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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—R

Rabicano

or Rabican. The name of Astolpho's horse. Its sire was Wind, and its dam Fire. It fed on unearthly food. (Orlando Furioso.)

Argalia's steed in Orlando Innamorato is called by the same name. (See Horse.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Raboin
Rabelaisian Licence
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