Hippocrene

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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           Nor maddening draughts of Hippocrene.    --Longfellow.
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