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In a glimmering state. Hawthorne.

In a gushing state. Hawthorne.

An ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus) belonging to the buckthorns.

razil, used as a remedy for consumption; of Byrsonima crassifolia, used in tanning; of Alchornea latifolia, used medicinally; or of Quercus ilex, the cork tree.

y shrubs or small trees. Black alder. (a) A European shrub (Rhamnus frangula); Alder buckthorn. (b) An American species of holly (Ilex verticillata), bearing red berries.

Although. [Reformed spelling] Alt"horn`, n. Etym: [Alt + horn.] (Mus.)

An instrument of horn used for collecting painters' colors on the stone in the process of grinding.

Start modified by heat so as to become a transparent mass, like horn. It is soluble in cold water.

NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn.

y aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are tremolite, actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the last name being also used as a general term for the whole species). Amphibole is a constituent of many crystalline rocks, as syenite, diorite, most varieties of trachyte, etc. See Hornblende.

e rock allied to trachyte, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar, with pyroxene, hornblende, or hypersthene.

The candied leaf stalks of angelica. Angelica tree, a thorny North American shrub (Aralia spinosa), called also Hercules' club.

In English; in the English manner; as, Livorno, Anglice Leghorn.

A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (Palamedea cornuta). See Kamichi.

of Celebes (Anoa depressicornis), allied to the buffalo, but having long nearly straight horns.

One of a group of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate between the deer and the goat. The horns are usually annulated, or ringed. There are many species in Africa and Asia. The antelope and wolf both fierce and fell. Spenser.

cavity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other arthropods and of annelids.

A mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clove brown color. -- An`tho*phyl*lit"ic, a.

The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine animal, as of a stag. Huge stags with sixteen antlers. Macaulay.

Of or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.