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Ichor

noun
1.
(Greek mythology) the rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods.
2.
A fluid product of inflammation.  Synonyms: festering, purulence, pus, sanies, suppuration.



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"Ichor" Quotes from Famous Books



... in the same manner, that upon Diomedes wounding the Gods, there flow'd from the Wound an Ichor, or pure kind of Blood, which was not bred from mortal Viands; and that tho the Pain was exquisitely great, the Wound soon closed up and healed in those Beings who are ...
— The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 - With Translations and Index for the Series • Joseph Addison and Richard Steele
... George Borrow's Lavengro and Romany Rye, failures on their publication, grow greater rather than less with the passage of time. Their writers, out of the sheer sincerity of their natures, furnished them, as by magic, with an inexhaustible provision of life-giving "ichor." To quote from Milton, "a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a ...
— Vanishing Roads and Other Essays • Richard Le Gallienne


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