All 11 Uses
mane
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The Light of Western Stars
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- But as the clatter increased to a roar, shadows sped by—lean horses, flying manes and tails, sombreroed riders, all strange and wild in her sight.†
Chpt 1 *
- Evidently he had been carefully dressed down for this occasion, for there was no dust on him, nor a kink in his beautiful mane, nor a mark on his glossy hide.†
Chpt 6mane = long coarse hair on an animal
- She had never felt the wind in her face, the whip of a horse's mane, the buoyant, level spring of a tanning gait.†
Chpt 6
- Then she stood on his left side, facing back, and took a good firm grip on the bridle and pommel and his mane.†
Chpt 13
- Dorothy, who was active and plucky, climbed astride; and when Stewart loosed his hold on bit and mane the horse doubled up and began to buck.†
Chpt 14
- Madeline felt the electricity in Majesty's mane, and it seemed to tingle through her nerves.†
Chpt 15
- His brawny wrist was bare; his big, strong hand, first clutching the horse's mane, then patting his neck, had a bruised knuckle, and one finger was bound up.†
Chpt 16
- He was a huge, black-maned brute, and he held Luki by the shoulder.†
Chpt 17
- His black horse began to stamp as Stewart grasped bridle and mane and kicked the stirrup round.†
Chpt 18mane = long coarse hair on an animal
- Her horse, Majesty, tossed his head and flung his mane and switched his tail at the flies.†
Chpt 21
- When Stewart, without looking at her, put his arm around Majesty's neck and laid his face against the flowing mane Madeline's heart suddenly began to beat with unwonted quickness.†
Chpt 21
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) Much more rarely, mane can refer to long coarse hair on another animal; or even to a person's hair.