brow

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brow1

▶noun

• 1 a person's forehead.

• 2 an eyebrow.

• 3 the summit of a hill or pass.

– derivatives
-browed adjective.

– origin OE brū ‘eyelash, eyebrow’, of Gmc origin.

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brow2

▶noun a ship's gangway or landing platform.

– origin C19: prob. from Norw. bru, from ON brú ‘bridge’.