brow

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Etymology [edit]

Middle English browe, from Old English brū, from Proto-Germanic *brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European *bhreu 'brow', *h₃bʰrúHs (cf. Middle Irish brúad, Tocharian B pärwāne ‘eyebrows’, Lithuanian bruvìs, Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrus), Sanskrit भ्रू (bhrū)).

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Noun [edit]

brow (plural brows)

  1. The ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow (Wikipedia).
  2. The first tine of an antler's beam.
  3. The forehead (Wikipedia).
    • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, Lord Stranleigh Abroad[1]:
      Mr. Banks’ panama hat was in one hand, while the other drew a handkerchief across his perspiring brow.
  4. The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill.
  5. (nautical) The gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay.
  6. (nautical) The hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp.

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Verb [edit]

brow (third-person singular simple present brows, present participle browing, simple past and past participle browed)

  1. To bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.
    • Milton
      Tending my flocks hard by i' the hilly crofts / That brow this bottom glade.