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Word entry · 4 letters

brim

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"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
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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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01Edge of a hat4 letters
02Hat edge4 letters

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