All 5 Uses of
mane
in
The Lost Hero
- She dropped her shawl, revealing a mane of curly red hair and a freckled face that didn't go with the seriousness of the cabin or the black shawl at all.†
Chpt 4 *mane = long coarse hair on an animal
- Her skin was unnaturally pale, the color of snow, but her hair was a lush mane of black, and her eyes were coffee brown.†
Chpt 18
- Venti rushed in —but instead of winged men, these were shaped like horses, with dark storm-cloud bodies and manes that crackled with lightning.†
Chpt 48
- Its mane flickered as it circled around the empty pool, its hooves causing miniature thunderstorms—tempests—whenever they touched.†
Chpt 50mane = long coarse hair on an animal
- The horse spirit shook its mane, evidently pleased to be recognized.†
Chpt 50
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.