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hartshorn definition

harts·horn (härts′hôrn′)

noun

  1. a hart's antler
  2. Now Rare ammonium carbonate, used in smelling salts; sal volatile: so called because formerly obtained from deers' antlers

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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