<noun.location> the sun set behind the brow of distant hills
Brow \Brow\, v. t. To bound to limit; to be at, or form, the edge of. [R.]
Tending my flocks hard by i' the hilly crofts That brow this bottom glade. --Milton.
Brow \Brow\ (brou), n. [OE. browe, bruwe, AS. br[=u]; akin to AS. br[=ae]w, bre['a]w, eyelid, OFries. br[=e], D. braauw, Icel. br[=a], br[=u]n, OHG. pr[=a]wa, G. braue, OSlav. br[u^]v[i^], Russ. brove, Ir. brai, Ir. & Gael. abhra, Armor. abrant, Gr. 'ofry`s, Skr. bhr[=u]. Cf. {Bray} a bank, {Bridge}.] 1. The prominent ridge over the eye, with the hair that covers it, forming an arch above the orbit.
And his arched brow, pulled o'er his eyes, With solemn proof proclaims him wise. --Churchill.
2. The hair that covers the brow (ridge over the eyes); the eyebrow.
'T is not your inky brows, your brack silk hair. --Shak.
3. The forehead; as, a feverish brow.
Beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow. --Shak.
4. The general air of the countenance.
To whom thus Satan with contemptuous brow. --Milton.
He told them with a masterly brow. --Milton.
5. The edge or projecting upper part of a steep place; as, the brow of a precipice; the brow of a hill.
{To bend the brow}, {To knit the brows}, to frown; to scowl.
Murrow's high, furrowed brow and ever-present cigarette _ he smoked three or four packs a day _ were trademarks of his weekly prime time news show "See It Now," which began in 1951.
"He wouldn't let you turn on the air conditioning in the summer," Corts said. "You just sat there and wiped your brow.
In its unanimous decision, the high court said the mere "sweat of the brow" effort in compiling banks of data doesn't qualify a directory for copyright protection.
There is a death-mask of his mother, and a handkerchief with which he wiped his brow moments before his death. I had hoped to find his library.
I opened my front door one night and a man was standing there with a revolver pointed straight at my brow.
Having fussed over Mr. Kleiber, perhaps the Met can now start working on Czech soprano Gabriela Benackova, she of the beetled brow and glistening voice.
At 77, Wasserman presents an imposing figure - 6 feet 2 inches tall, 160 pounds, with a healthy crop of graying hair atop his broad brow.
The noble brow was furrowed.
Beatty, whose looks, age and a receding brow have now Nixonised, makes Siegel a charmer who can turn in an instant to brawler or black magician.
He mopped his brow with a handkerchief after making his closing statement.
Mr Pyszkiewicz smiles and his brow furrows.
Seidel wiped his brow with the back of his wrist.
During a break from work, he wipes perspiration from his brow with his forearm and says, "This is the second time I have burned this plot.
And a shot across the brow with a Teacher's Scotch whisky bottle put the hijacker of an Air New Zealand Boeing 747 jet out of action.
Matchbox Toys' bevy of Christie Brinkley, Cheryl Tiegs and Beverly Johnson dolls may put a few worry wrinkles in 31-year-old Barbie's brow.