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Definition of Eyebrows
1. eyebrow [n] - See also: eyebrow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eyebrows
Literary usage of Eyebrows
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin (1896)
"Surprise, astonishment — Elevation of the eyebrows — Opening the mouth — Protrusion
of the ... Attention is shown by the eyebrows being slightly raised; ..."
2. Essays on Physiognomy by Johann Caspar Lavater, Thomas Holcroft (1878)
"Such eyebrows may indicate statesmen, counsellors, framers of plans, ...
Wild eyebrows are never found with a mild, ductile, pliable character. ..."
3. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"In structure the eyebrows consist of thickened integument, connected beneath with
the Orbicularis ..."
4. The Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery by Thomas Wharton Jones (1856)
"Incised, lacerated, and contused wounds of the eyebrows and eyelids. ^ Wounds of
the eyebrows and eyelids are to be carefully united by strips of court ..."
5. Kate Beaumont by John William De Forest (1872)
"said Poinsett, with a slight elevation of the eyebrows, ... His black eyes were
bloodshot ; his bushy eyebrows were dancing and pointing as if they were ..."
6. Anatomy, descriptive and surgical by Henry Gray (1867)
"... long ciliary nerves from the nasal branch of the ophthalmic, and the short
ciliary nerves from the ciliary ganglion. APPENDAGES OF THE EYE. The eyebrows ..."
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