Hornify, verb. (colloquial).—See Horn, subs., sense 3 and verb.
2. (venery).—See Horn, subs., sense 3.
Horn-mad, adj. (old).—1. See quot. 1690.
1593. Shakespeare, Comedy of Errors, ii., 1. Why, mistress, sure my master is horn-mad.
1599. Henry Porter, The Two Angry Women of Abingdon (Dodsley, Old Plays, 4th ed., 1875, vii.). And then I wound my horn, and he’s horn-mad.
1604. Marston, Malcontent, i., 7. I am horn mad.
1605. Jonson, The Fox, iii., 6. Yet I’m not mad, Not horn-mad, see you.
1639–61. Rump Songs, [1662], 293. The Country has grown sad, The City is horn-mad.
1647. Beaumont and Fletcher, The Woman’s Prize, ii., 6. After my twelve strong labours to reclaim her, Which would have made Don Hercules horn-mad.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v. Horn-mad, stark staring Mad, because Cuckolded.