First Known Use: 1685
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hartshorn
noun harts·horn \ˈhärts-ˌhȯrn\
Definition of HARTSHORN
: a preparation of ammonia used as smelling salts
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Origin of HARTSHORN
from the earlier use of hart's horns as the chief source of ammonia
Rhymes with HARTSHORN
acorn, adorn, airborne, althorn, baseborn, bass horn, bicorne, blackthorn, blue corn, boxthorn, broomcorn, buckthorn, bullhorn, careworn, Christ's-thorn, Dearborn, dehorn, dent corn, earthborn, einkorn, field corn, firethorn, firstborn, flint corn, foghorn, forewarn, forlorn, forworn, freeborn, French horn, green corn, greenhorn, hawthorn, highborn, hulled corn, inborn, inkhorn, krummhorn, leghorn, longhorn, lovelorn, lowborn, newborn, outworn, pod corn, popcorn, post horn, pronghorn, ramshorn, reborn, saxhorn, seaborne, self-born, shipborne, shoehorn, shopworn, shorthorn, skyborne, soilborne, stillborn, stinkhorn, suborn, sweet corn, tick-borne, timeworn, tinhorn, toilworn, tricorne, trueborn, twice-born, twinborn, unborn, unworn, wayworn, wellborn, well-worn, wind-borne
Medical Dictionary
hartshorn
noun harts·horn \ˈhärts-ˌhȯ(ə)rn\
Medical Definition of HARTSHORN
: a preparation of ammonia used as smelling salts—see spirit of hartshorn
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