Sc. [A phonetic variant of BRANT, found in northern ME. and in Sc.]
† 1. Steep, lofty: see BRANT. Obs.
c. 1325. E. E. Allit. P., B. 379. Þay bowed to þe hyȝ bonk þer brentest hit wern.
c. 1340. Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 2165. Hyȝe bonkkez and brent.
1691. Ray, N. C. Wds., 132. Brent-brow, a steep Hill, Metaph.
2. Of the forehead: a. Lofty, straight up, prominent. b. Unwrinkled, smooth.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 3030. With browes full brent, brightist of hewe.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, VIII. xii. 14. From his blyth browis [L. tempora læta] brent and athyr ene The fyre twinkling.
1629. Z. Boyd, Last Battle, 678 (Jam.). At the first sight of that angrie Majestie, with brent browes and sterne countenance.
a. 1758. Ramsay, Poems (1800), II. 17 (Jam.). Her fair brent brow, smooth as th unrunkled deep.
1789. Burns, J. Anderson, i. Your bonie brow was brent.