HORNBLENDIC
Horn*blend"ic, a.
Defn: Composed largely of hornblende; resembling or relating to hornblende.
HORNBLOWER
Horn"blow`er, n. Etym: [AS. hornblawere.]
Defn: One who, or that which, blows a horn.
HORNBOOK
Horn"book`, n.
1. The first book for children, or that from which in former times they learned their letters and rudiments; — so called because a sheet of horn covered the small, thin board of oak, or the slip of paper, on which the alphabet, digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written or printed; a primer. "He teaches boys the hornbook." Shak.
2. A book containing the rudiments of any science or branch of knowledge; a manual; a handbook.
HORNBUG
Horn"bug`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large nocturnal beetle of the genus Lucanus (as L. capreolus, and L. dama), having long, curved upper jaws, resembling a sickle. The grubs are found in the trunks of old trees.
HORNED
Horned, a.