brows

Noun

brow (plural brows)

1. The bony ridge over the eyes, upon which the eyebrows are located.
2. The eyebrow.
   • ’Tis not your inky brows, your black silk hair, / Your bugle eyeballs, nor your cheek of cream / That can entame my spirits to your worship.c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
3. The forehead.
   • Thy spirit within thee hath been so at war,
     And thus hath so bestirr’d thee in thy sleep,
     That beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow
     Like bubbles in a late-disturb’d stream,[…]c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
4. (figuratively) Aspect; appearance; facial expression.
   • Take it away; I'm frightened! / But she, with placid brow, / Cries: "This is our Kitty-witty! / Why don't you love her now?"1919, Katherine Mansfield, “Friendship”, in J. Middleton Murry, editor, The Scrapbook of Katherine Mansfield, published 1940
5. The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill.
   • the brow of a precipice
6. The first tine of an antler's beam.

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