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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Brink \Brink\, n. [Dan. brink edge, verge; akin to Sw brink declivity, hill, Icel. brekka cf LG brink a grassy hill, W. bryn hill, bryncyn hillock.] The edge, margin, or border of a steep place as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as the brink of a chasm. Also Fig. ``The brink of vice.'' --Bp. Porteus. ``The brink of ruin.'' --Burke. The plashy brink of weedy lake. --Bryant. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: brink n 1: a region marking a boundary [syn: {threshold}, {verge}] 2: the edge of a steep place 3: the limit beyond which something happens or changes; "on the verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy" [syn: {verge}]
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