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horned poppy
(encz)
horned poppy, n:
horned poppy
(gcide)
Horn \Horn\ (h[^o]rn), n. [AS. horn; akin to D. horen, hoorn,
G., Icel., Sw., & Dan. horn, Goth. ha['u]rn, W., Gael., & Ir.
corn, L. cornu, Gr. ke`ras, and perh. also to E. cheer,
cranium, cerebral; cf. Skr. [,c]iras head. Cf. Carat,
Corn on the foot, Cornea, Corner, Cornet,
Cornucopia, Hart.]
1. A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing
upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants,
as cattle, goats, and the like. The hollow horns of the Ox
family consist externally of true horn, and are never
shed.
[1913 Webster]

2. The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and
annually shed and renewed.
[1913 Webster]

3. (Zool.) Any natural projection or excrescence from an
animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in
substance or form; esp.:
(a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the
hornbill.
(b) A tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the
horned owl.
(c) A hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an
insect, or the head of a reptile, or fish.
(d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a fish, as in
the horned pout.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Bot.) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found
in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias).
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5. Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn; as:
(a) A wind instrument of music; originally, one made of a
horn (of an ox or a ram); now applied to various
elaborately wrought instruments of brass or other
metal, resembling a horn in shape. "Wind his horn
under the castle wall." --Spenser. See French horn,
under French.
(b) A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally
made of the horns of cattle. "Horns of mead and ale."
--Mason.
(c) The cornucopia, or horn of plenty. See Cornucopia.
"Fruits and flowers from Amalth[ae]a's horn."
--Milton.
(d) A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for
containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for
carrying liquids. "Samuel took the hornof oil and
anointed him [David]." --1 Sam. xvi. 13.
(e) The pointed beak of an anvil.
(f) The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the
projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg.
(g) (Arch.) The Ionic volute.
(h) (Naut.) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the
projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc.
(i) (Carp.) A curved projection on the fore part of a
plane.
(j) One of the projections at the four corners of the
Jewish altar of burnt offering. "Joab . . . caught
hold on the horns of the altar." --1 Kings ii. 28.
[1913 Webster]

6. One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity
or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped.
[1913 Webster]

The moon
Wears a wan circle round her blunted horns.
--Thomson.
[1913 Webster]

7. (Mil.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of
a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form.
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Sharpening in mooned horns
Their phalanx. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

8. The tough, fibrous material of which true horns are
composed, being, in the Ox family, chiefly albuminous,
with some phosphate of lime; also, any similar substance,
as that which forms the hoof crust of horses, sheep, and
cattle; as, a spoon of horn.
[1913 Webster]

9. (Script.) A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation,
or pride.
[1913 Webster]

The Lord is . . . the horn of my salvation. --Ps.
xviii. 2.
[1913 Webster]

10. An emblem of a cuckold; -- used chiefly in the plural.
"Thicker than a cuckold's horn." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

11. the telephone; as, on the horn. [slang]
[PJC]

12. a body of water shaped like a horn; as, the Golden Horn
in Istanbul.
[PJC]

Horn block, the frame or pedestal in which a railway car
axle box slides up and down; -- also called horn plate.


Horn of a dilemma. See under Dilemma.

Horn distemper, a disease of cattle, affecting the internal
substance of the horn.

Horn drum, a wheel with long curved scoops, for raising
water.

Horn lead (Chem.), chloride of lead.

Horn maker, a maker of cuckolds. [Obs.] --Shak.

Horn mercury. (Min.) Same as Horn quicksilver (below).

Horn poppy (Bot.), a plant allied to the poppy ({Glaucium
luteum}), found on the sandy shores of Great Britain and
Virginia; -- called also horned poppy. --Gray.

Horn pox (Med.), abortive smallpox with an eruption like
that of chicken pox.

Horn quicksilver (Min.), native calomel, or bichloride of
mercury.

Horn shell (Zool.), any long, sharp, spiral, gastropod
shell, of the genus Cerithium, and allied genera.

Horn silver (Min.), cerargyrite.

Horn slate, a gray, siliceous stone.

To pull in one's horns, To haul in one's horns, to
withdraw some arrogant pretension; to cease a demand or
withdraw an assertion. [Colloq.]

To raise the horn, or To lift the horn (Script.), to
exalt one's self; to act arrogantly. "'Gainst them that
raised thee dost thou lift thy horn?" --Milton.

To take a horn, to take a drink of intoxicating liquor.
[Low]
[1913 Webster]
Horned poppy
(gcide)
Horned \Horned\, a.
Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike
process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part
shaped like a horn.
[1913 Webster]

The horned moon with one bright star
Within the nether tip. --Coleridge.
[1913 Webster]

Horned bee (Zool.), a British wild bee (Osmia bicornis),
having two little horns on the head.

Horned dace (Zool.), an American cyprinoid fish ({Semotilus
corporialis}) common in brooks and ponds; the common chub.
See Illust. of Chub.

Horned frog (Zool.), a very large Brazilian frog
(Ceratophrys cornuta), having a pair of triangular horns
arising from the eyelids.

Horned grebe (Zool.), a species of grebe ({Colymbus
auritus}), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense
tufts of feathers on the head.

Horned horse (Zool.), the gnu.

Horned lark (Zool.), the shore lark.

Horned lizard (Zool.), the horned toad.

Horned owl (Zool.), a large North American owl ({Bubo
Virginianus}), having a pair of elongated tufts of
feathers on the head. Several distinct varieties are
known; as, the Arctic, Western, dusky, and striped horned
owls, differing in color, and inhabiting different
regions; -- called also great horned owl, horn owl,
eagle owl, and cat owl. Sometimes also applied to the
long-eared owl. See Eared owl, under Eared.

Horned poppy. (Bot.) See Horn poppy, under Horn.

Horned pout (Zool.), an American fresh-water siluroid fish;
the bullpout.

Horned rattler (Zool.), a species of rattlesnake ({Crotalus
cerastes}), inhabiting the dry, sandy plains, from
California to Mexico. It has a pair of triangular horns
between the eyes; -- called also sidewinder.

Horned ray (Zool.), the sea devil.

Horned screamer (Zool.), the kamichi.

Horned snake (Zool.), the cerastes.

Horned toad (Zool.), any lizard of the genus Phrynosoma,
of which nine or ten species are known. These lizards have
several hornlike spines on the head, and a broad, flat
body, covered with spiny scales. They inhabit the dry,
sandy plains from California to Mexico and Texas. Called
also horned lizard.

Horned viper. (Zool.) See Cerastes.
[1913 Webster]
Horned poppy
(gcide)
Poppy \Pop"py\, n.; pl. Poppies. [OE. popy, AS. popig, L.
papaver.] (Bot.)
Any plant or species of the genus Papaver, herbs with showy
polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species
(Papaver somniferum) opium is obtained, though all the
species contain it to some extent; also, a flower of the
plant. See Illust. of Capsule.
[1913 Webster]

California poppy (Bot.), any yellow-flowered plant of the
genus Eschscholtzia.

Corn poppy. See under Corn.

Horn poppy, or Horned poppy. See under Horn.

Poppy bee (Zool.), a leaf-cutting bee ({Anthocopa
papaveris}) which uses pieces cut from poppy petals for
the lining of its cells; -- called also upholsterer bee.


Prickly poppy (Bot.), Argemone Mexicana, a
yellow-flowered plant of the Poppy family, but as prickly
as a thistle.

Poppy seed, the seed the opium poppy ({Papaver
somniferum}).

Spatling poppy (Bot.), a species of Silene ({Silene
inflata}). See Catchfly.
[1913 Webster] Poppy
horned poppy
(wn)
horned poppy
n 1: yellow-flowered Eurasian glaucous herb naturalized in along
sandy shores in eastern North America [syn: horn poppy,
horned poppy, yellow horned poppy, sea poppy,
Glaucium flavum]
podobné slovodefinícia
horned poppy
(encz)
horned poppy, n:
yellow horned poppy
(encz)
yellow horned poppy, n:
horned poppy
(gcide)
Horn \Horn\ (h[^o]rn), n. [AS. horn; akin to D. horen, hoorn,
G., Icel., Sw., & Dan. horn, Goth. ha['u]rn, W., Gael., & Ir.
corn, L. cornu, Gr. ke`ras, and perh. also to E. cheer,
cranium, cerebral; cf. Skr. [,c]iras head. Cf. Carat,
Corn on the foot, Cornea, Corner, Cornet,
Cornucopia, Hart.]
1. A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing
upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants,
as cattle, goats, and the like. The hollow horns of the Ox
family consist externally of true horn, and are never
shed.
[1913 Webster]

2. The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and
annually shed and renewed.
[1913 Webster]

3. (Zool.) Any natural projection or excrescence from an
animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in
substance or form; esp.:
(a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the
hornbill.
(b) A tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the
horned owl.
(c) A hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an
insect, or the head of a reptile, or fish.
(d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a fish, as in
the horned pout.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Bot.) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found
in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias).
[1913 Webster]

5. Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn; as:
(a) A wind instrument of music; originally, one made of a
horn (of an ox or a ram); now applied to various
elaborately wrought instruments of brass or other
metal, resembling a horn in shape. "Wind his horn
under the castle wall." --Spenser. See French horn,
under French.
(b) A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally
made of the horns of cattle. "Horns of mead and ale."
--Mason.
(c) The cornucopia, or horn of plenty. See Cornucopia.
"Fruits and flowers from Amalth[ae]a's horn."
--Milton.
(d) A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for
containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for
carrying liquids. "Samuel took the hornof oil and
anointed him [David]." --1 Sam. xvi. 13.
(e) The pointed beak of an anvil.
(f) The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the
projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg.
(g) (Arch.) The Ionic volute.
(h) (Naut.) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the
projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc.
(i) (Carp.) A curved projection on the fore part of a
plane.
(j) One of the projections at the four corners of the
Jewish altar of burnt offering. "Joab . . . caught
hold on the horns of the altar." --1 Kings ii. 28.
[1913 Webster]

6. One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity
or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped.
[1913 Webster]

The moon
Wears a wan circle round her blunted horns.
--Thomson.
[1913 Webster]

7. (Mil.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of
a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form.
[1913 Webster]

Sharpening in mooned horns
Their phalanx. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

8. The tough, fibrous material of which true horns are
composed, being, in the Ox family, chiefly albuminous,
with some phosphate of lime; also, any similar substance,
as that which forms the hoof crust of horses, sheep, and
cattle; as, a spoon of horn.
[1913 Webster]

9. (Script.) A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation,
or pride.
[1913 Webster]

The Lord is . . . the horn of my salvation. --Ps.
xviii. 2.
[1913 Webster]

10. An emblem of a cuckold; -- used chiefly in the plural.
"Thicker than a cuckold's horn." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

11. the telephone; as, on the horn. [slang]
[PJC]

12. a body of water shaped like a horn; as, the Golden Horn
in Istanbul.
[PJC]

Horn block, the frame or pedestal in which a railway car
axle box slides up and down; -- also called horn plate.


Horn of a dilemma. See under Dilemma.

Horn distemper, a disease of cattle, affecting the internal
substance of the horn.

Horn drum, a wheel with long curved scoops, for raising
water.

Horn lead (Chem.), chloride of lead.

Horn maker, a maker of cuckolds. [Obs.] --Shak.

Horn mercury. (Min.) Same as Horn quicksilver (below).

Horn poppy (Bot.), a plant allied to the poppy ({Glaucium
luteum}), found on the sandy shores of Great Britain and
Virginia; -- called also horned poppy. --Gray.

Horn pox (Med.), abortive smallpox with an eruption like
that of chicken pox.

Horn quicksilver (Min.), native calomel, or bichloride of
mercury.

Horn shell (Zool.), any long, sharp, spiral, gastropod
shell, of the genus Cerithium, and allied genera.

Horn silver (Min.), cerargyrite.

Horn slate, a gray, siliceous stone.

To pull in one's horns, To haul in one's horns, to
withdraw some arrogant pretension; to cease a demand or
withdraw an assertion. [Colloq.]

To raise the horn, or To lift the horn (Script.), to
exalt one's self; to act arrogantly. "'Gainst them that
raised thee dost thou lift thy horn?" --Milton.

To take a horn, to take a drink of intoxicating liquor.
[Low]
[1913 Webster]Horned \Horned\, a.
Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike
process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part
shaped like a horn.
[1913 Webster]

The horned moon with one bright star
Within the nether tip. --Coleridge.
[1913 Webster]

Horned bee (Zool.), a British wild bee (Osmia bicornis),
having two little horns on the head.

Horned dace (Zool.), an American cyprinoid fish ({Semotilus
corporialis}) common in brooks and ponds; the common chub.
See Illust. of Chub.

Horned frog (Zool.), a very large Brazilian frog
(Ceratophrys cornuta), having a pair of triangular horns
arising from the eyelids.

Horned grebe (Zool.), a species of grebe ({Colymbus
auritus}), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense
tufts of feathers on the head.

Horned horse (Zool.), the gnu.

Horned lark (Zool.), the shore lark.

Horned lizard (Zool.), the horned toad.

Horned owl (Zool.), a large North American owl ({Bubo
Virginianus}), having a pair of elongated tufts of
feathers on the head. Several distinct varieties are
known; as, the Arctic, Western, dusky, and striped horned
owls, differing in color, and inhabiting different
regions; -- called also great horned owl, horn owl,
eagle owl, and cat owl. Sometimes also applied to the
long-eared owl. See Eared owl, under Eared.

Horned poppy. (Bot.) See Horn poppy, under Horn.

Horned pout (Zool.), an American fresh-water siluroid fish;
the bullpout.

Horned rattler (Zool.), a species of rattlesnake ({Crotalus
cerastes}), inhabiting the dry, sandy plains, from
California to Mexico. It has a pair of triangular horns
between the eyes; -- called also sidewinder.

Horned ray (Zool.), the sea devil.

Horned screamer (Zool.), the kamichi.

Horned snake (Zool.), the cerastes.

Horned toad (Zool.), any lizard of the genus Phrynosoma,
of which nine or ten species are known. These lizards have
several hornlike spines on the head, and a broad, flat
body, covered with spiny scales. They inhabit the dry,
sandy plains from California to Mexico and Texas. Called
also horned lizard.

Horned viper. (Zool.) See Cerastes.
[1913 Webster]Poppy \Pop"py\, n.; pl. Poppies. [OE. popy, AS. popig, L.
papaver.] (Bot.)
Any plant or species of the genus Papaver, herbs with showy
polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species
(Papaver somniferum) opium is obtained, though all the
species contain it to some extent; also, a flower of the
plant. See Illust. of Capsule.
[1913 Webster]

California poppy (Bot.), any yellow-flowered plant of the
genus Eschscholtzia.

Corn poppy. See under Corn.

Horn poppy, or Horned poppy. See under Horn.

Poppy bee (Zool.), a leaf-cutting bee ({Anthocopa
papaveris}) which uses pieces cut from poppy petals for
the lining of its cells; -- called also upholsterer bee.


Prickly poppy (Bot.), Argemone Mexicana, a
yellow-flowered plant of the Poppy family, but as prickly
as a thistle.

Poppy seed, the seed the opium poppy ({Papaver
somniferum}).

Spatling poppy (Bot.), a species of Silene ({Silene
inflata}). See Catchfly.
[1913 Webster] Poppy
horned poppy
(wn)
horned poppy
n 1: yellow-flowered Eurasian glaucous herb naturalized in along
sandy shores in eastern North America [syn: horn poppy,
horned poppy, yellow horned poppy, sea poppy,
Glaucium flavum]
yellow horned poppy
(wn)
yellow horned poppy
n 1: yellow-flowered Eurasian glaucous herb naturalized in along
sandy shores in eastern North America [syn: horn poppy,
horned poppy, yellow horned poppy, sea poppy,
Glaucium flavum]

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