Horn"y (?), a. [Compar. Hornier (?); superl. Horniest.] 1. Having horns or hornlike projections.
Gay.
2. Composed or made of horn, or of a substance resembling horn; of the nature of horn. "The horny . . . coat of the eye."
Ray.
3. Hard; callous. "His horny fist."
Dryden.
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