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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ichor \I"chor\, n. [NL., fr Gr ?: cf F. ichor.] 1. (Class. Myth.) An ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in the veins of the gods. 2. A thin, acrid, watery discharge from an ulcer, wound, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ichor n 1: (Greek mythology) the rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods 2: a fluid product of inflammation [syn: {pus}, {purulence}, {suppuration}, {sanies}, {festering}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: ICHOR, n. A fluid that serves the gods and goddesses in place of blood. Fair Venus, speared by Diomed, Restrained the raging chief and said: "Behold, rash mortal, whom you've bled -- Your soul's stained white with ichorshed!" Mary Doke
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