Sekirov Dictionary

hartshorn

/ˈhɑːtshɔːn/

noun 2
verb 1
forms 3

noun2

The antler of a hart, once used as a source of ammonia.
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(old-fashioned) An aqueous solution of ammonia; smelling salts.
- Sophia, who had tottered along with much difficulty, sunk down in her chair; but by the assistance of hartshorn and water, she was prevented from fainting away... — 1749

verb1

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To revive with hartshorn smelling salts.
- Accordingly, after a vast amount of moaning and crying up-stairs, and much damping of foreheads, and vinegaring of temples, and hartshorning of noses, and so forth […] — 1841

forms

hartshorned · hartshorning · hartshorns

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