brow

n. [ OE. browe, bruwe, AS. brū; akin to AS. br&aemacr_;w, breáw, eyelid, OFries. brē, D. braauw, Icel. brā, brūn, OHG. prāwa, G. braue, OSlav. brŭv&ibreve_;, Russ. brove, Ir. brai, Ir. & Gael. abhra, Armor. abrant, Gr. 'ofry`s, Skr. bhrū. Cf. Bray a bank, Bridge. ] 1. The prominent ridge over the eye, with the hair that covers it, forming an arch above the orbit. [ 1913 Webster ]

And his arched brow, pulled o'er his eyes,
With solemn proof proclaims him wise. Churchill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The hair that covers the brow (ridge over the eyes); the eyebrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

'T is not your inky brows, your brack silk hair. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The forehead; as, a feverish brow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The general air of the countenance. [ 1913 Webster ]

To whom thus Satan with contemptuous brow. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

He told them with a masterly brow. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The edge or projecting upper part of a steep place; as, the brow of a precipice; the brow of a hill. [ 1913 Webster ]

To bend the brow,
To knit the brows, to frown; to scowl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of several herbs of the genus Browallia cultivated for their blue or violet or white flowers.
Syn. -- bush violet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. Browbeat; p. p. Browbeaten p. pr. & vb. n. Browbeating. ] 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, to browbeat witnesses. [ 1913 Webster ]

My grandfather was not a man to be browbeaten. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of bearing down, abashing, or disconcerting, with stern looks, supercilious manners, or confident assertions. [ 1913 Webster ]

The imperious browbeatings and scorn of great men. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Crowned; having the head encircled as with a diadem. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Embroidery. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Of goldsmithrye, of browdyng, and of steel. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having (such) a brow; -- used in composition; as, dark-browed, stern-browed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without shame. L. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]