Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
supercilium .
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- noun Plural form of
supercilium .
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Examples
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Sedebat ipse in lecto suo tenens citharulam in manu, et vxor sua iuxta eum: de qua credebam in veritate, quod amputasset sibi nasum inter oculos vt simior esset: nihil enim habebat ibi de naso, et vnxerat locum ilium quodam vnguento nigro, et etiam supercilia: quod erat turpissimum in oculis nostris.
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Radunt etiam tempora et collum vsque ad summum concauitatis ceruicis: et frontem anterius vsque ad frontinellam, super quam relinquunt manipulum pilorum descendentium vsque ad supercilia.
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Nasum habent planum et modicum, oculos etiam paruos, et palpebras vsque ad supercilia eleuatas, ac super verticem in modum Clericorum coronas.
The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004
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Aliam consuetudinem habet gens illa, quòd foeminæ ibi bibunt vinum, et homines non: foeminæ etiam faciunt sibi radi cilia, et supercilia, et barbam, et homines non: et sic de multis alijs vilibus contra naturam sexus eorum.
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Radunt etiam tempora et collum vsque ad summum concauitatis ceruicis: et frontem anterius vsque ad frontinellam, super quam relinquunt manipulum pilorum descendentium vsque ad supercilia.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Sedebat ipse in lecto suo tenens citharulam in manu, et vxor sua iuxta eum: de qua credebam in veritate, quod amputasset sibi nasum inter oculos vt simior esset: nihil enim habebat ibi de naso, et vnxerat locum ilium quodam vnguento nigro, et etiam supercilia: quod erat turpissimum in oculis nostris.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Illos autem capillos qui sunt inter coronam et pr鎡axatam rasuram crescere vsque ad supercilia sinunt.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Nasum habent planum et modicum, oculos etiam paruos, et palpebras vsque ad supercilia eleuatas, ac super verticem in modum Clericorum coronas.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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The Eyebrows (supercilia) are two arched eminences of integument, which surmount the upper circumference of the orbits, and support numerous short, thick hairs, directed obliquely on the surface.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 3. The Accessory Organs of the Eye 1918
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All the pent-up gall of years against the supercilia of the class from which she sprang surged in that moment to his lips.
The Trampling of the Lilies Rafael Sabatini 1912
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