snail-hornn.

Etymology: snail n.¹

Now dialect.

a. A snail-shell; a snail.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > order Pulmonifera > member of > parts of > shell

shellc1400

snail-shell1530

snail-horn1672

snail-house1688

1672 tr. J. A. Comenius Orbis Sensualium Pictus (new ed.) xxxii The Snail carrieth about her Snailhorn [testa].

1747 [see sense 1b].

1820 J. Clare Poems Rural Life (ed. 3) 10 The snail-horn searching, or the mossy nest.

b. snail-horn stone (see quot. 1747).

ΚΠ

1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Ujb Snailhorn Stone is a course Stone, having mixt Knotts within it, much like Snail~horns when it is broken, and hard to break.

2. (See quot. 1749 and snail-horned adj. at Derivatives.) ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > cow > [noun] > (miscellaneous) parts of > horn

snail-horn1749

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > body and parts of > horn

snail-horn1749

scur1882

1749 W. Ellis Compl. Syst. Improvem. Sheep 94 If..a lamb is gelt at a week or fortnight old, it will cause it to have a thin, short, and what we in Hertfordshire call a Snail-Horn.

Derivatives

ˈsnail-horned adj. ? Obsolete (See quot. 1787).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [adjective] > having particular type of horns

upheaded1549

crumple-horned1685

crumpled-horn?a1750

snail-horned1787

snaily1884

scurred1963

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > of parts of > having particular type of horns

snail-horned1787

1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 388 Snail-horned, having short, down-hanging horns, with blunt points, and somewhat bent, in the usual form of the snail; spoken of cattle.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	snail-horn
释义	snail-hornn. Etymology: snail n.¹ Now dialect. 1. a. A snail-shell; a snail. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > order Pulmonifera > member of > parts of > shell shellc1400 snail-shell1530 snail-horn1672 snail-house1688 1672 tr. J. A. Comenius Orbis Sensualium Pictus (new ed.) xxxii The Snail carrieth about her Snailhorn [testa]. 1747 [see sense 1b]. 1820 J. Clare Poems Rural Life (ed. 3) 10 The snail-horn searching, or the mossy nest. b. snail-horn stone (see quot. 1747). ΚΠ 1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Ujb Snailhorn Stone is a course Stone, having mixt Knotts within it, much like Snail~horns when it is broken, and hard to break. 2. (See quot. 1749 and snail-horned adj. at Derivatives.) ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > cow > [noun] > (miscellaneous) parts of > horn snail-horn1749 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > body and parts of > horn snail-horn1749 scur1882 1749 W. Ellis Compl. Syst. Improvem. Sheep 94 If..a lamb is gelt at a week or fortnight old, it will cause it to have a thin, short, and what we in Hertfordshire call a Snail-Horn. Derivatives ˈsnail-horned adj. ? Obsolete (See quot. 1787). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [adjective] > having particular type of horns upheaded1549 crumple-horned1685 crumpled-horn?a1750 snail-horned1787 snaily1884 scurred1963 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > of parts of > having particular type of horns snail-horned1787 1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 388 Snail-horned, having short, down-hanging horns, with blunt points, and somewhat bent, in the usual form of the snail; spoken of cattle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1672
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