Both Uses of
carrion
in
Jane Eyre
- He resembles Fielding as an eagle does a vulture: Fielding could stoop on carrion, but Thackeray never does.†
Chpt Pref. *
- What creature was it, that, masked in an ordinary woman's face and shape, uttered the voice, now of a mocking demon, and anon of a carrion-seeking bird of prey?†
Chpt 20
Definition:
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(carrion) the dead and rotting body of an animal; or (more rarely) animals that eat such flesh