brink
/ˈbɹɪŋk/ noun C2- The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge. · the brink of a river
- The edge or border. · the brink of success
Plural brinks
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And there the river by whose brink
One evening they were standing on the bridge over a rushing turbulent stream and Cordelia, thinking they were alone, pushed Geraldine over the brink with a wild, mocking, ‘Ha, ha, ha.
After walking some time in this way, the two ladies in front, the two gentlemen behind, on resuming their places, after descending to the brink of the river for the better inspection of some curious water-plant, there chanced to be a little alteration.
After this, he gradually led him towards the pool in which he lived, until reaching the very brink, he suddenly jumped in, dragging the Mouse with him.
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