The Lord is . . . the horn of my salvation.
Ps. xviii. 2.
10. An emblem of a cuckold; -- used chiefly in the plural. "Thicker
than a cuckold's horn." Shak.
Horn block, the frame or pedestal in which a railway car axle box
slides up and down; -- also called horn plate. -- Horn of a dilemma.
See under Dilemma. -- Horn distemper, a disease of cattle, affecting
the internal substance of the horn. -- Horn drum, a wheel with long
curved scoops, for raising water. -- Horn lead (Chem.), chloride of
lead. -- Horn maker, a maker of cuckolds. [Obs.] Shak. -- Horn mercury.
(Min.) Same as Horn quicksilver (below). -- Horn poppy (Bot.), a plant
allied to the poppy (Glaucium luteum), found on the sandy shores of
Great Britain and Virginia; -- called also horned poppy. Gray. -- Horn
pox (Med.), abortive smallpox with an eruption like that of chicken
pox. -- Horn quicksilver (Min.), native calomel, or bichloride of
mercury. -- Horn shell (Zoˆl.), any long, sharp, spiral, gastropod
shell, of the genus Cerithium, and allied genera. -- Horn silver
(Min.), cerargyrite. -- Horn slate, a gray, siliceous stone. -- To haul
in one's horns, to withdraw some arrogant pretension. [Colloq.] -- To
raise, or lift, the horn (Script.), to exalt one's self; to act
arrogantly. "'Gainst them that raised thee dost thou lift thy horn?"
Milton. -- To take a horn, to take a drink of intoxicating liquor.
[Low]
Horn (?), v. t. 1. To furnish with horns; to give the shape of a horn
to.