brink : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: brink	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brink n a region marking a boundary [syn: brink, threshold, verge] the edge of a steep place the limit beyond which something happens or changes; "on the verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy" Synonym(s): verge, brink
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. [bd]The brink of vice.[b8] --Bp. Porteus. [bd]The brink of ruin.[b8] --Burke. The plashy brink of weedy lake. --Bryant.