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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Ee-bre, n. [f. Een. and Bre n. Cf. e.m.E. ey-bree (1562), eye-brie.] An eyebrow. — 1531 Bell. Boece I. p. xlii.
Blak cokis and hennis, nocht unlike a fasiane … bot thay have blak fedderis and reid ee-breis
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