caballine spring

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caballine spring - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  caballine \cab"al*line\ (k[a^]b"al*l[imac]n), a. [L.caballinus,
     fr. caballus a nag. Cf. Cavalier.]
     Of or pertaining to a horse. -- n. Caballine aloes.
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     caballine aloes, an inferior and impure kind of aloes
        formerly used in veterinary practice; -- called also
        horse aloes.
  
     Caballine spring, the fountain of Hippocrene, on Mount
        Helicon; -- fabled to have been formed by a stroke from
        the foot of the winged horse Pegasus.
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