EYE-BREENOUN
1. an eyelid ...c1000 obs. 2. an eyelash ...1577 obs. 3. an eyebrow ...1750 obs. exc. Scot. & Eng. dial. ETYMOLOGY from 'eye' + 'bree', lid of the eye (c890) obs. FIRST DOCUMENTED USE c1000 - eaȝbræwas From: Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England EXAMPLE (for n. 3) "And the sweat it dropt down, Frae my very eye-brie, And my heart played ay Dunt, dunt, dunt, pittie, pattie." From: The Tea-Table Miscellany or, A Collection of Choice Songs, Scots and English By: Allan Ramsay, 1750 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 • The Encyclopaedic Dictionary, Robert Hunter, 1879-1888
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