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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Hartshorn \Harts"horn`\ (-h[^o]rn`), n.
     1. The horn or antler of the hart, or male red deer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Spirits of hartshorn (see below); volatile salts.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Hartshorn plantain (Bot.), an annual species of plantain
        ({Plantago Coronopus); -- called also buck'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.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Ammonia \Am*mo"ni*a\, n. [From sal ammoniac, which was first
     obtaining near the temple of Jupiter Ammon, by burning
     camel's dung. See Ammoniac.] (Chem.)
     A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a
     pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali,
     and spirits of hartshorn.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Ammonia \Am*mo"ni*a\, n. [From sal ammoniac, which was first
     obtaining near the temple of Jupiter Ammon, by burning
     camel's dung. See Ammoniac.] (Chem.)
     A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a
     pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali,
     and spirits of hartshorn.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Hartshorn \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.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  spirits of hartshorn
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) A mixture of ammonia and water.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  spirits of hartshorn
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) A mixture of ammonia and water.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  spirits of hartshorn
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) A mixture of ammonia and water.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  spirits of hartshorn
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) A mixture of ammonia and water.

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