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Synonyms for hartshorn

Grammar : Noun
Spell : hahrts-hawrn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɑrtsˌhɔrn

Définition of hartshorn

Origin :
  • "ammonium carbonate," Old English heortes hornes, from hart + horn (n.). So called because a main early source of ammonia was the antlers of harts.
  • As in smelling salts : noun faintness relief
Example sentences :
  • Cloths thus saturated with hartshorn powder, are also the best things for cleaning brass locks, and the finger plates of doors.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • Ryder, who was prowling about, found her there, and fetched her hartshorn.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 » by Various
  • But talk with Celsus, Celsus will advise Hartshorn, or something that shall close your eyes.
  • Extract from : « Essay on Man » by Alexander Pope
  • If there be stains in the articles, take them out with spirits of hartshorn.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Domestic Economy » by Catherine Esther Beecher
  • Patty, with pale face and lips compressed, ran to fetch the hartshorn.
  • Extract from : « Richard Carvel, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • She put the hartshorn bottle to his nostrils, but he could smell nothing.
  • Extract from : « The Joys of Being a Woman » by Winifred Kirkland
  • There are few stains, indeed, that may not be obliterated by hartshorn.
  • Extract from : « Miss Leslie's Lady's New Receipt-Book » by Eliza Leslie
  • The nurse asked him if he would have any hartshorn or lavender.
  • Extract from : « The Works of William Cowper » by William Cowper
  • The spirits of hartshorn may be substituted for the turpentine.
  • Extract from : « Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million » by Sarah Josepha Hale
  • "I don't know where Sam slept last night," said Mr. Hartshorn.
  • Extract from : « The Dogs of Boytown » by Walter A. Dyer

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