hartshorn
Americannoun
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the antler of a hart, formerly used as a source of ammonia.
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ammonium carbonate.
noun
Etymology
Origin of hartshorn
before 1000; Middle English hertis horn, Old English heortes horn. See hart, 's 1, horn
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The second night, I applied a liberal dose of white liniment—Uncle Holt’s own concoction of hartshorn, arnica, witch hazel, camphor gum, eggs, and cider vinegar.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
It is well, also, to have Eau de Cologne, hartshorn, and salts, in case of sudden faintness.
From The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley
Gideon procured 21,000 bank-notes, rolled them round a phial of hartshorn, and thus mockingly repaid the loan.
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
Jews with faces white from exhaustion sat in the anteroom resting and refreshing themselves with a pinch of snuff, or a drop of hartshorn, and a few words of conversation.
From Yiddish Tales by Various
The Freiherr lay upon the lounge, his eyes wide open and fixed, while the housekeeper and one of the younger servants were rubbing his forehead and his hands with hartshorn.
From The Eichhofs A Romance by Moritz von Reichenbach
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