Definition of "manes" []

• The spirits of the dead, regarded as minor supernatural powers in ancient Roman religion. (noun-plural)
• The revered spirit of one who has died. (noun-plural)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "With the amount of sun and surf streaming out of Australia, creating a top of the line hair product to tame their manes is a concept Evo takes seriously."
• "Common blacks have very very large, noticable 'manes' of spiky hair around their face."
• ""Bedad, I don't ondercumstubble," he replied, taking off his cap and scratching his head reflectively, rather taken aback by my Latin quotation; "though if that haythen lingo manes soft sawder, by the powers I've got lashins av it!"