i Register
In some senses, overbrow is marked as poetic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
beneath, gubernatorial, huge, large
VERB + OVERBROW
contorted, face, rocks
OVERBROW + NOUN
fuch, space
PREP.
on
ADV.
partially, then
verb
To hang over like a brow; to impend over.
The prints of the Matlock cliffs on the Derwent, which every body has seen, will give the stranger some idea of the rocks which overbrow the partially wooded ravines, and glens down which the streams tributary to the Dove descend.
With solemn feet I tread the hill, That overbrows the lonely vale
noun
The area immediately above the eyebrow and below the forehead.
If the man thall have a Mole on the overbrow, then let fuch a perfon refrayne from marriage altogether , or all his life time; for that such a person (if he marry) shall have five wives in his lifetime.
I could not say that he didn't give the matter consideration, but while I noticed once in a while, by the lifting of an eyebrow or a slight corrugation of the overbrow, that the gubernatorial mind seemed to have some slight premonitory symptom of the induction of a thought, it passed off without apparent fruition.
A projecting shelf of rock on the face of a cliff.
For reasons of safety it was decided to drill off the overbrow and to blast it at one time to break 30,000 tons.
The prints of the Matlock cliffs on the Derwent, which every body has seen, will give the stranger some idea of the rocks which overbrow the partially wooded ravines, and glens down which the streams
WiktionaryWith solemn feet I tread the hill, That overbrows the lonely vale
Wiktionary18000, William Wordsworth, Michael Did with a huge projection overbrow Large space beneath.
WiktionaryIf the man thall have a Mole on the overbrow, then let fuch a perfon refrayne from marriage altogether , or all his life time; for that such a person (if he marry) shall have five wives in his lifetim
WiktionaryI could not say that he didn't give the matter consideration, but while I noticed once in a while, by the lifting of an eyebrow or a slight corrugation of the overbrow, that the gubernatorial mind see
WiktionaryAs I translated, however, Valeo's face contorted, his overbrow furrowing as he picked at his food.
Wiktionaryi Register
In some senses, overbrow is marked as poetic. Watch for register when choosing this word.