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mane


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mane  \Mane\,  n.  [AS.  manu;  akin  to  OD  mane,  D.  maan,  G. 
  m["a]hne,  OHG.  mana,  Icel.  m["o]n,  Dan.  &  Sw  man,  AS  mene 
  necklace,  Icel.  men,  L.  monile,  Gr  ?,  ?,  Skr.  many[=a]  neck 
  muscles.  [root]275.] 
  The  long  and  heavy  hair  growing  on  the  upper  side  of  or 
  about  the  neck  of  some  quadrupedal  animals,  as  the  horse, 
  the  lion,  etc  See  Illust.  of  {Horse}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mane 
  n  1:  long  coarse  hair  growing  from  the  crest  of  the  animal's  neck 
  2:  growth  of  hair  covering  the  scalp  of  a  human  being  [syn:  {head 
  of  hair}] 




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