In old records. Barley. Hordeum palmate, beer barley, as distinguished from common barley, which was called "hordeum quadragesimale." Blount. … [Read more...] about HORDEUM
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HORTUS
Lat. In the civil law. A garden. Dig. 32, 91, 5. … [Read more...] about HORTUS
HORN
In old Scotch practice. A kind of trumpet used in denouncing contumacious persons rebels and outlaws, which was done with three blasts of the horn by the king's sergeant. This was called "putting to the horn;" and the party so denounced was said to be "at the horn." Bell. See HORNING. … [Read more...] about HORN
HOSPES
Lat. A guest 8 Coke, 32. … [Read more...] about HOSPES
HORN TENURE
In old English law. Tenure by cornage; that is, by the service of winding a horn when the Scots or other enemies entered the land, in order to warn the king's subjects. This was a species of grand serjeanty. Litt … [Read more...] about HORN TENURE