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Tuesday, April 16th, 2024
the Third Week after Easter
the Third Week after Easter
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BROW, n. L. 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, To bound to limit to form the edge or border of.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Brow'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/b/brow.html.
Entry for 'Brow'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/b/brow.html.
