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Webster 1913 Edition

Hornito

‖

Hor-ni′to

,

Noun.

[A dim. fr. Sp.

horno

oven, L.

furnus

. See

.]

(Geol.)

A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, and emitting smoke and vapors from its sides and summit.

Humboldt.