noun

• Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge.
  "He turned the back of his brim up stylishly."
• Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge.
  "And as they that bare the Arke were come vnto Jordan, and the feet of the prieſt that bare the Arke, were dipped in the brimme of the water, (for Jordan ouerfloweth all his banks at the time of harueſt) That the waters which came downe from aboue, ſtood and roſe vp vpon an heape very farre, […]"
• Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge.
  "[T]he place, of that fyre vnder the earthe, […] is not nye the centre of the earth, bicauſe then, it would eaſily bée corrupted, for the earth, is ther moſt pure and therfore, the vertue doth more floriſh, ſo that it is moſt colde, neither is the place of the fyre, vnder the brimme of the Earth, for if it were ther conteyned, it would burne vp the plants, and whatſoeuer is in the face of the ſame, and therfore be concludeth, that it is in the middle hollowneſſes, betwene theſe two extremes, that is, béetwene the centre, ⁊ the face of the earthe, […]"
• Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge.
  "For except thou haue borne the croſſe of aduerſitie and temptacion, and haſte felte thy ſelfe brought vnto the very brymme of desperacion, yea ⁊ vnto hells gates, thou canſt neuer medle with the ſentence of predeſtinacion without thine owne harme, and without ſecret wrathe and grudging inwardly agaynſt God, for otherwiſe it ſhal not be poſſible for the [thee] to thinke that God is righteous and iuſte."

verb

• (transitive)
  "Arrange the board and brim the glass."
• (transitive)
• (intransitive, also figurative) To be full until almost overflowing.
  "The room brimmed with people."

noun

• (obsolete) The sea; ocean; water; flood.

noun

• (Australia, US) Synonym of bream (“a freshwater fish from one of a number of genera”); specifically (US), the redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus).
  "Sometimes her daddy would take her fishing for catfish or brim (bream) out on the lake in his john boat."