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brows - 3 dictionary results

brow

[brou]
–noun
1. Anatomy. the ridge over the eye.
2. the hair growing on that ridge; eyebrow.
3. the forehead: He wore his hat low over his brow.
4. a person's countenance or mien.
5. the edge of a steep place: She looked down over the brow of the hill.
6. gangplank.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME browe, OE brū; akin to ON brūn, Skt bhrūs

gang⋅plank

[gang-plangk]
–noun
a flat plank or small, movable, bridgelike structure for use by persons boarding or leaving a ship at a pier.
Also called brow, gangway.


Origin:
1840–50, Americanism; gang 1 + plank
brow   (brou)   
n.  
    1. The superciliary ridge over the eyes.
    2. The eyebrow.
    3. The forehead.
  1. A facial expression; countenance: "Speak you this with a sad brow?" (Shakespeare).
  2. The projecting upper edge of a steep place: the brow of a hill.

[Middle English, from Old English brū; see bhrū- in Indo-European roots.]
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