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Rabicaʹno or Rabican

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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.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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R.A.P
R.I.P
R.M.T
Rabagas
Rabbi Abron of Trent
Rabbi Bar-Cochba
Rabbit
Rabelais
Rabelais Dodge
Rabelaisian Licence
Rabicano or Rabican
Raboin or Rabuino (French)
Rabsheka
Raby (Aurora)
Races
Races (Lengths run)
Rachaders
Rache
Rack
Rack-rent
Rack and Manger