v. t. To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top. [ 1913 Webster ]
Arrange the board and brim the glass. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Fierce; sharp; cold. See Breme. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ 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. ]
Saw I that insect on this goblet's brim
I would remove it with an anxious pity. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
The feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water. Josh. iii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
To brim over (literally or figuratively),
a. Full to the brim; completely full; ready to overflow. “Her brimful eyes.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having no brim;
a.
n. A brimful bowl; a bumper. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Full to the brim; overflowing. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. brimston, bremston, bernston, brenston; cf. Icel. brennistein. See Burn, v. t., and Stone. ] Sulphur; See Sulphur. [ 1913 Webster ]