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The garfish or sea needle.

Having hoofs; hoofed.

To horn; to cuckold. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

arance of the moon when increasing, or in the form of a crescent. J. Gregory. Letters of horning (Scots Law), the process or authority by which a person, directed by the decree of a court of justice to pay or perform anything, is ordered to comply therewith. Mozley & W.

Somewhat like horn; hard.

A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, and emitting smoke and vapors from its sides and summit. Humboldt.

Having no horn.

A yearling; a bird of the year.

See Horned Owl.

The garfish. [Prov. Eng.]

es at intervals. It was so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn.

See Horned pout, under Horned.

A harmless snake (Farancia abacura), found in the Southern United States. The color is bluish black above, red below.

A siliceous stone, a variety of quartz, closely resembling flint, but more brittle; -- called also chert.

Any one of family (Uroceridæ) of large hyminopterous insects, allied to the sawflies. The larvæ bore in the wood of trees. So called from the long, stout ovipositors of the females.

An outwork composed of two demibastions joined by a curtain. It is connected with the works in rear by long wings.

An aquatic plant (Ceratophyllum), with finely divided leaves.

A bryozoan of the genus Flustra.

Having horns or hornlike projections. Gay.

Having the hands horny and callous from labor.