horn

Definition

horn rate

(Adult / Slang)

2. Slang term for the penis, especially an erect penis. Usage in this sense, based on appearance and hardness, dates back to the 15 ^th century. See penis for synonyms.
-- To have/get a horn , to have a penile erection, hence to feel horny.
-- To suffer horn colic , to have an erection. Obsolete.
-- To cure the horn , for a man, to have sexual intercourse.
-- Longhorn , a large penis.
-- Dawn horn , an erection of the penis early in the morning, upon waking up.
-- Roaring horn , a penis in erection.
-- Old hornington , obsolete, 19 ^th century British term for penis, usually an erect one.
-- Blow my horn , a request for fellatio.
-- Play on the horn / play the horn , to fellate.
-- Hump the horn / polish the horn / roping the long horn / scraping the horn / tooting the horn / tuning the horn , to masturbate the penis.

QUOTES:

(1) Shakespeare. The Taming of the Shrew : Grumio: ' Am I but three inches? Why, thy horn is a foot; and so long am I at least.

(2) John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (1749): ' No horn could be stiffer: yet no velvet more smooth or delicious to the touch.'

3. Wear the horns , to suffer cuckoldry. Horns have long been a symbol of cuckoldry; cuckolds have traditionally worn horns to signify their wives infidelity making them horned / horn-mad ; this imaginary of horns on the forehead of a cuckold is becoming obsolescent, but it survives in Patois parlance in the colloquialaism hornin' meaning to commit adultery. (Oddly enough, a horn-shaped pendant is traditionally given by a woman to the man to symbolize his affection for her.)

4. Gate of Horn / gate of horn , 19 ^th century literary euphemism for the vagina or female genitalia.

5. Blow the (anal) horn , to fart audibly.