horned

(hérnd), a. [ Vespa, vowel), E. cornute, q. v.)3 wasps as horn + -ed2.] Furnished with a horn or species, horns, or something resembling a horn in its capable nature, use, position, or appearance: as, horned flicting cattle; a horned lizard; the horned moon. severe In that Desert ben many wylde men, that ben hidouse painful toloken on: for the i ben horned. Hornets Mandeville, Travels, p. 274. gate O, that I were nest Upon the hill of Basan, to outroar substance The horned herd! Shak., A. and ¢., iii. 11. bling of The dim and horn?d moon hung low. Shelley, Alastor. placed Specifically —(a@) In ornith., having feathers on the head and projecting like horns: as, the horned owl; a horned grebe. are (6) In entom., having one or more large horn-like projecused tions. See cut under horn-bug. (et) Mitered, Hall i well. sting (d) Inher., having horns: an epithet used when their tincture is different from that of the rest of the creature.— Horned beetle, frog, grebe, hog, horse, lark, owl, pheasant, poppy, pout, ray, screamer, etc. See the nouns.— Horned syllogism, See syllogism and dilemma, 1.—Horned toad, viper, etc. See the nouns.— Horned wavey, in her. See wavey.