All 3 Uses of
mane
in
The Mill on the Floss
- "It's foolish work," said Maggie, with a toss of her mane,—"tearing things to pieces to sew 'em together again.†
Chpt 1.2mane = long coarse hair on an animal
- Maggie, with deepening color, went without hesitation to Mr. Riley's elbow and looked over the book, eagerly seizing one corner, and tossing back her mane, while she said,— "Oh, I'll tell you what that means.†
Chpt 1.3
- The black locks were so thick, nothing could be more tempting to a lad who had already tasted the forbidden pleasure of cutting the pony's mane.†
Chpt 1.7 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(mane) long coarse hair such as that which grows around a lion's head or on the back of a horse's neck
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, mane can refer to long coarse hair on another animal; or even to a person's hair.