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Definition of Browed
1. a. Having (such) a brow; - - used in composition; as, dark-browed, stern- browed.
Definition of Browed
1. Adjective. Having a brow. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Browed
1. brow [adj] - See also: brow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Browed
Literary usage of Browed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1888)
"ON THE TERM ' BEETLE-browed,' AJT THE WORD 'BEHAVIOUR.' By Dr. JA MURRAY.
Beetle-browed. — This curious expression is purely o English formation. ..."
2. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"They halted at a low-browed porch, And Brent to Allan gave the torch, While bolt
and chain he backward rolled, And made the bar ..."
3. The Classical Mythology of Milton's English Poems by Charles Grosvenor Osgood (1900)
"... the Stygian cave forlorn, of horrid shapes and unholy sights, of the jealous
wings of brooding darkness, and the ragged, low-browed rocks of his abode. ..."
4. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1897)
"... dogs were stationed here as guardians; but no one dares set foot within the
sacred area,—none save a priest may pass beneath the low-browed arch. ..."
5. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the by John Lawson Stoddard (1903)
"... dogs were stationed here as guardians; but no one dares set foot within the
sacred area,—none save a priest may pass beneath the low-browed arch. ..."
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