[f. BRIM v.3 and sb.2]
1. Filled to the brim; brim-full.
1624. Heywood, Gunaik., III. 161. Me thinkes a cup of gold Stands brim’d before me.
1637. Milton, Comus, 924. May thy brimmed waves for this Their full tribute never miss.
1821. Keats, Lamia, 639. A cup he took Full brimm’d.
1877. M. Arnold, Poems, II. 59. This brimmed unwrinkled Rhine.
2. Having a brim, as a hat, etc. Chiefly in composition, as broad-, narrow-, wide-brimmed.
1606. Holland, Sueton., 75. Hee never walked … without a broad brimd Hat upon his head.
1711. Addison, Spect., No. 44, ¶ 8. In ordinary Comedies, a broad and a narrow brim’d Hat are different Characters.
1884. Pall Mall Gaz., 31 March, 4/2. He has a brimmed hat to keep the sun from his head.
