Tending my flocks hard by i' the hilly crofts
That brow this bottom glade.
Milton.
Brow"beat` (&?;), v. t. [imp. Browbeat; p. p. Browbeaten (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Browbeating.] To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to browbeat witnesses.
My grandfather was not a man to be browbeaten.
W. Irving.
Brow"beat`ing, n. The act of bearing down, abashing, or disconcerting, with stern looks, supercilious manners, or confident assertions.
The imperious browbeatings and scorn of great men.
L'Estrange.
Brow"bound` (-bound`), a. Crowned; having the head encircled as with a diadem. Shak.