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brink

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  1. border                
 
brink \'brink\ n [ME, prob. of Scand origin; akin to ON brekka slope; akin 
   to L front-)X, frons forehead 1: EDGE, BORDER; esp : the very edge at the 
   top of a st eep place 2: a bank esp. of a river  3: the point of onset : 
   VERGE {~ of war}