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Webster 1913 Edition

Brim

Brim

,
Noun.
[OE.
brim
,
brimme
, AS.
brymme
edge, border; akin to Icel.
barmr
, Sw.
bräm
, Dan.
bræmme
, G.
brame
,
bräme
. Possibly the same word as AS.
brim
surge, sea, and properly meaning, the line of surf at the border of the sea, and akin to L.
fremere
to roar, murmur. Cf.
Breeze
a fly.]
1.
The rim, border, or upper edge 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.
The edge or margin, as of a fountain, or of the water contained in it; the brink; border.
The feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the
brim
of the water.
Josh. iii. 15.
3.
The rim of a hat.
Wordsworth.

Brim

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Brimmed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Brimming
.]
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, a cup brimming over with wine; a man brimming over with fun.

Brim

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

Brim

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

Webster 1828 Edition

Brim

BRIM

,
Noun.
1.
The rim, lip or broadborder of any vessel or other thing; as the brim of a hat, or of a vessel.
2.
The upper edge of a vessel, whether broad or not; as the brim of a cup or glass.
3.
The top of any liquor; the edge or that next the border at the top.
The feet of the priests were dipped in the brim of the water. Josh.3.
4.
The edge or brink of a fountain; the verge.

BRIM

,
Adj.
Public; well known; celebrated. [Not in use.]

BRIM

,
Verb.
T.
To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top.

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