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Hartshorn

name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    The antler of a hart, once used as a source of ammonia. countable
  2. 2
    An aqueous solution of ammonia; smelling salts. countable, dated, uncountable

    "Sophia, who had tottered along with much difficulty, sunk down in her chair; but by the assistance of hartshorn and water, she was prevented from fainting away..."

Verb
  1. 1
    To revive with hartshorn smelling salts. transitive

    "Accordingly, after a vast amount of moaning and crying up-stairs, and much damping of foreheads, and vinegaring of temples, and hartshorning of noses, and so forth […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From hart + -s- + horn.

Etymology 2

From hart + -s- + horn.

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