Both Uses of
mane
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- She also did various hair products, swirling her white mane into a cow pie on top of her head, "For today's new look of luxury!"†
Chpt 2 *mane = long coarse hair on an animal
- With their bellies underslung with precious clinging babies, they loped behind the heavy-maned males, who would try to save themselves, but on reaching the curtain of flame where the others passed through, they drew up short.†
Chpt 4
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.