[Dixonary] Round 3115: LICORN [Definitions]

I can’t now imagine why I set a definition deadline of midnight, but there
it is.

Here are 14 definitions of licorn, some of which came from a dictionary,
and one even from a dictionary article about the word licorn. Please vote
for two of them, in reply to this posting, by the deadline, which is 18h00
CET on Thursday 29 October, just under 40 hours from now. Other times for
other places here
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=4&iso=20201029T16&p1=328>
..

1.

a callow youth.
2.

a hexagonal paving tile or stone.
3.

an obsolete unit of length equal to one-third of an inch.
4.

(also: bicorn) a fore-and-aft naval version of a tricorn hat.
5.

Russian howitzer, adopted first in 1744 [French licorne ‘unicorn’].
6.

a small portable altar, carried by Roman legions on their campaigns;
mentioned in Caesar, Bellum Gallicum, book 6.
7.

a licorn is a term in the business world to indicate a privately held
startup company valued at over $50 billion (see unicorn)
8.

a mythical creature with the head and body of a lion, trunk and tusks of
an elephant, the comb of a rooster, and the wings of a bird.
9.

a style of painting characterized by heavy layering of pigment and
precise removal of areas, creating a dimensional image.
10.

Bot. a genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers resembling the
cornucopia in form.
11.

the metallic device used to measure your feet at the shoe store.
12.

of or relating to divination using the entrails of a goat.
13.

a short-neck stringed instrument similar to a lute.
14.

around the corner.


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