Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The bony ridge extending over the eye.
- noun The arch of short hairs covering this ridge.
- noun A small, arched dormer that projects only slightly from the roof.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The brow, or prominence of parts, over the eye; a prominent superorbital formation; a superciliary ridge or shield.
- noun A fringe of hairs growing on the brow of the eye; the supercilia. See cut under
eye . - noun In ornithology, a superciliary streak of color.
- noun In architecture, a molding over a window; a window-cap: in American usage, a light dormer without vertical sides sot in a roof.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The brow or hairy arch above the eye.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
hair that grows over the bone ridge above theeye socket . - noun construction A
dormer , usually of small size, whose roof line over the upright face is typically an arched curve, turning into a reverse curve to meet the horizontal line at either end.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the arch of hair above each eye
Etymologies
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The main eyebrow-raisers in the article came here:
Whole Foods Boycott 2009
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The main eyebrow-raisers in the article came here:
Humanely raised veal 2009
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I could leaven my directionless Dukelsky-esque noodlings with entire pieces by Schoenberg and Feldman with nary a raised eyebrow from the residents.
Archive 2007-04-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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I could leaven my directionless Dukelsky-esque noodlings with entire pieces by Schoenberg and Feldman with nary a raised eyebrow from the residents.
Signal to noise Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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Also, in case you're wondering, the black blob above my right eyebrow is the cat, who took my vanity photography as an opportunity to try a little eyebrow munching.
lessons in hair dye the_mercury 2007
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The crooked eyebrow is a favourite of mine in the first draft. on 11 Mar 2006 at 9: 57 am Therese Walsh
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Beyond the Crooked Eyebrow, Part 1 2006
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The eyebrow is a Nún; the eye a Sád, the mouth a Mím.
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In June, when so many an ecstatic love-song among the birds has modulated from accents of ardent love to those of glad fruition, when the sonnet to his "mistress's eyebrow" is shortly to give place to the lullaby, then, like the "worm i 'the bud," the cow-bird begins her parasitical career.
My Studio Neighbors William Hamilton Gibson 1873
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It was actually supposed to cross the hairline, sort of two fingers above the eyebrow was a perfect place for it to land.
From Pillbox Hat to Bullet Bra: The Anatomy of a Pan Am Stewardess Uniform 2011
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Sorry, Scotty: No amount of what I like to call "eyebrow singing" could save this one.
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