5 entries under this word
n. [A-S. brymme, bremme, Sw. bräm, Dan. bräme, Icel. brim and barmr, Ger. brame, bräme. Cf. BERME.] 1. The rim, or border, of any vessel or other thing; the upper edge. 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.
a. [A-S. bryme, brême, renowned, famous, brêman, to celebrate.] Public; well-known; celebrated. [Obs.] Warner.
a. Severe; horrid; fierce. [Obs.] See BREME.
Baleful shrieks of ghosts are heard most brim. Sackville.
Yet brim we heard the noise and armor sound. Phaer.
v. t. To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top. And as I brimmed the bowl I thought on thee. Tennyson.
v. i. To be full to the brim. And in the rind, Still as they thirsted, scoop the brimming stream. Milton.