dishorn
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Etymology edit
Verb edit
dishorn (third-person singular simple present dishorns, present participle dishorning, simple past and past participle dishorned)
- (transitive) To remove the horns of.
- Synonyms: dehorn, unhorn
- to dishorn cattle
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
- We'll all present ourselves, dishorn the spirit.
References edit
“dishorn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.