hornify, v.
(ˈhɔːnɪfaɪ)
[f. horny a. + -fy.]
1. trans. To make horny or horn-like in texture.
| 1670–7 J. Covel Diary (Hakluyt Soc.) 215 Of a dryed film, or skin hornifyed. 1859 Specif. Siemens' Patent No. 2053 in J. Dredge Electr. Illumin. (1882) I. App. 82/2 Of vulcanite, or hornified india-rubber. |
† 2. To make horned, ‘give horns to’; to cuckold. Hence ˈhornifying vbl. n.; also ˈhornifier; hornifiˈcation, cuckoldry. Obs.
| 1607 World of Wonders 78 They hornifie their husbands. 1611 Cotgr., Apistoler,..to hornifie, or giue the blow that smarts not. a 1693 Urquhart Rabelais iii. xlvi. 373 Hornifyer. 1698 J. Crull Muscovy 52 Opportunity of hornifying their Husbands. 1819 ‘R. Rabelais’ Abeillard & Heloisa 69 Sad and vile hornification. |