hartshorn

See also: Hartshorn

English

Etymology

From hart +‎ -s- +‎ horn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːtshɔːn/

Noun

hartshorn (plural hartshorns)

1. The antler of a hart, once used as a source of ammonia.
2. (dated) An aqueous solution of ammonia; smelling salts.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter XIV, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV:

     Sophia, who had tottered along with much difficulty, sunk down in her chair; but by the assistance of hartshorn and water, she was prevented from fainting away...

Derived terms

• spirits of hartshorn

Translations

the antler of a hart

• Bulgarian: еленов рог (elenov rog)
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} оле́ний рог m (olénij rog)
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• Swedish: hjorthorn (sv) n

An aqueous solution of ammonia

• Bulgarian: амонячна сода f (amonjačna soda)
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• Swedish: hjorthornssalt (sv) n

Verb

hartshorn (third-person singular simple present hartshorns, present participle hartshorning, simple past and past participle hartshorned)

1. (transitive) To revive with hartshorn smelling salts.
   • Charles Dickens

     Accordingly, after a vast amount of moaning and crying up-stairs, and much damping of foreheads, and vinegaring of temples, and hartshorning of noses, and so forth […]