v. t. To bound to limit; to be at, or form, the edge of. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Tending my flocks hard by i' the hilly crofts
That brow this bottom glade. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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.
And his arched brow, pulled o'er his eyes,
With solemn proof proclaims him wise. Churchill. [ 1913 Webster ]
'T is not your inky brows, your brack silk hair. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
To whom thus Satan with contemptuous brow. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
He told them with a masterly brow. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
To bend the brow,
To knit the brows
n. any of several herbs of the genus
v. t.
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;
a. Without shame. L. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To become brown. [ 1913 Webster ]