brim

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  1. noun The rim or uppermost edge of a hollow container or natural basin.
  2. noun A projecting rim or edge: the brim of a hat.
  3. noun A border or an edge. See Synonyms at border.
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  • Then there fell a sudden rustling on the branches; and swift along the river's brim, the sharp, plaintive cry of monkeys, beating down through all the startled stillness with their wailing voices. —  Son of Power
  • Underside of brim may be finished the same way, or the facing may be brought out even with the edge and finished with a wire SHAPED BRIM FOUNDATION The simplest shaped brim is the mushroom style TO MAKE PATTERN FOR BRIM Make a paper pattern the same as for the straight brim sailor. —  Make Your Own Hats
  • Lay the four sticks across this circle dividing it into eight equal sections as at the beginning of the brim, and join to the sticks with tie wire. —  Make Your Own Hats
  • Before beginning this hat it will be found easier to have a pattern for the brim, but it will not be necessary to make a pattern for the crown, which may be either round or square, and for which directions have already been given PATTERN FOR BRIM Make a pattern of manila paper for the brim the same as for a fabric shape, following the same directions. —  Make Your Own Hats
  • If the brim is to roll closely on one side and much higher than on the other, extra wires will be needed to fill the space. —  Make Your Own Hats
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rim ·  collar ·  visor ·  cape ·  ribbon ·  slipper ·  sombrero

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brim:   brimmed ·  brimming
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Etymologies (8)

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  1. Middle English brimme.

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  1. Middle English brim, from Anglo-Saxon brim, the sea, ocean, flood (= Icelandic brim, sea, surf), orig. perhaps the (roaring) surf, from brimman, strong verb, later bremman, weak verb, roar (see brim), = Middle High German brimmen, strong verb (later brummen, weak verb, German brummen = Dutch brommen, hum, buzz, growl, grumble); cf. Old High German breman, Middle High German bremen, strong verb, roar, buzz, = Latin fremere, roar, rage, = Greek βρέμειν, roar, later βρόμος, a roaring, especially of waves, = Sanskrit √ bhram, wander, whirl, flutter, be agitated. Hence comp. brimsand.
  2. from Middle English brim, brem, brym, brimme, brymme, margin, especially of a river, lake, or sea (= Middle High German brem, border, brim, German dial. (Bavarian) bräm, border, stripe, German bräme, brame, border, edge, later F. berme, English berm, q. v.; cf. Icelandic barmr = Swedish bräm = Danish bræmme, border, edge, brim); usually explained as a particular use of Middle English brim, from Anglo-Saxon brim, the sea, ocean, the sea as surf (hence brink, brim); see brim.
  3. from brim, n.
  4. Early modern English brimme, from Middle English brymmen, be in heat, orig. roar (cf. rut for a similar development of sense): see brim.
  5. Early modern English also breeme, breme, from Middle English brim, brym, brem, brimme, brymme, and with orig. long vowel, bryme, breme, from Anglo-Saxon brēme, bry¯me, Old Northumbrian broeme, celebrated, famous.
  6. apparently a variant of bream.
  7. apparently a variant of brine, q. v. Cf. Scots brime = English brine.
 

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