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What's The Definition Of Brim?

\Brim\, n. [OE. brim, brimme, AS. brymme edge, border; akin to Icel. barmr, Sw. br["a]m, Dan. br[ae]mme, G. brame, br["a]me. 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\, v. 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\, v. t. To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top. Arrange the board and brim the glass. --Tennyson.
\Brim\, a. Fierce; sharp; cold. See {Breme}. [Obs.]