What does "brim" mean?
Brim: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.3. The rim of a hat. Wordsworth.
- 3.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.
- 4.To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top. Arrange the board and brim the glass. Tennyson.
- 5.Fierce; sharp; cold. See Breme. [Obs.]
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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