Cab"al*line (?), a. [L.caballinus, fr. caballus a nag. Cf. Cavalier.]

Of or pertaining to a horse.

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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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