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In the theory of special functions in mathematics, the Horn functions (named for Jakob Horn) are the 34 distinct convergent hypergeometric series of order
Horn_function
Genus of fishes
lack the horn, while it is only the large relatively slow-swimming species which display the horn. Molecular phylogenetics show that horns independently
Naso_(fish)
Genus of spiders
female A. junodi. The horn of C. marshalli stands straight up about 1 cm in an adult. There are several probable functions for this horn: according to a study
Ceratogyrus
Animal anatomy of hornlike growths
Look up horn in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A horn is a permanent pointed projection on the head of various animals that consists of a covering of
Horn_(anatomy)
Natural horn instrument
has kept its function and profile in many cattle raising, agricultural and hunter-gatherer societies. The oldest varieties were made of horns of Bovidae
Blowing_horn
Family of mammals
ῥινόκερως (rhinókerōs) 'nose-horned'; from ῥίς (rhis) 'nose' and κέρας (kéras) 'horn'; pl.: rhinoceros or rhinoceroses), commonly abbreviated to rhino, is a member
Rhinoceros
German mathematician
Jakob Horn (14 February 1867 – 24 February 1946) was a German mathematician who introduced Horn functions. Über systeme linearer Differentialgleichungen
Jakob_Horn
Family of musical instruments
Natural horn Bugle Post horn French horn German horn Vienna horn Wagner tuba Saxhorns, including: Alto horn (UK: tenor horn), pitched in E♭ Baritone horn, pitched
Horn_(instrument)
Problem in formal logic
Horn-satisfiability, or HORNSAT, is the problem of deciding whether a given conjunction of propositional Horn clauses is satisfiable or not. Horn-satisfiability
Horn-satisfiability
Peninsula and geopolitical region
The Horn of Africa (HOA), also known as the Somali Peninsula, is a large peninsula and geopolitical region located in the easternmost part of mainland
Horn_of_Africa
Geometric figure which has infinite surface area but finite volume
Gabriel's horn (also called Torricelli's trumpet) is a type of geometric figure that has infinite surface area but finite volume. The name refers to the
Gabriel's_horn
Loudspeaker using an acoustic horn
partitions to form a zigzag flaring duct which functions as a horn; this type is called a folded horn speaker. The horn serves to improve the coupling efficiency
Horn_loudspeaker
Mathematical function, denoted exp(x) or e^x
In mathematics, the exponential function is the unique real function which maps zero to one and has a derivative everywhere equal to its value. It is denoted
Exponential_function
Focusing device in neutrino physics
neutrinos or antineutrinos, a focused neutrino beam is obtained. A magnetic horn functions by using high strength pulsed currents (hundreds of kA) to produce a
Magnetic_horn
Funnel-shaped waveguide radio device
A horn antenna or microwave horn is an antenna that consists of a flaring metal waveguide shaped like a horn to direct radio waves in a beam. Horns are
Horn_antenna
Stethoscope used to listen to the heart rate of a fetus
millimetres (7.9 in) long. It functions similarly to an ear trumpet by amplifying sound. The user holds the wide end of the horn against the pregnant woman's
Pinard_horn
Primary inlet of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey
The Golden Horn (Turkish: Altın Boynuz or Haliç) is a major urban waterway and the primary inlet of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey. As a natural estuary
Golden_Horn
Ultrasonic device
for most practical applications of power ultrasound. Another function of the ultrasonic horn is to efficiently transfer the acoustic energy from the ultrasonic
Ultrasonic_horn
Extinct genus of rodents
America, mostly Nebraska. The role of the horns of Ceratogaulus is subject to much speculation. Several functions have been hypothesized (see below for a
Ceratogaulus
British breed of sheep
Wiltshire Horn was until the eighteenth century one of the predominant sheep breeds of southern England. For hundreds of years, it served a clear function on
Wiltshire_Horn
Spirit in Basque mythology
witches and elves. In that lunch it was served human-meat and his horns functioned as gigantic candles. To continue with the celebration, Aker and his
Akerbeltz
Three columns of grey matter within the spinal cord
located in the other two grey columns in the spinal cord. The function of the spinal dorsal horn is to process and integrate sensory information from the peripheral
Grey_columns
Legendary single-horned horse-like creature
described since antiquity as a beast with a single large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. In European literature and art, the unicorn
Unicorn
Noisemaking device
produced by the horn. The longer the horn, the lower the pitch. Larger air horns used on ships and foghorns function similarly to a whistle; instead of
Air_horn
Low-pitched brass instrument
The baritone horn, or often simply the baritone, is a valved brass instrument pitched in B♭ in the saxhorn family, employed chiefly in brass, military
Baritone_horn
Legendary object in European and Asian cultures
venom) or against the plague. The horn was prepared in several ways, in solid form, or by infusion Its prophylactic function and magical power were assumed
Unicorn_horn
Genus of Late Cretaceous dinosaur
most likely preyed upon by Tyrannosaurus. The functions of the frills and three distinctive facial horns on its head have inspired countless debates. Traditionally
Triceratops
Native American ceremonial site in Wyoming, US
to the Big Horn Medicine Wheel, dates back over ten thousand years. No indigenous people have publicly claimed to have built the Big Horn Medicine Wheel
Medicine Wheel/Medicine Mountain National Historic Landmark
Medicine_Wheel/Medicine_Mountain_National_Historic_Landmark
Hankel: Hankel function Heine: Heine functions Charles Hermite: Hermite polynomials Karl L. W. M. Heun (1859 – 1929): Heun's equation J. Horn: Horn hypergeometric
List of eponyms of special functions
List_of_eponyms_of_special_functions
Iconographic convention
The Horns of Moses are an iconographic convention common in Latin Christianity whereby Moses was presented as having two horns on his head, later replaced
Horns_of_Moses
Vertebrate brain region
earliest description of the ridge running along the floor of the inferior horn of the lateral ventricle comes from the Venetian anatomist Julius Caesar
Hippocampus
1876 battle of the Great Sioux War
Yellowstone area. On the way he noted that the Crow hunted buffalo on the "Small Horn River". St. Louis-based fur trader Manuel Lisa built Fort Raymond in 1807
Battle_of_the_Little_Bighorn
Bone situated in the neck between the chin and the thyroid-cartilage
consists of a central part called the body, and two pairs of horns, the greater and lesser horns. The body of the hyoid bone is its central section.[clarification
Hyoid_bone
Organ central to the nervous system
myelencephalon). The spinal cord, which directly interacts with somatic functions below the head, can be considered a caudal extension of the myelencephalon
Brain
American biologist (1897–1972)
the bull grew the horn buds fused together and started to form a single, straight horn about a foot in length. The horn functioned very well for the bull
W._Franklin_Dove
Species of shark
Sharks portal The horn shark (Heterodontus francisci) is a species of bullhead shark, in the family Heterodontidae. It is endemic to the coastal waters
Horn_shark
Type of mathematical expression
substitution to the substituted value is a function, called a polynomial function; see § Polynomial functions. This can be expressed more concisely by using
Polynomial
Genus of theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period
Ceratosaurus /ˌsɛrətoʊˈsɔːrəs/ (from Greek κέρας / κέρατος keras / keratos 'horn' and σαῦρος sauros 'lizard') is a genus of carnivorous theropod dinosaur
Ceratosaurus
Ethnic group
other materials such as wood, matting, horns, or bark. Wooden troughs functioned as dishes while horns functioned as drinking pieces. Kettles were obtained
Gwichyaa_Gwichʼin
Hungarian politician (1932–2013)
Institute (SIPRI). He also functioned as one of the vice presidents of the Socialist International from 1996 to 2003. Horn led the Socialists to a comprehensive
Gyula_Horn
Hungarian-American mathematician
theory of Horn functions, Boros, Crama & Hammer (1990) proved that all "prime implicates" of a Horn CNF can be generated efficiently, extended Horn logic
Endre_Boros
Family of mammals belonging to even-toed ungulates
is the likely function. Excepting some domesticated forms, all male bovids have horns, and in many species, females too possess horns. The size and shape
Bovidae
Curve traced by a point on a rod as one end is dragged along a line
P. G. A. H. Voigt patented a horn loudspeaker design based on the assumption that a wave front traveling through the horn is spherical of a constant radius
Tractrix
Method of estimating optical flow
The Horn–Schunck method of estimating optical flow is a global method which introduces a global constraint of smoothness to solve the aperture problem
Horn–Schunck_method
Aerophone made from an ox horn or water buffalo horn
be either blown or sucked to produce a tone. Both ends of the horn are open and function as finger holes to change the pitch, the pointed end covered by
Sneng
Facial disorder due to damage of the sympathetic nerves
Horner's syndrome, also known as oculosympathetic paresis, is a combination of symptoms that arises when a group of nerves known as the sympathetic trunk
Horner's_syndrome
Study of mental functions and behaviors
mental functions in individual and social behavior. Others explore the physiological and neurobiological processes that underlie cognitive functions and
Psychology
Iron Age bronze artifact found in Scotland
agreed that the horns are somewhat later than the cap, and in a rather different style. Whatever the original appearance and functions of the objects,
Torrs_Pony-cap_and_Horns
Genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period
theropod, Carnotaurus was highly specialized and distinctive. It had two thick horns above the eyes, a unique feature unseen in all other carnivorous dinosaurs
Carnotaurus
Horn instrument made from ivory
was said to have used this horn for hunting as well as war. Additionally, these horns sometimes had a religious function. For example, olifants were
Olifant_(instrument)
Species of North American hoofed mammal
The pronghorn (UK: /ˈprɒŋ.hɔːrn/, US: /ˈprɔːŋ.-/) (Antilocapra americana) is a species of artiodactyl (even-toed, hoofed) mammal indigenous to interior
Pronghorn
Type of loudspeaker
driver. Hanna, C. R.; Slepian, J. (September 1977) [1924]. "The Function and Design of Horns for Loudspeakers (Reprint)". Journal of the Audio Engineering
Compression_driver
contemporary instruments which evolved from signal instruments, such as the natural horn evolving to the trumpet. The oldest musical signaling instrument is the drum
Signal_instrument
Physical transmission device
A horn antenna or microwave horn is an antenna that consists of a flaring metal waveguide shaped like a horn to direct radio waves in a beam. Horns are
Microwave_antenna
primary styles of horns, those being: conical-straight horn - a cone shaped horn coming to a cylindrical point conical horn - a cone shaped horn, but not coming
Ultrasonic/sonic driller/corer
Ultrasonic/sonic_driller/corer
Extinct genus of amphibians
anatomy of Diplocaulus. Douthitt argued that the most undisputed function was that the horns acted as a counterweight to offset the heavily-built forward
Diplocaulus
Horn-like structure on some animal heads
Ossicones are distinguished from the superficially similar structures of horns and antlers by their unique development and a permanent covering of skin
Ossicone
Substance introduced to reduce friction between surfaces in mutual contact
reduces the heat generated when the surfaces move. It may also have the function of transmitting forces, transporting foreign particles, or heating or cooling
Lubricant
Genus of ceratopsian dinosaurs
centimeters (2 feet) long and 15 centimeters (6 inches) wide. The function or functions of the horns and frills have been debated for many years. Styracosaurus
Styracosaurus
Subfamily of beetles
rhinoceros-like horns. Other common names – some for particular groups of rhinoceros beetles – include Hercules beetles, unicorn beetles or horn beetles. Over
Dynastinae
Diesel–Electric Locomotive Manufactured by GE for Indonesian Railways
computer systems, integrated with the GE Integrated Function Display™. The CC206s has a different horns from the previous GE locos in Indonesia. While its
GE_CM20EMP
Property of a mathematical matrix
Horn & Johnson (2013), p. 440, Theorem 7.2.7 Horn & Johnson (2013), p. 441, Theorem 7.2.10 Horn & Johnson (2013), p. 452, Theorem 7.3.11 Horn & Johnson
Definite_matrix
2024 studio album by Xiu Xiu
13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips, colloquially referred to as 13", is the fourteenth studio album by American experimental band
13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips
13"_Frank_Beltrame_Italian_Stiletto_with_Bison_Horn_Grips
Vertebrate organ involved in metabolism
exclusively found in vertebrates, which performs many essential biological functions such as detoxification of the organism, and the synthesis of various proteins
Liver
Psychological theory
The Cattell–Horn–Carroll theory (commonly abbreviated to CHC), is a psychological theory on the structure of human cognitive abilities. Based on the work
Cattell–Horn–Carroll_theory
American sculptor
Milton Horn (September 1, 1906 – March 29, 1995) was a Ukrainian American sculptor and artist known for work that, according to a 1957 citation of honor
Milton_Horn
Medical condition
Occipital horn syndrome (OHS), formerly considered a variant of Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, is an X-linked recessive mitochondrial and connective tissue disorder
Occipital_horn_syndrome
Larva of a butterfly or moth
products. For example, clothes moths feed on wool, and horn moths feed on the hooves and horns of dead ungulates. Caterpillars are typically voracious
Caterpillar
Societal or cultural prohibition
superstitions Bhoot (ghost) Chhaupadi Churel Ghosts in Bengali culture Jackal's horn Kuai Kuai culture Muhurta Navaratna Nazar Nazar battu Pichal Peri Puppy pregnancy
Taboo
Third letter of the Greek alphabet
GAMMA U+0263 ɣ LATIN SMALL LETTER GAMMA U+0264 ɤ LATIN SMALL LETTER RAMS HORN U+02E0 ˠ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL GAMMA U+0393 Γ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER GAMMA
Gamma
Array of numbers
pp. 99–100. Horn & Johnson (1985), Chapter 7. Anton (2010), Thm. 7.3.2. Horn & Johnson (1985), Theorem 7.2.1. Boas (2005), p. 150. Horn & Johnson (1985)
Matrix_(mathematics)
Angel in Abrahamic religions
interpreted Gabriel's name as "the strength of God", and his symbolic function in the gospel story as announcement of the strength or virtue of Christ
Gabriel
Flat-topped volcanic plug in Wyoming, US
(Home of Bears), Aloft on a Rock (Kiowa), Tree Rock, Great Gray Horn, and Brown Buffalo Horn (Lakota: Ptehé Ǧí).[citation needed] The name "Devil's Tower"
Devils_Tower
Complete separation of the head from the body
all other organs are deprived of the involuntary functions that are needed for the body to function. The term beheading refers to the act of deliberately
Decapitation
Archipelagic country in Southeast Asia
lead?". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on May 5, 2022. Horner, Lindsey K. (March 14, 2024). "Oscillating between populism and liberalism
Philippines
Loudspeaker
12-inch speaker driver. It functions as a mobile audio input station to project audio content a distance of one kilometre. Horn Massive is a monophonic sound
Horn_Massive
Supernatural animal
purity. In the King James Bible, Psalm 92:10 states, "My horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of a unicorn." This is because the translators of the King
Legendary_creature
Genus of ceratopsid dinosaur from North America
team, wanting to study the function of the frill display structures in horned dinosaurs. At the end of June 1989, Horner, his son Jason and his head
Achelousaurus
Norse goddess
for him under assumed names. Freyja has numerous names, including Gefn, Hörn, Mardöll, Sýr, Vanadís, and Valfreyja. Freyja is attested in the Poetic Edda
Freyja
American mathematician
Roger Alan Horn (born January 19, 1942) is an American mathematician specializing in matrix analysis. He was research professor of mathematics at the University
Roger_Horn
Species of cephalopod
of its internal shell, it is commonly known as the ram's horn squid or the little post horn squid. Because the live animal has a light-emitting organ
Spirula
Colombian singer (born 1977)
rock piece "Poem to a Horse" "mixes Nirvana-influenced guitars with a soul horn section to mind-boggling effect". Petridis found Laundry Service's "ramshackle
Shakira
German free reed instrument
several reeds, each of which having its own horn. The instrument was created in imitation of the saxhorn. The horn can be confused with the shawm, as they
Martinshorn
Group of ancient Mesopotamian deities
(the god of the heavens) and Ki (the goddess of earth), and their primary function was to decree the fates of humanity. In Sumerian, the name of this group
Anunnaki
Problem of determining if a Boolean formula could be made true
deciding the satisfiability of a given conjunction of Horn clauses is called Horn-satisfiability, or HORN-SAT. It can be solved in polynomial time by a single
Boolean satisfiability problem
Boolean_satisfiability_problem
Bow made from horn, wood, and sinew laminated together
combination of horn, antler, bamboo, wood, or sinew. These materials are typically laminated together with glue. Materials such as horn or antler are added
Composite_bow
Country mainly in West Asia
Korean War, including peacekeeping missions in Somalia, Yugoslavia and the Horn of Africa. It supported coalition forces in the First Gulf War, contributed
Turkey
1st millennium BC process
suggested two distinct trajectories to social complexity in the northern Horn of Africa. An early culture in the Eritrean-Sudanese lowlands was the Atbai
Sabaeans in the Horn of Africa
Sabaeans_in_the_Horn_of_Africa
Species of beetle
well known for the prominent cephalic horn found on males. Male Japanese rhinoceros beetles will use this horn to fight other males for territory and
Japanese_rhinoceros_beetle
Arithmetic operation
function xy has no limit at the point (0, 0). One may consider at what points this function does have a limit. More precisely, consider the function f
Exponentiation
mathematics, the notions of an absolutely monotonic function and a completely monotonic function are two very closely related concepts. Both imply very
Absolutely and completely monotonic functions and sequences
Absolutely_and_completely_monotonic_functions_and_sequences
American singer and songwriter (born 1958)
multimedia elements, advanced technology, and elaborate sound design, function as "extravagant show piece[s]" and "walking art show[s]". Chris Nelson
Madonna
Australian boxer (born 1992)
defeated Jeff Horn for the WBA Oceania middleweight title in Bendigo on 31 August 2019, this time winning via technical knockout. Horn was ranked #3 by
Michael_Zerafa
Rare neurodegenerative disease
been linked to inhibited motor function and ability, as well as a decreased capacity for affected organisms to function and perform physical behaviors
ALS
Connection between brain and spinal cord
innervate motor neurons of the spinal cord or brainstem (anterior (ventral) horn cells or certain cranial nerve nuclei), whereas the extrapyramidal system
Extrapyramidal_system
Algorithmic runtime requirements for common math procedures
Borwein & Borwein. The elementary functions are constructed by composing arithmetic operations, the exponential function ( exp {\displaystyle \exp } ), the
Computational complexity of mathematical operations
Computational_complexity_of_mathematical_operations
Eleven monolithic churches found in Lalibela, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Africa Institute. Taddesse, Tamrat (1977). "Ethiopia, the Red Sea and the Horn". The Cambridge History of Africa: Volume 3 (PDF). pp. 98–182. doi:10
Rock-Hewn_Churches,_Lalibela
American mathematician (1893–1968)
differential equation, has had far-reaching implications in geometric function theory; it was used in the final solution of the Bieberbach conjecture
Charles_Loewner
Search engine from Google
Archived from the original on December 15, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017. Horn, Leslie (September 29, 2010). "Google Instant Blacklist: Which Words Are
Google_Search
Third planet from the Sun
The Densest Object In Our Solar System". Forbes. Retrieved 26 May 2026. Horner, Jonti (16 July 2021). "I've always wondered: why are the stars, planets
Earth
HORN FUNCTION
HORN FUNCTION
Male
Egyptian
, the son of Pnei-hor.
Boy/Male
English
Mythical hunter.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Old English corn, a metathesized form of cran ‘crane’ (see Crane).English : from Middle English corn ‘grain’, applied as a metonymic occupational name for a grain merchant or grower, or possibly a miller.English : metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of hand mills, Old English cweorn.Altered spelling of German Korn or a shortened form of any of the composite names formed with this element.
Female
Egyptian
, the mother of Hor-naskht.
Boy/Male
English
Town of thorns. Thornton variant. Surname.
Boy/Male
Norse
Father of Ashjom.
Girl/Female
Norse
Fate.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Bourne.North German, Danish, and Dutch : from Middle Low German born ‘well’, ‘spring’, a topographic name for someone who lived beside a well or spring, or a habitational name from a place named with this word.
Boy/Male
Scandinavian
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Hearn 4.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant of Hunn.
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : variant spelling of Hearn.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Herd.Respelling of Swedish HÃ¥rd (see Hard 2).
Boy/Male
English
From the thom tree.
Surname or Lastname
English and Danish
English and Danish : topographic name for someone who lived by a thorn bush or hedge (Old English, Old Norse þorn). The name is also found in Sweden.English : habitational name from a place named with Old English, Old Norse þorn ‘thorn bush’ (see 1), for example Thorne in Kent, Somerset, and South Yorkshire.North German and Danish : topographic name for someone who lived near a tower, from Middle Low German torn ‘tower’.German : habitational name from the city of Thorn (Toruń in Poland), which was named with Middle High German torn ‘tower’.
Surname or Lastname
South German and Austrian
South German and Austrian : variant of Hardt 1.English : variant of Hart 1.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Lorne, of unknown LORN means.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, German, and Dutch
English, Scottish, German, and Dutch : from Middle English, Middle High German, Middle Dutch horn ‘horn’, applied in a variety of senses: as a metonymic occupational name for someone who made small articles, such as combs, spoons, and window lights, out of horn; as a metonymic occupational name for someone who played a musical instrument made from the horn of an animal; as a topographic name for someone who lived by a horn-shaped spur of a hill or tongue of land in a bend of a river, or a habitational name from any of the places named with this element (for example, in England, Horne in Surrey on a spur of a hill and Horn in Rutland in a bend of a river); as a nickname, perhaps referring to some feature of a person’s physical appearance, or denoting a cuckolded husband.Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads so named, from Old Norse horn ‘horn’, ‘spur of land’.Swedish : ornamental or topographic name from horn ‘horn’, ‘spur of land’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : presumably from German Horn ‘horn’, adopted as a surname for reasons that are not clear. It may be purely ornamental, or it may refer to the ram’s horn (Hebrew shofar) blown in the Synagogue during various ceremonies.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and Dutch
English, Scottish, and Dutch : variant of Horn 1–4.Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads mostly so named from the dative singular of horn (see Horn).Swedish : variant of Horn.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Hearn 4.
HORN FUNCTION
HORN FUNCTION
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Mountain Valley
Girl/Female
Tamil
Lakshika | லாகà¯à®·à¯€à®•ாÂ
Aim, Lakshya
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Lute
Girl/Female
Muslim
Famous, Good, Pious
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old French dragie, dragé ‘mixture of grains sown together’, hence probably an metonymic occupational name for a farmer or a grain merchant.
Female
French
Norman French form of Teutonic Malasintha, MELISENT means "strong worker."
Boy/Male
Tamil
A portion of Lord Shiv
Girl/Female
Muslim
Lover
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Meader.
Female
Irish
 Pet form of Irish Abigail, ABBEY means "little smith." Compare with another form of Abbey.
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v. t.
To cause to wear horns; to cuckold.
n.
A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally made of the horns of cattle.
n.
A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The hollow horns of the Ox family consist externally of true horn, and are never shed.
a.
Converted into horn; horny.
a.
Resembling horn; horny; corneous.
v. t.
To furnish with horns; to give the shape of a horn to.
v. t.
To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses.
a.
Of a texture resembling horn; horny; hard.
superl.
Composed or made of horn, or of a substance resembling horn; of the nature of horn.
n.
A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for carrying liquids.
n.
The cornucopia, or horn of plenty.
superl.
Having horns or hornlike projections.
n.
The tough, fibrous material of which true horns are composed, being, in the Ox family, chiefly albuminous, with some phosphate of lime; also, any similar substance, as that which forms the hoof crust of horses, sheep, and cattle; as, a spoon of horn.
a.
Bearing horns; horned; horn-shaped.
n.
A wind instrument of music; originally, one made of a horn (of an ox or a ram); now applied to various elaborately wrought instruments of brass or other metal, resembling a horn in shape.
n.
Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn
a.
Producing horns; forming horn.