EYEBROW
ADJECTIVES
► BEETLE-BROWED having prominent eyebrows → 1362
► LUCKEN-BROWED having eyebrows which join or nearly meet in the middle → 1685
► MAN-BROWED having hair growing between the eyebrows → 1825 Sc.
► MEER-BROWED having eyebrows that meet together → Bk1905 Sc.
► PALPEBROUS having large eyebrows → 1846
NOUNS
► BENT BROW an arched eyebrow → c1380 obs.
► BREE the brow; the eyebrow → Bk1911 Sc.
► EYE-BREE an eyebrow → 1543 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► KEMP a coarse or stout hair, as those of the eyebrows → c1386 obs.
► MONOBROW two eyebrows joined by hair growth above the nose → 1990 Aust. sl.
► OGLE RIDERS the eyebrows or eyelashes → 2002 UK sl.
► WINBROW an eyebrow → 1471 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► MONO-BROW a person having eyebrows that meet above the nose, giving the appearance of a single eyebrow → 2000
VERBS
► ADVERTISE to pluck and paint one’s eyebrows → 1970s homosexual sl.
► FROUNCE to gather in folds or wrinkles, to wrinkle; to purse the lips or brows → 1390 obs.
► SCOUK to contract the brows; to draw the brows together in a frown → 1804 Sc.
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