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low-browed, a.
[f. low a. + brow n.1 + -ed2.]
1. Of persons: Having a low brow (see brow n.1 3 and 5). Also absol.
1855J. E. Cooke Ellie 71 The man, who was a coarse, low-browed fellow. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. vi. 669 A low-browed verger sidled up. 1899Crockett Kit Kennedy 305 Dick always had with him now a low-browed, smartly-dressed man. 1905McClure's Mag. May 20/1 Exactly the type of low-browed ruffian and professional thug that they were hiring over there. 1936G. B. Shaw Shaw on Theatre (1958) 251 The simplicity of the lowbrowed.
fig.1863I. Williams Baptistery i. viii. (1874) 91 When low-brow'd cares our mighty yearnings balk.
2. transf. Of rocks: Beetling. Of a building, doorway, etc.: Having a low entrance; hence, dark, gloomy. The prevailing sense, app. due to Milton's use of the word.
1632Milton L'Allegro 8 There under..low-brow'd Rocks,..In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell. 1717Pope Eloisa 244 Low-browed rocks hang nodding o'er the deep. 1810Scott Lady of L. vi. xii, They halted by a low-brow'd porch. 1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. 263 The picturesque, low-browed, irregular cottage. 1889D. C. Murray Danger. Catspaw 20 He paused before a sombre low-browed little shop. |