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de⋅horn

  [dee-hawrn]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to remove the horns of (cattle).
2. to prevent the formation or growth of horns in (cattle), as by cauterization.
3. Horticulture. to prune (a tree, shrub, etc.) by shortening major branches to an extreme degree.
Origin:
1885–90, Americanism; de- + horn

Related forms:
de⋅horn⋅er, noun
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de·horn   (dē-hôrn')   
tr.v.   de·horned, de·horn·ing, de·horns
  1. To remove the horns from.
  2. To prevent growth in the horns of (cattle, for example), as by cauterization.
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Dehorn

De*horn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dehorned; p. pr. & vb. n. Dehorning.] To deprive of horns; to prevent the growth of the horns of (cattle) by burning their ends soon after they start. See Dishorn. "Dehorning cattle." --Farm Journal (1886).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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