Definition of Dehorner

1. one that dehorns [n -S] - See also: dehorns

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dehorner

dehiscences
dehiscent
dehisces
dehiscing
dehistoricization
dehistoricize
dehistoricized
dehistoricizes
dehistoricizing
dehonestation
dehook
dehooked
dehooking
dehorn
dehorned
dehorner (current term)
dehorners
dehorning
dehorns
dehors
dehort
dehortatio
dehortation
dehortative
dehortatory
dehorted
dehorter
dehorters
dehorting
dehorts

Literary usage of Dehorner

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report (1894)
"Concerning the efficacy of the " dehorner" there can be little doubt; ... The John March Company's Chemical dehorner is undoubtedly effective for the ..."

2. Bulletin by Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station (1891)
"The " dehorner " was submitted to the Station Chemist, Mr. GW Cavanaugh, for analysis and his report is as follows : '' The sample of chemical ..."

3. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1893)
"The kerosene emulsion appears equally as effective as dehorner Б, and is of course considerably cheaper. ..."

4. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States Bureau of Animal Industry, Vickers T. Atkinson, William Dickson, William Heyser Harbaugh, James Law, John Robbins Mohler, A. J. Murray, William Herbert Lowe, Leonard Pearson, Brayton Howard Ransom, Milton R. Trumbower, Richard West Hickma (1916)
"One type of dehorner has a stationary knife edge with its cutting edge shaped like a very wide V, and opposing this, another knife of similar shape moving ..."

5. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"The Galloway as a dehorner stands high among the polled breeds. In this day when practically all feeding cattle are dehorned, the naturally polled cattle ..."

6. The Breeds of Live-stock by Carl Warren Gay (1916)
"The Aberdeen-Angus bull has become a prime favorite as a dehorner. Crossed with the ordinary native cow, about 90 to 95 per cent of the offspring are black ..."

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