HARTSHORN

Etymology

Noun

hartshorn (plural hartshorns)

The antler of a hart, once used as a source of ammonia.

(dated) An aqueous solution of ammonia; smelling salts.

Verb

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

(transitive) To revive with hartshorn smelling salts.

Proper noun

Hartshorn (plural Hartshorns)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hartshorn is the 10391^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3101 individuals. Hartshorn is most common among White (92.84%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

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Harts"horn`, n.

1. The horn or antler of the hart, or male red deer.

2. Spirits of hartshorn (see below); volatile salts. Hartshorn plantain (Bot.), an annual species of plantain (Plantago Coronopus);

– called also duck's-horn. Booth.

– Hartshorn shavings, originally taken from the horns of harts, are now obtained chiefly by planing down the bones of calves. They afford a kind of jelly. Hebert.

– Salt of hartshorn (Chem.), an impure solid carbonate of ammonia, obtained by the destructive distillation of hartshorn, or any kind of bone; volatile salts. Brande & C.-- Spirits of hartshorn (Chem.), a solution of ammonia in water; -- so called because formerly obtained from hartshorn shavings by destructive distillation. Similar ammoniacal solutions from other sources have received the same name.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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