BRIM

n. v. a.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

The rim, border, or upper sdge of a cup, dish, or any hollow vessel used for holding anything. Saw I that insect on this goblet's brim I would remove it with an anxious pity. Coleridge.

2.
n.

The edge or margin, as of a fountain, or of the water contained in it; the brink; border. The feet of the priest that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water. Josh. iii. 15.

3.
n.

The rim of a hat. Wordsworth.

4.
v.

To be full to the brim. "The brimming stream." Milton. To brim over (literally or figuratively), to be so full that some of the contents flows over the brim; as, cup brimming over with wine; a man brimming over with fun.

5.
v.

To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top. Arrange the board and brim the glass. Tennyson.

6.
a.

Fierce; sharp; cold. See Breme. [Obs.]

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