King James Bible Dictionary

BROW, noun [Latin palpebra.. It is probably contracted from brg, and signifies an edge, border or projection.]

1. The prominent ridge over the eye, forming an arch above the orbit. The skin of this arch or ridge is moved by muscles, which contract it in a frown and elevate it in joy or surprise. Hence, to know the brows, is to frown.

2. The hair that covers the brow forming an arch, called the eye brow

3. The forehead. Hence, the general air of the countenance.

4. The edge of a steep place, as the brink of a river or precipice; as the brow of a hill.

5. A fringe of coppice, adjoining to the hedge of a field.

BROW, verb transitive To bound; to limit; to form the edge or border of.

BROWN'-ANTLER, noun [brow and antler.] The first start that grows on a deer's head.

1. The branch of a deer's horn next the tail.

BROW'-BEAT, verb intransitive [brow and beat.] To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; or in general to bear down by impudence.

BROW'BEATEN, participle passive Overborne by impudence.

BROW'BEATING, participle present tense Overbearing with severe brows, stern looks, or positive assertions.

BROW'BEATING, noun A bearing down with stern looks, supercilious manners, or confident assertions.

BROW'BOUND, adjective [brow and bound.] Crowned; having the head encircled as with a diadem.

BROW'LESS, adjective Without shame.

BROW'-POST, noun [brow and post.] Among builders, a beam that goes across a building.

BROW'-SICK,adjective [brow and sick.] Dejected; hanging the head. [Not used.]

BROWN, adjective Dusky; of a dark or dusky color, inclining to redness; but the shades are various, as Spanish brown London brown clove brown tawny brown brown results from a mixture of red, black and yellow.

BROWN, verb transitive To make brown or dusky.

A trembling twilight o'er the welkin moves,

BROWNs the dim void, and darkens deep the groves.

BROWN'-BILL, noun [brown and bill.] A weapon formerly used by the English foot soldiers. The origin of the name is not stated; but from it brown musket is said to have derived its appellation.

BROWN'ISH, adjective Somewhat brown; inclined to brown.

BROWN'ISM, noun The doctrines or religious creed of the Brownists, who maintained that any body of professing Christians united under one pastor, or communing together, constitute a church independent of any other.

BROWN'IST, noun A follower of Robert Brown, a puritan, or dissenter from the Church of England, who left England with his congregation and settled at Middleburgh in Zealand. He was the head of a party of Independents in Church government.

BROWN'NESS, noun A brown color.

BROWN-SPAR, noun Pearl spar, or siderocalcite.

BROWN'-STUDY, noun [brown and study.] Gloomy study; dull thoughtfulness; meditation directed to no certain object.

BROWN'-WORT, noun [brown and wort.] A plant, prunella.

1. A species of Scrophularia, the vernalis, or yellow figwort, with brown stalks.

BROWN'Y, adjective Brown. [Not used.]

BROWSE, verb transitive s as z. [Gr. to eat or browse; food, but probably these words may be from sprouts.]

To eat the ends of branches of trees and shrubs or the young shoots, as cattle, or deer.

BROWSE, verb intransitive s as z. To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs and trees, as cattle, sheep and goats.

BROWSE, noun brows. The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals.

BROWS'ING, participle present tense s as z. Feeding on branches, shrubs, or shoots of trees.