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Definition of Old man of the mountain

1. Noun. Whitish hairy plant with featherlike leaves and a few stout stems each bearing an especially handsome solitary large yellow flower head; mountainous regions north central United States.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Old Man Of The Mountain

Literary usage of Old man of the mountain

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo, Hugh Murray (1845)
"... the Old Man of the Mountain—His feigned Paradise—Assassinations—Subdued by the Tartars —Journey to Balkh—To Badakshan—Mines of Ruby and Lapis ..."

2. The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Concerning the Kingdoms and by Marco Polo (1875)
"CONCERNING THE old man of the mountain. ... is a country in which the Old Man of the Mountain dwelt in former days; and the name means " Place of the Aram. ..."

3. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"And the Old Man of the Mountain, He the Manito of Mountains, Opened wide his rocky doorways, Opened wide his deep abysses, ..."

4. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1831)
"8vo. pp.267. Boston : Gray and Co. 1830. 8. The Old Man of the Mountain, ... Old Man of the Mountain ..."

5. A Literary Middle English Reader by Albert Stanburrough Cook (1915)
"... THE PARADISE OF THE old man of the mountain Text, pp. 137-8. Almost any encyclopaedia, and the larger dictionaries under the word ' Assassin,' will give ..."

6. A Literary Middle English Reader by Albert Stanburrough Cook (1915)
"... THE PARADISE OF THE old man of the mountain Text, pp. 137-8. Almost any encyclopaedia, and the larger dictionaries under the word ' Assassin,' will give ..."

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