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n. [ D. hertebeest. See Hart, and Beast. ] 1. (Zool.) A large South African antelope (Alcelaphus caama), formerly much more abundant than it is now. The face and legs are marked with black, the rump with white. [ Written also hartebeest, and hartebest. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any anteleope of the genus Alcelaphus and certain species of Darnaliscus. [ PJC ]

n. 1. large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To hearten; to encourage; to incite. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The Hartford grape, a variety of grape first raised at Hartford, Connecticut, from the Northern fox grape. Its large dark-colored berries ripen earlier than those of most other kinds. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) Melilot or sweet clover. See Melilot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) An Asiatic species of Cacalia (Cacalia Kleinia), used medicinally in India. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The horn or antler of the hart, or male red deer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Spirits of hartshorn (see below); volatile salts. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) (a) A common British fern (Scolopendrium vulgare), rare in America. (b) A West Indian fern, the Polypodium Phyllitidis of Linnaeus. It is also found in Florida. [ 1913 Webster ]