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Meaning of CABALLINE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
{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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