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caballine, a.|ˈkæbəlaɪn|
[ad. L. caballīn-us, f. caballus horse.]
Of or belonging to horses; equine. caballine aloes (see quot.). caballine fountain = L. fons caballinus, the fountain Hippocrene of Greek poetry, fabled to have been produced by a stroke of the foot of Pegasus the winged horse of the Muses; hence = ‘fountain of inspiration’.
1430Lydg. Chron. Troy Prol. 13 In Cirrha by Helycon the welle..called..the fountayne Caballyn. a1560Rolland Crt. Venus iii. 899 The font Caballine, Quhair all vertew dois flurische with fusioun. a1616Beaumont Ex-ale-tation of Ale (R.) Having washed their throat With the caballine spring of a pot of good ale. 1712tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 220 The Aloes is divided into three Kinds, the Succotrine, the Hepatick, and the Caballine. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. I. s.v. Aloes, The Cabaline Aloes..call'd Cabaline, because it's given to diseased Horses. 1803‘C. Caustic’ Terr. Tractor. iii. 101 note, For his services to the caballine race. 1878J. Thomson Plenip. Key 9 This bottle; it's my true and only Helicon; it's my caballine fountain. |