ICHOR

The bards of classical Greece used the word ichor when they referred to the blood of a divinity, showing their remembrance of the virtue of "the blood of God."in Chaldean the word ichor signifies "The precious thing."

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ichor. Ichor, [ch as k] n. a sharp humor, ulcers

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I″chor (?), n. [[NL., fr. Gr. ιχὤρ: cf. F. ichor.]] 1. 1. (Class. Myth.) An ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in the veins of the gods.
2. 2. A thin, acrid, watery discharge from an ulcer, wound, etc.