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By allowance; admittedly. Shenstone.

The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents.

Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted. -- A*vow"ed*ly (, adv.

Having prominent, overhanging brows; hence, lowering or sullen.

Having black eyebrows. Hence: Gloomy; dismal; threatening; forbidding. Shak. Dryden.

Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.

Shamelessly impudent. Sir T. Browne.

Having (such) a brow; -- used in composition; as, dark-browed, stern-browed.

Furnished with claws. N. Grew.

Having a gloomy look.

Corrupted; decayed; moldy. See Vinnewed. [Obs.] Dr. Favour.

Having large flews. Shak.

Prepared in hell. Milton.

Having lofty arches. "The high-embowed roof." Milton.

Having jaws; -- chiefly in composition; as, lantern-jawed. "Jawed like a jetty." Skelton.

Having lantern jaws or long, thin jaws; as, a lantern-jawed person.

To wed improperly.

Knotted; tied in a knot, as a serpent.

Convex; curved outward. "The convex or outbowed side of a vessel." Bp. Hall.

Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the lower; -- said of dogs.