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Eyebrow

//ˈaɪˌbɹaʊ// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Noun
  1. 1
    The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.
  2. 2
    the arch of hair above each eye wordnet
  3. 3
    A dormer, usually of small size, whose roof line over the upright face is typically an arched curve, turning into a reverse curve to meet the horizontal line at either end.
  4. 4
    A clump of waste fibres that builds up in a roller machine.
Verb
  1. 1
    To build up waste fibres in a roller machine. intransitive
  2. 2
    To signal with one's eyebrows. transitive

    "Rodas watched Tinker disappear through the door before eyebrowing a question at Barrow. Barrow gestured at him to stay put. Rodas settled back."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English eȝebreu, alteration of Old English ēaganbrū (“eyebrow”), equivalent to eye + brow. The corresponding Old English ēagbrǣw meant "eyelid". Compare Dutch oogbrauw (“eyelid; eyelash; eyebrow”), German Augenbraue (“eyebrow”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English eȝebreu, alteration of Old English ēaganbrū (“eyebrow”), equivalent to eye + brow. The corresponding Old English ēagbrǣw meant "eyelid". Compare Dutch oogbrauw (“eyelid; eyelash; eyebrow”), German Augenbraue (“eyebrow”).

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