† overbrown.

Forms: see over- prefix and brow n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, brow n.¹, bree n.¹

Etymology: < over- prefix + brow n.¹ For parallels in other Germanic languages see discussion s.vv. bree n.¹, brow n.¹

Obsolete.

An eyebrow.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > hair > eyebrow > [noun]

overbrowOE

breec1275

bryn1330

bent browc1380

superciliuma1398

brow1398

eyebrowa1450

winbrow?1473

beetle1532

eye-bree1543

bow1729

arch-brow1741

bush1859

OE Prognostics (Tiber.) in Anglia (1944) 67 101 Puello [read puella] signum [habet] in supercilio dextro : mæden [hæfð] tacn on oferbruwe swiþran.

a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 104 (MED) Who so euer depresseth one of his browes lightly, and nesshly reuokith it and dressith his sight on a thyng, tho delyten in faire thynges..Amonge also, the ouerbrowe is lad to the myddes.

1555 R. Eden tr. P. Giovio Libellus de legatione Basilii in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 287 A foule of darke coloure..with redde ouerbrowes.

1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 2 Good to use, specially for ouerbrowes and eye liddes.

1574 R. MacIlmaine tr. P. de La Ramée Logike i. x. 33 There is..in hym..crafte..and lying: who..hathe his head & ouer browe alwayes scrapen.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

overbrowv.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈbraʊ/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈbraʊ/

Forms: see over- prefix and brow v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, brow v.

Etymology: < over- prefix + brow v.

Chiefly poetic.

transitive. To overhang like a brow.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > high position > overhanging > overhang [verb (transitive)]

overhangOE

overdight1581

overdrip1587

overwhelm1593

overdrop1608

juttya1616

overbrow1718

overlean1827

overplume1854

overlop1893

oversail1912

1718 W. Bulstrode in G. Lemoine Charges to Grand Jury (1992) 119 Which takes off his meritorious Sufferings, and overbrows the whole System of Divine Goodness.

1747 W. Collins Odes 17 Strange Shades o'erbrow the Valleys deep.

1791 R. Polwhele Poems 9 We wander'd wild, and buffeted the Blast; And from the Hill, whose Summit overbrow'd Fair Isis' Towers, survey'd the heaving Cloud.

1825 H. W. Longfellow Woods in Winter in U.S. Lit. Gaz. 1 Feb. 316/3 The hill, That overbrows the lonely vale.

1877 Galaxy July 70/1 Balconies that overbrow Field and city, vale and stream.

1894 F. Thompson in Merry Eng. 24 28 Perished cities whose great phantasmata O'erbrow the silent citizens of Dis.

1949 E. Blunden After Bombing 23 So passed the youth who sang of Clifton Grove, and cannot quite be banished through the age with power-house and with colliery overbrow the churchyard of his musing pilgrimage.

1965 ELH 32 508 Down from the ceiling by the chimney's edge, Which in our ancient uncouth country style Did with a huge projection overbrow Large space beneath.

Derivatives

ˌoverˈbrowing adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > high position > overhanging > [adjective]

hangingc1330

pendentc1425

beetled1509

bending1567

prependent1592

propendent1593

overwhelming1599

pendulous1608

impendent1611

incumbent1719

imminent1727

impending1730

beetling1744

pensilec1750

pending1756

superincumbent1785

shelvy1811

overbrowing1814

propensive1819

oversailing1833

beetle-browed1842

overhung1845

overhanging1860

overleaning1865

overreaching1890

cantilevered1910

1814 R. Southey Roderick xiv. 170 Beneath the overbrowing battlements.

1884 E. Fawcett Alan Eliot in Song & Story 33 He beheld the great o'erbrowing stone.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overbrow
释义	† overbrown. Forms: see over- prefix and brow n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, brow n.¹, bree n.¹ Etymology: < over- prefix + brow n.¹ For parallels in other Germanic languages see discussion s.vv. bree n.¹, brow n.¹ Obsolete. An eyebrow. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > eyebrow > [noun] overbrowOE breec1275 bryn1330 bent browc1380 superciliuma1398 brow1398 eyebrowa1450 winbrow?1473 beetle1532 eye-bree1543 bow1729 arch-brow1741 bush1859 OE Prognostics (Tiber.) in Anglia (1944) 67 101 Puello [read puella] signum [habet] in supercilio dextro : mæden [hæfð] tacn on oferbruwe swiþran. a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 104 (MED) Who so euer depresseth one of his browes lightly, and nesshly reuokith it and dressith his sight on a thyng, tho delyten in faire thynges..Amonge also, the ouerbrowe is lad to the myddes. 1555 R. Eden tr. P. Giovio Libellus de legatione Basilii in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 287 A foule of darke coloure..with redde ouerbrowes. 1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 2 Good to use, specially for ouerbrowes and eye liddes. 1574 R. MacIlmaine tr. P. de La Ramée Logike i. x. 33 There is..in hym..crafte..and lying: who..hathe his head & ouer browe alwayes scrapen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019). overbrowv. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈbraʊ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈbraʊ/ Forms: see over- prefix and brow v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, brow v. Etymology: < over- prefix + brow v. Chiefly poetic. transitive. To overhang like a brow. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > overhanging > overhang [verb (transitive)] overhangOE overdight1581 overdrip1587 overwhelm1593 overdrop1608 juttya1616 overbrow1718 overlean1827 overplume1854 overlop1893 oversail1912 1718 W. Bulstrode in G. Lemoine Charges to Grand Jury (1992) 119 Which takes off his meritorious Sufferings, and overbrows the whole System of Divine Goodness. 1747 W. Collins Odes 17 Strange Shades o'erbrow the Valleys deep. 1791 R. Polwhele Poems 9 We wander'd wild, and buffeted the Blast; And from the Hill, whose Summit overbrow'd Fair Isis' Towers, survey'd the heaving Cloud. 1825 H. W. Longfellow Woods in Winter in U.S. Lit. Gaz. 1 Feb. 316/3 The hill, That overbrows the lonely vale. 1877 Galaxy July 70/1 Balconies that overbrow Field and city, vale and stream. 1894 F. Thompson in Merry Eng. 24 28 Perished cities whose great phantasmata O'erbrow the silent citizens of Dis. 1949 E. Blunden After Bombing 23 So passed the youth who sang of Clifton Grove, and cannot quite be banished through the age with power-house and with colliery overbrow the churchyard of his musing pilgrimage. 1965 ELH 32 508 Down from the ceiling by the chimney's edge, Which in our ancient uncouth country style Did with a huge projection overbrow Large space beneath. Derivatives ˌoverˈbrowing adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > overhanging > [adjective] hangingc1330 pendentc1425 beetled1509 bending1567 prependent1592 propendent1593 overwhelming1599 pendulous1608 impendent1611 incumbent1719 imminent1727 impending1730 beetling1744 pensilec1750 pending1756 superincumbent1785 shelvy1811 overbrowing1814 propensive1819 oversailing1833 beetle-browed1842 overhung1845 overhanging1860 overleaning1865 overreaching1890 cantilevered1910 1814 R. Southey Roderick xiv. 170 Beneath the overbrowing battlements. 1884 E. Fawcett Alan Eliot in Song & Story 33 He beheld the great o'erbrowing stone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OEv.1718
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