Rams Horns | William Smith's Bible Dictionary

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.
horns
The points of the jaws of the booms. Also, the outer ends of the cross-trees. Also, two extreme poin...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Ram's Head Court
West out of Moor Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799). "Rams Head Alley" ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
horns of the moon
The extremities of the lunar crescent, in which form she is said to be horned. ...

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horns of the rudder
See rudder-horn. ...

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horns of the tiller
The pins at the extremity. ...

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Ram's Head Inn, Fenchurch Street
See Ram Inn1. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.