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put to the horn

put to the horn verb: to outlaw (a person) by three blasts of the horn at the Cross of Edinburgh.

Verb

put to the horn (third-person singular simple present puts to the horn, present participle putting to the horn, simple past and past participle put to the horn)

  1. (historical, transitive, Scots law) To outlaw (a person) by three blasts of the horn at the Cross of Edinburgh.

Forms of put to the horn

third-person singular presentputs to the horn
present participleputting to the horn
past participleput to the horn
pastput to the horn

Questions about put to the horn

What does put to the horn mean?
Put to the horn means to outlaw (a person) by three blasts of the horn at the Cross of Edinburgh.
What part of speech is put to the horn?
Put to the horn is a verb.
What is the past tense of put to the horn?
The past tense of put to the horn is put to the horn.

Words near put to the horn in the dictionary

  1. put to rest
  2. put to sea
  3. put to shame
  4. put to sleep
  5. put to the blush
  6. put to the horn
  7. put to the sword
  8. put to the test
  9. put to the torch
  10. put to the vote
  11. put to use

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