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To deprive of horns; as, to dishorn cattle. "Dishorn the spirit." Shak.

ob on which in ancient doors the knocker struck; -- hence the old saying, "As dead as a doornail."

A British ray; the thornback.

A coarse sort of damask, originally made at Tournay (in Flemish, Doornick), Belgium, and used for hangings, carpets, etc. Also, a stout figured linen manufactured in Scotland. [Formerly written also darnex, dornic, dorneck, etc.] Halliwell. Jamieson.

Born of the earth; terrigenous; springing originally from the earth; human. Some earthborn giant. Milton.

One of the gigantic ostrichlike birds of the genus Æpiornis, only recently extinct. Its remains have been found in Madagascar. [Written also Æpyornis.]

The division of Aves which includes all the typical birds, or all living birds except the penguins and birds of ostrichlike form.

Ornament; decoration; embellishment. [Obs.] Hyperbolical exornations . . . many much affect. Burton.

First brought forth; first in the order of nativity; eldest; hence, most excellent; most distinguished or exalted.

Begotten by a fool. Shak.

Worn by, or weared in, the feet; as, a footworn path; a footworn traveler.

p. p. of Forbear.

Worn out; wasted; used up. [Archaic] Old foreworn stories almost forgotten. Brydges.

Deserted abandoned; lost. Of fortune and of hope at once forlorn. Spenser. Some say that ravens foster forlorn children. Shak.

In a forlorn manner. Pollok.

State of being forlorn. Boyle.

Predestined. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Relating to a fornix.

To commit fornication; to have unlawful sexual intercourse.

Vaulted like an oven or furnace; arched.