See Also: brim(medicine)
brim(1)(dictionary)
brim(2)(dictionary)
pelvic brim(medicine)
brim 1, noun(dictionary)
brim 2, verb(dictionary)

brim(1) (iou)



brim noun1. ME.

The border, margin, edge, brink, etc., of the sea or any piece of water, or gen. of other things. Now obsolete or dial. exc. as transf. use of sense 2. ME.
Spenser Upon the brim of his brode-plated shield. Jeremy Taylor He..is at the margin and brim of that state of finall reprobation.
The edge, margin, or lip of a cup, bowl, basin, or anything of similar shape, artificial or natural. LME.
pelvic brim the rim between the upper and lower parts of the pelvis.
Bible (AV): 2 Chronicles 4:2 He made a molten Sea of ten cubites, from brim to brim. fig.: Shakespeare Anthony & Cleopatra He will fill thy wishes to the brim With principalities.
The upper surface of water. arch. M16.
Sir W. Scott Not lighter does the swallow skim Along the smooth lake's level brim.
The projecting edge of a hat. L16.
Comb.: brim-full, (arch.) brimful adjective full to the brim, on the point of overflowing.
brimless adjective E17.
brimmed adjective (of a hat etc.) having a brim (of a specified kind) E17.
brimmy adjective (of a hat) having a wide brim; broad-brimmed: L19.