Brilliantness
(Bril"liant*ness), n. Brilliancy; splendor; glitter.
Brills
(Brills) n. pl. [CF. G. brille spectacles, D. bril, fr. L. berillus. See Brilliant.] The hair on the
eyelids of a horse. Bailey.
Brim
(Brim) n. [OE. brim, brimme, AS. brymme edge, border; akin to Icel. barmr, Sw. bräm, Dan.
bræmme, G. brame, bräme. Possibly the same word as AS. brim surge, sea, and properly meaning, the
line of surf at the border of the sea, and akin to L. fremere to roar, murmur. Cf. Breeze a fly.]
1. The rim, border, or upper edge of a cup, dish, or any hollow vessel used for holding anything.
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.
3. The rim of a hat. Wordsworth.
Brim
(Brim), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Brimmed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Brimming.] To be full to the brim. "The
brimming stream." Milton.
To brim over to be so full that some of the contents flows over the brim; as, a cup brimming over with
wine; a man brimming over with fun.
Brim
(Brim), v. t. To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top.
Arrange the board and brim the glass.
Tennyson.
Brim
(Brim), a. Fierce; sharp; cold. See Breme. [Obs.]
Brimful
(Brim"ful) a. Full to the brim; completely full; ready to overflow. "Her brimful eyes." Dryden.
Brimless
(Brim"less), a. Having no brim; as, brimless caps.
Brimmed
(Brimmed) a.
1. Having a brim; — usually in composition. "Broad-brimmed hat." Spectator.
2. Full to, or level with, the brim. Milton.
Brimmer
(Brim"mer) n. A brimful bowl; a bumper.
Brimming
(Brim"ming), a. Full to the brim; overflowing.
Brimstone
(Brim"stone) n. [OE. brimston, bremston, bernston, brenston; cf. Icel. brennistein. See
Burn, v. t., and Stone.] Sulphur; See Sulphur.
Brimstone
(Brim"stone), a. Made of, or pertaining to, brimstone; as, brimstone matches.
From his brimstone bed at break of day
A-walking the devil has gone.
Coleridge.
Brimstony
(Brim"sto`ny) a. Containing or resembling brimstone; sulphurous. B. Jonson.
Brin
(Brin) n. [F.] One of the radiating sticks of a fan. The outermost are larger and longer, and are
called panaches. Knight.
