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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hippocrene \Hip"po*crene\, noun [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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