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hornify, v.|ˈhɔːnɪfaɪ|
[f. horny a. + -fy.]
1. trans. To make horny or horn-like in texture.
1670–7J. Covel Diary (Hakluyt Soc.) 215 Of a dryed film, or skin hornifyed. 1859Specif. Siemens' Patent No. 2053 in J. Dredge Electr. Illumin. (1882) I. App. 82/2 Of vulcanite, or hornified india-rubber.
†2. To make horned, ‘give horns to’; to cuckold. Hence ˈhornifying vbl. n.; also ˈhornifier; hornifiˈcation, cuckoldry. Obs.
1607World of Wonders 78 They hornifie their husbands. 1611Cotgr., Apistoler,..to hornifie, or giue the blow that smarts not. a1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. xlvi. 373 Hornifyer. 1698J. Crull Muscovy 52 Opportunity of hornifying their Husbands. 1819‘R. Rabelais’ Abeillard & Heloisa 69 Sad and vile hornification. |