| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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The winged horse, whose father was a griffin and mother a filly (Greek, hippos, a horse, and gryphos, a griffin). A symbol of love. (Ariosto: Orlando Furioso, iv. 18, 19.) | 1 |
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| “So saying, he caught him up, and without wing |
| Of hippogrif, bore through the air sublime, |
| Over the wilderness and o’er the plain.” | |
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Milton: Paradise Regained, iv. 541–3. |
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(See SIMURGH.) | 2 |
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