shoeing horn

  • 1Shoeing-horn — Shoehorn Shoe horn , Shoeing horn Shoe ing horn , n. 1. A curved piece of polished horn, wood, or metal used to facilitate the entrance of the foot into a shoe. [1913 Webster] 2. Figuratively: (a) Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a …

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  • 2shoeing-horn — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English schoynge horne 1. : shoehorn 2. archaic : appetizer 3. a …

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  • 3Shoehorn — Shoe horn , Shoeing horn Shoe ing horn , n. 1. A curved piece of polished horn, wood, or metal used to facilitate the entrance of the foot into a shoe. [1913 Webster] 2. Figuratively: (a) Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium;… …

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  • 4shoehorn — (n.) 1580s, from SHOE (Cf. shoe) + HORN (Cf. horn); earlier shoeing horn (mid 15c.). The verb in the figurative sense of to put or thrust (something somewhere) by means of a tool is recorded from 1859. Earlier it meant to cuckold (mid 17c.), with …

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  • 5Nase — 1. Aeingden der Nuos no durch däk uch dän. (Siebenbürg. sächs.) – Schuster, 1111. 2. An seiner Nase findet jeder Fleisch. Er ziehe sich also daran, und bekümmere sich nicht um die Nasen (Angelegenheiten) anderer. 3. Auch zwischen Nas und Lippe… …

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