hornito ( h silent)

[Sp., the same as hor nillo a little oven, from horno an oven. Geol.: The name given by the Mexican Spaniards, and adopted by Humboldt, and after him by other geologists for one of the small conical heated and smoking mounds, five to ten feet high, thrown up in connection with the great eruption of Jorullo in Mexico, in 1759, and tending more or le to occur in connection with all volcanic eruptions. *horn'-lead, s. [Eng. horn, and lead .] Chem.: An old name for chloride of lead, which when fused bears some resemblance to horn.