Hartshorn shavings, originally taken from the horns of harts, are now obtained chiefly by planing down the bones of calves.
The spy shivered when he remembered the scene in Hartshorn Lane.
This hinted at blackmailable stuff in the magistrate, so Lovel took to haunting his premises in Hartshorn Lane by Charing Cross, but found no evidence which pointed to anything but a prosperous trade in wood and sea-coal.
So also will hartshorn diluted with warm water, but it will be necessary to apply it several times.
I want to slip him into the fourth race next Saturday," said Pitkin, "and he'll have Calloway and Hartshorn to beat.
Don't try to draw a close finish--win just as far as you can with him, because Hartshorn will be coming from behind.
By the side of Northumberland House formerly ranHartshorn Lane, now entirely obliterated.
Strain them very clean, then put in two ounces of hartshorn shavings, and the bottom crust of a penny loaf; let it boil till the water is reduced to about three pints; strain it off, and when cold skim off the fat.
Take one pound of hartshorn shavings, and put to it three quarts of water; boil it till it is half consumed; then strain and press out the hartshorn, and set it by to cool.
To one pint of calves' foot or hartshorn jelly add four ounces of almonds blanched and beaten very fine with rose and orange-flower water; let half an ounce of the almonds be bitter, but apricot kernels are better.
Boil one pound of hartshorn shavings over a very gentle fire, in two quarts of water, till it is reduced to one quart; let it settle, and strain it off.
The odor of spirits of hartshorn is caused by this gas.
Spirits of hartshorn is the best antidote for their bite.
The best mode of cleansing the throat and month of choking water is to lay the person on the face, and raise the head a little, clearing the mouth and nostrils with the finger, and then apply hartshorn or camphor to the nose.
Hartshorn and alcohol mixed together are very useful in taking spots out of cloth or merino, applied with something that will not leave lint.
For mosquito bites, apply spirits of hartshorn and camphor.
Hartshorn rubbed on a silk or woollen garment will restore the color without injuring it.
At a later period when sal-ammoniac was obtained by distilling the hoofs and horns of oxen, and neutralizing the resulting carbonate with hydrochloric acid, the name spirits of hartshorn was applied to ammonia.
The commercial salt is known as sal-volatile or salt of hartshorn and was formerly obtained by the dry distillation of nitrogenous organic matter such as hair, horn, decomposed urine, &c.
Having stirred the ingredients well together, put up the mixture immediately into a stone jar, and cover it immediately, lest the hartshorn should evaporate.
Then take it off the fire, and stir in one tablespoonful of real white wine vinegar; two large tablespoonfuls of hartshorn spirits; and seven large tablespoonfuls of spirits of turpentine.
I must sprinkle myself directly, and rub myself from head to foot with oil of hartshorn and spirits of sulphur.
By the aid of hartshorn and a few dashes of cold water, the old hostess is pleased to come to, as we say, and set about putting her house in order.
The usual remedies for persons overcome with the fumes of charcoal in a close apartment are, to throw cold water on the head, and to bleed immediately; also apply mustard or hartshorn to the soles of the feet.
The wine, however, may be omitted, and only the lemon juice be used; in like manner, hartshorn shavings boiled in water may be substituted for the yolk of egg.
Give fifteen drops of hartshorn or sal-volatile in half a wine-glassful of camomile tea, and cover the part stung with a piece of lint soaked in extract of lead.
If hartshorndrops are immediately afterwards rubbed on the part, the cure will be more complete.
Take twelve ounces of strong beef tea, and thicken with hartshorn shavings or arrowroot.
Use snuff or smelling salts, or pass hartshorn under the nose.
Apply a little hartshorn or spirits of camphor, or soda moistened with water, or a paste of clean earth and saliva.
Take a teaspoonful of hartshorn in a pint of water.
An apothecary was presently called with hartshorn and sal volatile, a doctor was sent for, and messengers were despatched every way; amongst the rest, one was sent to enquire at the lodgings of his supposed antagonist.
Illustration: Stewart Hartshorn This name turns up when the time comes to hang the window shades.
He andHartshorn succeeded in rejoining the main body.
Sophia immediately retired to her chamber, where Mrs Honour and the hartshorn were summoned to her assistance.
Neutralise true spirits of hartshorn (or a solution of 1 oz.
Chloride of silver is dissolved in a solution of hyposulphite of soda, and the solution made into a paste with levigated burnt hartshorn or bone dust; this is next dried, and powdered.
From sulphide of antimony and hartshorn shavings, equal weights; as the last.
From pieces of hartshorncalcined to whiteness, and powdered.
Clear the mouth with the fingers, and cautiously apply hartshorn to the nose.
Spirit of hartshorn is the best antidote for their bite.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hartshorn" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
