Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mane"
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) 1.7 (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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