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hippocrene |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hippocrene \Hip"po*crene\, n. [L., fr Gr ?; "i`ppos horse + ? a fountain.] A fountain on Mount Helicon in B[oe]otia, fabled to have burst forth when the ground was struck by the hoof of Pegasus. Also its waters, which were supposed to impart poetic inspiration. --Keats. Nor maddening draughts of Hippocrene. --Longfellow.
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