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noun

Brow n.

The prominent ridge over the eye, with the hair that covers it, forming an arch above the orbit. "And his arched brow, pulled o'er his eyes, With solemn proof proclaims him wise."

The hair that covers the brow (ridge over the eyes); the eyebrow. "'T is not your inky brows, your brack silk hair."

The forehead; as, a feverish brow. "Beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow."

The general air of the countenance. "To whom thus Satan with contemptuous brow." "He told them with a masterly brow."

The edge or projecting upper part of a steep place; as, the brow of a precipice; the brow of a hill.

To bend the brow, To knit the brows, to frown; to scowl.

verb

Brow v. t. To bound to limit; to be at, or form, the edge of. (R.) "Tending my flocks hard by i' the hilly crofts That brow this bottom glade."

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"Brow" Quotes from Famous Books

... a slave, and bid me bow to my master! Is this the guerdon of a free maiden—is this the price of a life's passion? Ah me! when was it otherwise? when did love meet with aught but disappointment? Could I hope (fond fool!) to be the exception to the lot of my race; and lay my fevered brow on a heart that comprehended my own? Foolish girl that I was! One by one, all the flowers of my young life have faded away; and this, the last, the sweetest, the dearest, the fondly, the madly loved, the wildly cherished—where ...

— The History of Pendennis • William Makepeace Thackeray

... wrinkling the brow, We write, write, write, Without respite Or hope of praise in the ...

— Uncle Vanya • Anton Checkov

... all night long over the sick little one, bathing the brow and banishing the scare of the feverish dream. After a while those children will rise up to do her honor; and when her work is done, she will go up to get the large reward that awaits a faithful, great-hearted Christian ...

— Around The Tea-Table • T. De Witt Talmage

... win from latter days More than his own could yield of praise? Ay, could the sovereign singer's bays Forsake his brow, The warrior's, won on stormier ways, ...

— A Channel Passage and Other Poems - Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles - Swinburne--Vol VI • Algernon Charles Swinburne

... a talker who may frequently be known by his countenance as well as by his tongue. The temper of his mind gives form and expression to the features of his face. His contracted brow bespeaks his contracted brain. His nose inclines to an elevation of disgust at the things which lie beneath. His mouth is awry with its peculiar exercise, and those deeply indented wrinkles on either side are the sad effects of its long-continued use in its chosen service. His aspect ...

— Talkers - With Illustrations • John Bate

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