An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Isl. horn, poculum.

Ramsay.

Horn, s. An excrescence on the foot, a corn, S. B.

Sw. lik-thorn, id. q. a body-horn.

Horn, s. To put to the horn, to denounce as a rebel; a forensic phrase; from the formality of blowing a horn, S.
Bellenden.

Horning, s. Or, Letter of Horning, a letter issued from his Majesty's Signet, and directed to a Messenger, who is required to charge a debtor to pay the debt for which he is prosecuted, or perform the obligation within a limited time, under the pain of rebellion, S.
Erskine.

Horne, s. One of the constellations.
Doug.

Horn-daft, adj. Outrageous; perhaps in allusion to an animal that pushes with the horn, S.

HORRING, s. Abhorrence.
Buchanan.

HORSE, s. A faucet, S. B.