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Full to the brim; quite full; chock-full.

To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim.

The part of a hat above the brim.

To shape (the brim) into a curve.

urling of a ringlet; also, the act or process of one who curls something, as hair, or the brim of hats.

confined place. This mountain when it rageth, . . . casteth forth huge stones, disgorgeth brimstone. Hakluyt. They loudly laughed To see his heaving breast disgorge the briny draught. Dryden.

. 6. Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. Anf they filled them up to the brim. John ii. 7.

To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat. To flap in the mouth, to taunt. [Obs.] W. Cartwright.

A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.

ad abd flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; as, the brim of a hat flops.

Having a tendency to flop or flap; as, a floppy hat brim. G. Eliot.

A woman's broad-brimmed hat of a form thought to resemble those shown in portraits by Thomas Gainsborough, the English artist (1727- 88).

Pertaining to, or suitable for, gypsies. Gypsy hat, a woman's or child's broad-brimmed hat, usually of straw or felt. -- Gypsy winch, a small winch, which may be operated by a crank, or by a ratchet and pawl through a lever working up and down.

A covering for the head; esp., one with a crown and brim, made of various materials, and worn by men or women for protecting the head from the sun or weather, or for ornament. Hat block, a block on which hats are formed or dressed. -- To pass around the hat, to take up a collection of voluntary contributions, which ar…

of a calf; -- formerly used of the kneejoint of a human being. With weary knuckles on thy brim she kneeled sadly down. Golding.

A large drinking bowl; -- originally made of maple. [Obs.] Their brimful mazers to the feasting bring. Drayton.

From inside to outside, above or across the brim. Good measure, pressed down . . . and running over. Luke vi. 38.

To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.

The winged cap of Mercury; also, a broad-brimmed, low-crowned hat worn by Greeks and Romans.

isputed meaning; perh., "abounding in marsh marigolds." Thy banks with pioned and twilled brims. Shak.