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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Brink \Brink\ (br[i^][ng]k), noun [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) 2.0 [wn]:
brink
noun
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "brink": bank, board, border, bordure, brim, brow, coast, edge, featheredge, flange, frame, fringe, hem, labellum, labium, labrum, ledge, limb, limbus, lip, list, marge, margin, perimeter, periphery, point, ragged edge, rim, selvage, shore, side, sideline, skirt, threshold, verge
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