Quay vs Brow - What's the difference?
quay | brow |
(nautical) A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.
To land or tie up at a quay or similar structure, especially used in the phrase "quay up".
The ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow ().
* Churchill
The first tine of an antler's beam.
The forehead ().
* Shakespeare
* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=5 The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill.
(nautical) The gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay.
(nautical) The hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp.
An eyebrow.
* Shakespeare
To bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.
* Milton
In nautical terms the difference between quay and brow
is that quay is a stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf while brow is the hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp.quay
English
(wikipedia quay)Alternative Forms
*cayNoun
(en noun)Derived terms
* quaysideVerb
(en verb)See also
* dock; pier; float; cay; harbour, harbor; mole; riprap; wharf ----brow
English
Noun
(en noun)- And his arched brow , pulled o'er his eyes, / With solemn proof proclaims him wise.
- Beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow .
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- the brow of a precipice
- 'Tis not your inky brows , your black silk hair.
Derived terms
* beetle-browed * eyebrowSynonyms
* foreheadVerb
(en verb)- Tending my flocks hard by i' the hilly crofts / That brow this bottom glade.