The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hartshorn \Harts"horn`\ (-h[^o]rn`), n.
   1. The horn or antler of the hart, or male red deer.
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   2. Spirits of hartshorn (see below); volatile salts.
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   Hartshorn plantain (Bot.), an annual species of plantain
      (Plantago Coronopus); -- called also buck's-horn.
      --Booth.
   Hartshorn shavings, originally taken from the horns of
      harts, are now obtained chiefly by planing down the bones
      of calves. They afford a kind of jelly. --Hebert.
   Salt of hartshorn (Chem.), an impure solid carbonate of
      ammonia, obtained by the destructive distillation of
      hartshorn, or any kind of bone; volatile salts. --Brande &
      C.
   Spirits of hartshorn (Chem.), a solution of ammonia in
      water; -- so called because formerly obtained from
      hartshorn shavings by destructive distillation. Similar
      ammoniacal solutions from other sources have received the
      same name.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
ammonia \am*mo"ni*a\ ([a^]m*m[=o]"n[i^]*[.a]), n. [From sal
   ammoniac, which was first obtaining near the temple of
   Jupiter Ammon, by burning camel's dung. See Ammoniac.]
   (Chem.)
   A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a
   pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali,
   and spirits of hartshorn. It is very soluble in water,
   forming a moderately alkaline solution, and is used in
   aqueous solution as a household cleaning agent, such as for
   cleaning grease from glass.
   [1913 Webster + PJC] Ammoniac