hartshorn

harts·horn

[hahrts-hawrn]
noun
1.
the antler of a hart, formerly used as a source of ammonia.
2.
ammonium carbonate.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English hertis horn, Old English heortes horn. See hart, 's1, horn

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hartshorn (ˈhɑːtsˌhɔːn) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
an obsolete name for sal volatile
 
[Old English heortes horn hart's horn (formerly a chief source of ammonia)]

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Hartshorn is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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