harts·horn /ˈhɑrtsˌhɔrn/
鹿角,鹿角精,氨水溶液
harts·horn /ˈhɑrtsˌhɔ(ə)rn/ 名詞
鹿角,鹿角精
Harts·horn n.
1. The horn or antler of the hart, or male red deer.
2. Spirits of hartshorn (see below); volatile salts.
Hartshorn plantain Bot., an annual species of plantain (Plantago Coronopus); -- called also buck's-horn. --Booth.
Hartshorn shavings, originally taken from the horns of harts, are now obtained chiefly by planing down the bones of calves. They afford a kind of jelly. --Hebert.
Salt of hartshorn Chem., an impure solid carbonate of ammonia, obtained by the destructive distillation of hartshorn, or any kind of bone; volatile salts. --Brande & C.-- Spirits of hartshorn Chem., a solution of ammonia in water; -- so called because formerly obtained from hartshorn shavings by destructive distillation. Similar ammoniacal solutions from other sources have received the same name.
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