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Definition of Brims
1. brim [v] - See also: brim
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brims
Literary usage of Brims
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Weekly Reporter by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain. Privy Council, Great Britain. Supreme Court of Judicature (1898)
"In 1892 certain sums of money were due under the contract to brims, ...
Negotiations were subsequently entered into, and it was arranged that brims should ..."
2. Shakespeare Studies, and Essay on English Dictionaries by Thomas Spencer Baynes, Lewis Campbell (1896)
"... and pease ; Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep, And flat meads
thatch'd with stover, them to keep ; Thy banks with pioned and twilled brims, ..."
3. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1807)
"It became quite extinct in the reign of James II. as if its fatality had been
connected with that of the house of Stuart*. the brims, however, ..."
4. Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences: Being Record of the Progress edited by William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington (1846)
"The patentee claims, Firstly,—the application of brims and head-bands, formed of
elastic web or other similar and suitable material, to bodies of hats ..."
5. Quakerism: Or, The Story of My Life by Sarah D. Greer (1852)
"... in Meetings—Guides—Travelling Friends—Women Preachers' Families—Broad brims
to escape disownment—Poor Committee— Provincial Schools—False Accusation. ..."
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