[f. BRIM v.3 + -ER1.]
1. A thing that fills to the brim; a swelling wave.
1652. Benlowes, Theoph., I. xviii. Swell us a lustie Brimmer … So vast, that none may spie the coast.
2. A brimming cup or goblet.
1663. Cowley, Cutter Coleman-St., V. vi. Boy! Fill a Brimmer, Nay fuller yet, yet a little fuller.
1697. Dryden, Virg. (1806), II. 253. Nor ceas’d to draw, Till he the bottom of the brimmer saw.
1728. Gay, Begg. Op., III. xii. Not one so sure can bring Relief As his best friend, a Brimmer.
1826. Scott, Woodst., iv. (1846), 63. Accustomed to feed the flame of their loyalty with copious brimmers.
† 3. A hat with a brim. Obs. Cf. bowler.
a. 1652. Brome, Songs (N.). Now takes his brimmer off.
1670. Eachard, Cont. Clergy, 136. Twisting the ends of his Girdle, and asking him the price of his Brimmer.
