brim

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

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. Joshua 3:15. 4. The edge or brink of a fountain; the verge. BRIM, adjective Public; well known; celebrated. [Not in use.] BRIM, verb transitive To fill to the brim upper edge, or top. BRIM, verb intransitive To be full to the brim
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