brimful 
brimful eyes," Drydrn, Sigismonda and Uuis- 
cardo. 
My heart 
Brimful of those wild tales. 
'/'. ,,n:/.i<i,l, F;lir \\ olllrll 
brimfulness (brim'ful'nes), n. The state of 
being brimful ; fullness to the top. [Rare.] 
brimless (brim'les), a. [< brim- + -legs.] Hav- 
ing no brim : as, a brimlesK liat. 
brimlyt, <t<lr. [Early mod. E. also Irreemli/, breme- 
ly, < MM. liri/mlii, 'hri'iiily. bri-iui'ltj ; < brim* + 
-lyV.] 1. Violently; fiercely; terribly. 
The kyn^i' blyschil | looked] one the beryne with hisbrode 
inline |cyi| 
That fullu bn/mlit for hreth brynte as the gledyii. 
Mvrte Arthure, 1. llti. 
2. Hastily; quickly. 
Brymly before us be thai broght, 
Our dedcs that shalle dam us hldrm-. 
Tvwnfley Myttteriex, p. 105. 
3. Loudly. 
Brlddes ful brt-nielf/ on the bowes singe. 
William of Paltrnr, I. 23. 
Thon hast blown thy blast bretmlye abroad. 
Percy fol. MS., lii. 71. 
brirame ' t, brimme'-'t. See brim 1 , frri'm 2 , etc. 
brimmed (brirad), p. a. [< brinfi + -erf"-*.] 1. 
Having a brim; in composition, having a brim 
of the Kind specified: as, a broad-frrimmerf hat. 
2. Filled to the brim; level with the brim. 
May thy brimmed waves for this 
Their full tribute never miss. 
Milton, Comus, 1. 924. 
brimmer (brim'er), M. [< brim 2 , n., + -er 1 .] 
1. A bowl full to the top. 
Dear brimmer! that makes our husbands short-sighted. 
Wycherley, Country Wife, v. 1. 
When healtlut go round, and kindly brimmer* flow. 
Dryden, tr. of Lucretius, ill. 99. 
2. A broad-brimmed hat. [Bare.] 
Now takes his brimmer off. A. Bromc, Songs. 
brimming (brim'ing), . [Verbal n. of brim 2 , 
v. ; the allusion is to the foaming and spar- 
kling of water when it brims over.] An Eng- 
lish name for the gleam exhibited at night by a 
school of herrings. 
brirnnile (brim'I), n. A dialectal variant of 
bramble. 
brininesst (brim'nes), n. [ME. bremnes; < brim 
+ -ness.] Fierceness; rage. 
At Mid Aprille, the mono when myrthes begyn, 
The season full si. fir of the salt water, 
And the brnnnes abated of the brode ythes [waves]. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1086. 
brim-sand (brim' sand), . [< brim 1 + sand.} 
Sea-sand. [Prov. Eng.] 
brimse (brimz), n. [E. dial., also written brims, 
formerly brimsey; not found in ME. or AS., 
though an AS. form "brimsa is generally cited, 
and was possibly existent, as the orig. form of 
breeze^, AS. brio.ta, brcAsa : see breeze^, where 
forms cognate with brimse are given.] A gadfly: 
same as breeze 1 . Halliicell. [Prov. Eng. (Kent).] 
brimseyt, Same as brimse. Cotgrave; Topsell. 
brimstone (brim'ston), n. and a. [< ME. oriiii- 
ston, brymston, bremston, brumston, corrupt 
forms of brinston, brynston, brcnslon, brnnston, 
bronston, transposed bernston, bornston, etc. (= 
Icel. brennisteinit ; cf. Sc. brimstone, brttntstunc, 
etc.), < brin-, bren- (AS. bcrnc- in bernelac, a 
bunit-offering) (< brinnen, brentten, AS. *brin- 
nan, burn), + ston, stone. Cf. brimfire.'] I. w. 
1 . Sulphur ; specifically, sulphur in a concrete 
or solidified state, or reduced from that state : 
as, ro\\-brimstone ; fluid brimstone. 
Both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with 
triiiitt'iii''. Rev. xix. 20. 
2. The brimstone butterfly. Newman. [Colloq. 
or prov. Eng.] Vegetable brimstone, a name given 
to the ititlammablf spores of species of Lycopodittm, i-in 
ployed in the preparation ..f fireworks. 
II. n. 1. Of, pertaining to, or made of brim- 
stone : as, brimstone matches. 
Fi'i'in his hn'iii*t<>u> bril ;it brt-ak nf day 
A-walking the devil has gone. 
Coleridge, The Devil's Thoughts. 
2. Sulphur-yellow in color; resembling brim- 
stone or sulphur in color; bright-yellow. 
Brimstone butterfly, a species of butterfly, Gvimjitn //.< 
rhaittni, marked by the ;in^nhiti(in of the \\ hm-tips, by tin- 
yellow color of both sexes, and by a iv<l -pot in the niiilillr 
of each wing. See cut in next column. Brimstone 
moth, a lepidopterous insect, Rumia crattritata, having 
yellow wings with light streaks, and chestnut-colored 
spots on the fore wings. 
brimstone-wort (brim'ston-wert), H. An um- 
belliferous plant, I'l'iici tin mini offirinulr, the 
roots nf which yield a yellow sap which quick- 
ly iH'comes hard and dry and smells not unlike 
brimstone. 
its.-, 
brimstony (brim'sto-ni), a. [< brimstone + -i/ 1 .] 
Full of or containing brimstone; resembling 
brimstone; sulphurous: as, "brimstony, blue, 
and fiery," B. Jonson, Alchemist, iv. 5. [Rare.] 
brin't, v. An obsolete variant of burn 1 . Chaucer. 
brin* (brin), w. FF., a blade, shoot; origin un- 
known.] One or the radiating sticks of a fan. 
brincht (brinch), r. i. [Also written brince, ear- 
ly mod. E. brynch, also brindice, < It. brindisi, 
brindesi (Florio), F. brinde, formerly bringue 
(Cotgrave), a drinking to, a toast.] To drink 
in answer to a pledge; pledge one in drinking. 
blinded (brin'ded), a. [Same as E. dial, and 
8c. branded, of a reddish-brown color with 
streaks or patches of darker brown or black 
(> brandie, a name often given to cows in Scot- 
land); the vowel modified, appar. after Icel. 
brand- in deriv. brondottr, brinded, as a cow, 
for "brandottr (cf . brand-Krossottr, brinded with 
a white cross on the forehead)j < brandr= E. 
brand. Thus brinded, as above, is nearly equiv. 
to branded, pp. of brand, v.: see brand.] 1. 
Properly, of a gray or tawny color marked with 
bars or streaks of a darker hue; brindled: ap- 
plied more loosely to any animal having a hide 
variegated by streaks or spots, and by Milton 
to the lioness, whose hide is of a nearly uni- 
form hue: as, "the brinded cat," Shak., Mac- 
beth, iv. 1 ; "three brinded cows," Vryden, Cock 
and Fox. 
She tamed the brinded lioness 
And spotted mouutain-pard. 
Hilton, Comus, 1. 44:1. 
The brinded catamount, that lies 
High in the boughs to watch his prey. 
Bryant, Hunter of the Prairies. 
2. In her., spotted: said of a beast used as a 
bearing, 
brindle (brin'dl), H. [Assumed from brindled.'] 
1. The state of being brinded; a color or mix- 
ture of colors, of which gray is the base, with 
bands of a darker gray or black color: as, "a 
natural brindle," Kichardson, Clarissa Harlowe. 
2. A name of the mudfish or bowfin, Amia 
cah'a. See cut under Amiida:. 
brindled (brin'dld), a. [A kind of dim. form of 
brinded.] Brinded ; variegated with streaks of 
different colors. 
And there the wild-cat's brindled hide 
The frontlet of the elk adonis. 
Scott, L. of the L, 1. 2T. 
brindle-moth (brin'dl-m6th), n, A name given 
by some British collectors to moths of the ge- 
nus Xylopliasia. 
brine 1 (brin), n. [= Sc. (irreg.) brime, < ME. 
brine, bryne, < AS. bryne (= MD. brijn), brine, 
salt liquor ; a particular use of bryne (early ME. 
brune = Icel. brunt), a burning/ 'brinnan, burn : 
see 6rii, 6ci.] 1. Water saturated orstrong- 
ly impregnated with salt, like the water of the 
ocean; salt water. Artificial brine is used for the 
preservation of the flesh of animals. Ash, vegetables, etc. 
2. The sea as a body of salt water; the ocean. 
The air was calm, and on the level brine 
Sleek Panope with all her sisters play'd. 
Milton, Lycidas, I. D6. 
3. Tears. 
What a deal of brine 
Hath wash'd thy sallow cheeks for Rosaline : 
Shak., R. and J., II. 3. 
brine 1 (brin), r. t. ; pret. and pp. brined, ppr. 
'brining. [< brine 1 , n.] 1 . To steep in brine, as 
corn, in order to prevent smut. 2. To mix 
salt with; make briny: as, to brine bay. 
If he wrung fruin me a tear, 1 brin'd it so 
\\ ith scorn or shame, that him it nouritth'd not. 
Donne, Lore's Diet. 
brine'^t, . [Cf. North. E. brim, the forehead; 
< ME. bryne, brow, < Icel. brun, pi. brynn. mod. * 
bryr, brow, = Sw. Dan. bryn, brow: see ftrow.] 
The eyebrow. 
or brow of the eye, supercilium. 
/'... I,,;*. Pare., p. 61. 
bring 
brine 3 (brin), r. [E. dial. ; cf. equiv. dial. / 
appar. corruptions of bring.'] To bring: as, to 
i.n,,, it hither. [Prov. Eng. (Norfolk).] 
brine-pan (brin'pan), . A pit in which salt 
;iti-r i.- rv.iporatetl to olitnin the salt. 
brine-pit (biin'pit), . A salt spring or well 
from which water is taken to be boileuor evap- 
orated for making salt. 
brine-pump (brin'pump), . A pump employed 
in some steam-vessels to clear the boiler of the 
in in, which collects at the bottom of it. 
brine-shrimp (brin'shrimp), n. A small braii- 
chmpodnus crustacean, Artemia salina, found 
in brackish water and in brine. See Artemia. 
Also called brine-tcorm. 
brine-spring (brin'spring), n. A spring of salt 
water. 
brine-valve (brin'valv), B. A blow-off valve 
for removing concentrated salt water from a 
steam-boiler. 
brine-worm (brin'werm), n. Same as brine- 
shrimp. 
bring (bring), . t.: pret. and pp. brought, ppr. 
bringing. K ME. bringen, occasionally brengen 
(pret. broghte, brohte,etc.),<. AS. brinyan (strong 
present, with pret. *brang, pi. 'brungon, forms 
assumed from the once-occurring pp. brungen), 
also brengan (weak present, with pret. brohte, 
pp. broht), = OS. brengian, rarely bringian, = 
OFries. breiu/a, bringa = D. brengen = OHG. 
bringan, MHG. O. bringen (> Sw. bringa, Dan. 
bringe) = Goth, briggan (pret. brahta), bring. 
The forms are prevailingly weak; the strong 
forma are prob. assumed after the analogy of 
verbs like sing, swing, etc. : so in Sc. and vul- 
gar E. pret. brang, orunq.] 1. To bear, con- 
vey, or take along in coming; take to the place 
where the receiver is, or where the bearer stays 
or abides ; fetch : as, bring it hither, or to me ; 
to bring a book home. 
llring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread. 1 Kl. xvii. 11. 
Brituj me spices, bring me wine. 
Ti'iiny*<ni, Vision of Sin, ir. 
Hhe from a carved press brought him linen fair, 
And a new-woven coat a king might wear. 
William Morrit, Earthly I'aradlse, I. 295. 
2. To cause to come or accrue ; be the means 
of conveying possession of; impart; devolve 
upon: as, the transaction brought great profit; 
his wife brought him a large dowry. 
She shall bring him [in marriage] that 
Which he not dreams of. Shale., w. T., Iv. 4. 
Music that 6rin.7* sweet sleep. 
Tennymn, Choric Song, I. 
3. To cause to come or pass, as to a new place, 
state, or condition ; impel; draw on; lead: as, 
to bring one to a better mind. 
The fortress . . . shall he briny ... to the ground. 
Isa. xxv. 11 
(iod had brought their counsels to naught. Neh. iv. l.V 
We bring to one dead level ev'ry mind. 
Pope, Dunclad, Iv. 268. 
Profitable employments would in- a diversion, If men 
could but be ftrought to delight in them. Locke. 
4. To aid in coming or passing, as to one's 
home or destination ; conduct ; attend ; accom- 
pany. 
Yet give leave, my lord, 
That we may bring you something on the way. 
SAo*., M. for M., 1. 1. 
5. To convey or put forth as a product ; bear 
or be the bearer of ; yield : as, the land brings 
good harvests. 
Because she brought him noue but girls, she thought 
Her husband loved her not. /.'. Jonnon, New Inn, i. 1. 
6. To convey to the mind or knowledge ; make 
known on coming, or coming before one ; bear 
or impart a declaration of. 
Be thoii there until I 6rin<r thee word. Mat ill. 13. 
What accusation bring ye against this man ? 
John xvlli. 49. 
7. To fetch or put forward before a tribunal ; 
make a presentation of; institute; declare in 
or as if in court : as, to lirimj an action or an 
indictment against one; the jury brought the 
prisoner in guilty. 
Ill briny mine action on the proudest he 
That stops my way. Shall., T. of the a, HL 2. 
A friend of mine here was doubting whether he should 
bring an action against two persons on so unfortunate a 
day as Saturday. E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, 1. 340. 
8. To cause to become ; make to be. 
I was brought acquainted with a Burgundian Jew who 
had married an apostate Kentish woman. 
Evelyn, Diary. Aug. 28, 1041. 
To bring about, to effect ; accomplish. 
