Careful Words

mane (n.)

mane (adj.)

And like a dew-drop from the lion's mane,

Be shook to air.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Troilus and Cressida. Act iii. Sc. 3.

He laid his hand upon "the Ocean's mane,"

And played familiar with his hoary locks.

Robert Pollok (1799-1827): The Course of Time. Book iv. Line 389.

Hands promiscuously applied,

Round the slight waist, or down the glowing side.

Lord Byron 1788-1824: The Waltz.