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Horn (Substance which may be divided)

a substance which may be divided into two distinct classes. First, the branched, bony horns of the stag genus, and the simple, laminated horns of the ox genus, and other kindred genera. The first of these kinds of horn is applied to the same purposes as bone and ivory, and the manufacture is almost similar. The other kind of horn, found in the ox, antelope, goat, and merely a mixture of starch, cellulose, sheep, consists of a number of conical and a somewhat nitrogenous matter.