1. To furnish with horns; to give the shape of a horn to.
2. To cause to wear horns; to cuckold. [Obs.] Shak.
HORNBEAK
Horn"beak`, n.
Defn: A fish. See Hornfish.
HORNBEAM
Horn"beam`, n. Etym: [See Beam.] (Bot.)
Defn: A tree of the genus Carpinus (C. Americana), having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard. It is common along the banks of streams in the United States, and is also called ironwood. The English hornbeam is C. Betulus. The American is called also blue beech and water beech. Hop hornbeam. (Bot.) See under Hop.
HORNBILL
Horn"bill`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any bird of the family Bucerotidæ, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical parts of Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, and are remarkable for having a more or less horn-like protuberance, which is usually large and hollow and is situated on the upper side of the beak. The size of the hornbill varies from that of a pigeon to that of a raven, or even larger. They feed chiefly upon fruit, but some species eat dead animals.
HORNBLENDE
Horn"blende`, n. Etym: [G., fr. horn horn + blende blende.] (Min.)
Defn: The common black, or dark green or brown, variety of amphibole. (See Amphibole.) It belongs to the aluminous division of the species, and is also characterized by its containing considerable iron. Also used as a general term to include the whole species. Hornblende schist (Geol.), a hornblende rock of schistose structure.