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horse aloes

caballine \cab"al*line\ (k[a^]b"al*l[imac]n), a. [L.caballinus, fr. caballus a nag. Cf. Cavalier.] Of or pertaining to a horse. -- 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. [1913 Webster] ||