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   Brow , n. [OE. browe, bruwe, AS. brū; akin to AS. brǣw, breáw, eyelid, OFries. brē, D. braauw, Icel. brā, brūn, OHG. prāwa, G. braue, OSlav. brŭvĭ, Russ. brove, Ir. brai, Ir. & Gael. abhra, Armor. abrant, Gr. ὀφρύς, Skr. bhrū. Cf. Bray a bank, Bridge.]
   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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   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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   The forehead; as, a feverish brow.
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   Beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow.
   Shak.
   
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   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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   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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