Spirits of hartshorn

Hartshorn \Harts"horn`\ (-h[^o]rn`), n.
   1. The horn or antler of the hart, or male red deer.
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   2. Spirits of hartshorn (see below); volatile salts.
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   {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.
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ammonia \am*mo"ni*a\ ([a^]m*m[=o]"n[i^]*[.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