Part 1398

<i>Bailey.</i>

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<hw>Brim</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>brim</ets>, <ets>brimme</ets>, AS. <ets>brymme</ets> edge, border; akin to Icel. <ets>barmr</ets>, Sw. <ets>br\'84m</ets>, Dan. <ets>br\'91mme</ets>, G. <ets>brame</ets>, <ets>br\'84me</ets>. Possibly the same word as AS. <ets>brim</ets> surge, sea, and properly meaning, the line of surf at the border of the sea, and akin to L. <ets>fremere</ets> to roar, murmur. Cf. <er>Breeze</er> a fly.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The rim, border, or upper sdge of a cup, dish, or any hollow vessel used for holding anything.</def>

<blockquote>Saw I that insect on this goblet's <b>brim</b> I would remove it with an anxious pity. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The edge or margin, as of a fountain, or of the water contained in it; the brink; border.</def>

<blockquote>The feet of the priest that bare the ark were dipped in the <b>brim</b> of the water. <i>Josh. iii. 15.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The rim of a hat.</def>

<i>Wordsworth.</i>

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<hw>Brim</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Brimmed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Brimming</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To be full to the brim.</def> "The <i>brimming</i> stream."

<i>Milton.</i>

<cs><col>To brim over</col> <mark>(literally or figuratively)</mark>, <cd>to be so full that some of the contents flows over the brim; as, cup <i>brimming over<i> with wine; a man <i>brimming over<i> with fun.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Brim</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top.</def>

<blockquote>Arrange the board and <b>brim</b> the glass. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Brim</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Fierce; sharp; cold. See <er>Breme</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>Brim"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full to the brim; completely full; ready to overflow.</def> "Her <i>brimful</i> eyes."

<i>Dryden.</i>

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<hw>Brim"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having no brim; <as>as, <ex>brimless</ex> caps</as>.</def>

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<hw>Brimmed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having a brim; -- usually in composition.</def> "Broad-<i>brimmed</i> hat."

<i>Spectator.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Full to, or level with, the brim.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

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