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Brow (brou), n. [OE. browe, bruwe, AS. br&ū;; akin to AS. br&aē_;w, breáw, eyelid, OFries. br&ē;, D. braauw, Icel. br&ā;, br&ū;n, OHG. pr&ā;wa, G. braue, OSlav. brŭvĭ, Russ. brove, Ir. brai, Ir. & Gael. abhra, Armor. abrant, Gr. 'ofry`s, Skr. bhr&ū;. Cf. Bray a bank, Bridge.] 1. The prominent ridge over the eye, with the hair that covers it, forming an arch above the orbit.
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And his arched brow, pulled o'er his eyes,
With solemn proof proclaims him wise. Churchill.
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2. The hair that covers the brow (ridge over the eyes); the eyebrow.
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'T is not your inky brows, your brack silk hair. Shak.
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3. The forehead; as, a feverish brow.
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Beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow. Shak.
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4. The general air of the countenance.
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To whom thus Satan with contemptuous brow. Milton.
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He told them with a masterly brow. Milton.
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5. The edge or projecting upper part of a steep place; as, the brow of a precipice; the brow of a hill.
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To bend the brow, To knit the brows, to frown; to scowl.
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Brow, v. t. To bound to limit; to be at, or form, the edge of. [R.]
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Tending my flocks hard by i' the hilly crofts
That brow this bottom glade. Milton.
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