Part 1424

<hw>Brow</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>browe</ets>, <ets>bruwe</ets>, AS. <ets>br<?/</ets>; akin to AS. <ets>br<?/w</ets>, <ets>bre\'a0w</ets>, eyelid, OFries. <ets>br\'c7</ets>, D. <ets>braauw</ets>, Icel. <ets>br\'be</ets>, <ets>br<?/n</ets>, OHG. <ets>pr\'bewa</ets>, G. <ets>braue</ets>, OSlav. <ets>br<?/v<?/</ets>, Russ. <ets>brove</ets>, Ir. <ets>brai</ets>, Ir. & Gael. <ets>abhra</ets>, Armor. <ets>abrant</ets>, Gr. <?/, Skr. <ets>bhr<?/</ets>. Cf. <er>Bray</er> a bank, <er>Bridge</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The prominent ridge over the eye, with the hair that covers it, forming an arch above the orbit.</def>

<blockquote>And his arched <b>brow</b>, pulled o'er his eyes, With solemn proof proclaims him wise. <i>Churchill.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The hair that covers the brow (ridge over the eyes); the eyebrow.</def>

<blockquote>'T is not your inky <b>brows</b>, your brack silk hair. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The forehead; <as>as, a feverish <ex>brow</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>Beads of sweat have stood upon thy <b>brow</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The general air of the countenance.</def>

<blockquote>To whom thus Satan with contemptuous <b>brow</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He told them with a masterly <b>brow</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The edge or projecting upper aprt of a steep place; <as>as, the <ex>brow</ex> of a precipice; the <ex>brow</ex> of a hill.</as></def>

<cs><mcol><col>To bend the brow</col>, <col>To knit the brows</col></mcol>, <cd>to frown; to scowl.</cd></cs>

<h1>Brow</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Brow</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To bound to limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Tending my flocks hard by i' the hilly crofts That <b>brow</b> this bottom glade. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Browbeat</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Brow"beat`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Browbeat</er>; <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Browbeaten</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Browbeating</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; <as>as, to <ex>browbeat</ex> witnesses</as>.</def>

<blockquote>My grandfather was not a man to be <b>browbeaten</b>. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Browbeating</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Brow"beat`ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of bearing down, abashing, or disconcerting, with stern looks, suspercilious manners, or confident assertions.</def>

<blockquote>The imperious <b>browbeating</b> and scorn of great men. <i>L'Estrange.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Browbound</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Brow"bound`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Crowned; having the head encircled as with a diadem.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Browdyng</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Browd"yng</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Embroidery.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Of goldsmithrye, of <b>browdying</b>, and of steel. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Browed</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Browed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having (such) a brow; -- used in composition; <as>as, dark-<ex>browed</ex>, stern-<ex>browed</ex></as>.</def>