horns

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• Horns

  See Leadenhall Market. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• horns

  To draw in one's horns; to retract an assertion through fear: metaphor borrowed from a snail, who on...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• horns

  The feelers of a snail. Hence the proverb, To pull in the horns, To repress one's ardor.--Johnson. I...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Rams Horns

  [Cornet; Jubilee, The Year Of] ...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• horns of the moon

  The extremities of the lunar crescent, in which form she is said to be horned. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• horns of the rudder

  See rudder-horn. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• horns of the tiller

  The pins at the extremity. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book