Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hippocrene"
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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