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Word entry · 4 letters

brim

Best crossword clue

"Edge of a hat"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /bɹɪm/Part of speech verb, nounSorted bimrStarts with BEnds with M2 cluesCommon crossword word
1B2R3I4M

Definitions

  1. fill as much as possible

Word origin

The noun is derived from Middle English brymme, brimme (“bank or edge of a lake or river; shore of a sea; brink; rim”); of unclear origin; compare Middle High German brem (“margin”).

Used in a sentence

  • As the bright ſunne, vvhat time his fierie teme / Tovvards the vveſterne brim begins to dravv, / Gins to abate the brightneſſe of his beme, / And feruour of his flames ſomevvhat adavv: […]
  • The ſea Colevvoort grovveth naturally vpon the bayche [beach?] and brimmes of the ſea, vvhere there is no earth to be ſeene, but ſande and rovvling pebble ſtones, vvhich thoſe that dvvell neere the ſea do call Bayche.
  • [T]he flovvers, ſtanding vpon ſlender footeſtalkes; the brimmes or edges vvhereof are of a yellovv colour, the middle part purple: […]

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Edge of a hat4 letters
02Hat edge4 letters

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