[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hartshorn \harts"horn`\ -h^orn`, n.
   1. the horn or antler of the hart, or male red deer.
      1913 webster

   2. spirits of hartshorn see below; volatile salts.
      1913 webster

   hartshorn plantain bot., an annual species of plantain
      plantago coronopus; -- called also buck's-horn.
      --booth.

   hartshorn shavings, originally taken from the horns of
      harts, are now obtained chiefly by planing down the bones
      of calves. they afford a kind of jelly. --hebert.

   salt of hartshorn chem., an impure solid carbonate of
      ammonia, obtained by the destructive distillation of
      hartshorn, or any kind of bone; volatile salts. --brande 
      c.

   spirits of hartshorn chem., a solution of ammonia in
      water; -- so called because formerly obtained from
      hartshorn shavings by destructive distillation. similar
      ammoniacal solutions from other sources have received the
      same name.
      1913 webster
see also:
hartshorn plantain plantago coronopus buck's-horn hartshorn shavings salt of hartshorn spirits of hartshorn 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ammonia \ammo"nia\ a^mm=o"ni^.a, n. from sal
   ammoniac, which was first obtaining near the temple of
   jupiter ammon, by burning camel's dung. see ammoniac.
   chem.
   a gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, nh3, with a
   pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali,
   and spirits of hartshorn. it is very soluble in water,
   forming a moderately alkaline solution, and is used in
   aqueous solution as a household cleaning agent, such as for
   cleaning grease from glass.
   1913 webster + pjc ammoniac
see also:
ammoniac nh3 volatile alkali spirits of hartshorn 

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