartshorn
,
or
any
kind
of
bone
;
volatile
salts
.
- Hebert.
Spirits of hartshorn
(Chem.)
a
solution
of
ammonia
in
water
; -
so
called
because
formerly
obtained
from
hartshorn
shavings
by
destructive
distillation
.
Similar
ammoniacal
solutions
from
other
sources
have
received
the
same
name
.
- Brande & C.
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