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A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.

A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an obsolete name for an ammonite.

A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers resembling the cornucopia in form.

To bestow horns upon; to make a cuckold of; to cuckold. [Obs.] Burton.

Cuckolded. [R.] "My being cornuted." LEstrange.

A man that wears the horns; a cuckold. [R.] Shak.

A cuckold maker. [R.] Jordan.

The middle or inferior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain. B. G. Wilder.

The posterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain. B. G. Wilder.

The anterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain. B. G. Wilder.

h lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also called serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu Ammonis.

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

The dwarf cornel (Cornus Canadensis), which bears a dense cluster of bright red, edible berries.

ounds). Examples of these relations are in L. acutus, E. acute, ague; E. acrid, eagar; L. cornu, E. horn; E. cat, kitten; E. coy, quiet; L. circare, OF. cerchier, E. search.

The cornelian cherry (Cornus Mas), a European shrub with clusters of small, greenish flowers, followed by very acid but edible drupes resembling cherries.

Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, the dogwood (Cornus florida).

A bitter principle obtained from dogwood (Cornus florida), as a white crystalline substance; -- called also cornic acid.

Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn. Up stood the cornu reed. Milton.

The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (Corydalus cornutus), used as bait in angling. See Hellgamite.

The Cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many purposes.