Definition of Hartsharn
Harts"horn` (-hôrn`), 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
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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