{California poppy} (Bot.), any yellow-flowered plant of the
genus {Eschscholtzia}.
{Corn poppy}. See under {Corn}.
{Horn}, or {Horned}, {poppy}. See under {Horn}.
{Poppy bee} (Zo["o]l.), 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 ({P. somniferum}).
{Spatling poppy} (Bot.), a species of Silene ({S. inflata}).
See {Catchfly}.
2. The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and
annually shed and renewed.
3. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
4. (Bot.) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found
in the flowers of the milkweed ({Asclepias}).
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(b) A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally
made of the horns of cattle.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.
6. One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity
or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped.
The moon Wears a wan circle round her blunted horns.
--Thomson.
7. (Mil.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of
a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form.
Sharpening in mooned horns Their phalanx. --Milton.
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.
9. (Script.) A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation,
or pride.
The Lord is . . . the horn of my salvation. --Ps.
xviii. 2.
10. An emblem of a cuckold; -- used chiefly in the plural.
``Thicker than a cuckold's horn.'' --Shak.
{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} (Zo["o]l.), any long, sharp, spiral, gastropod
shell, of the genus {Cerithium}, and allied genera.
{Horn silver} (Min.), cerargyrite.
{Horn slate}, a gray, siliceous stone.
{To haul in one's horns}, to withdraw some arrogant
pretension. [Colloq.]
2. To cause to wear horns; to cuckold. [Obs.] --Shak.