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Meanings of lower rim in English

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Usage of lower rim in English
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The blue moon was resting with its lower rim upon the waters.
The Blue Moon
2
She began to walk swiftly to the lower rim of the shoulder, and Frederic followed.
The Rim of the Desert
3
What an excitement there was when the sun's lower rim was already below the horizon!
There's Pippins and Cheese to Come
4
To the south, a smaller archipelago, curved the opposite way, hinted at the crater's lower rim.
Seveneves
5
The remaining one placed a grenade beside the lower rim of the door, then retreated too.
The Departure
6
With a desperate effort he drew himself up, and succeeded in getting foothold on the lower rim.
On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles
7
Since there's no lower rim on the frames, visibility when glancing down at the ball was great.
Wired
8
The whole sun appears on that day, its lower rim just touching above the horizon at noon.
The Land of the Long Night
9
Over this a chimney hood is constructed, its lower rim being about 3 feet above the floor.
A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola / Eighth Annu...
10
It was an invisible wall, apparently the lower rim of a hemispherical dome, which entirely surrounded the reactor.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
11
After the snowstorm the sky suddenly cleared, and at noon I saw the sun's lower rim touching the horizon.
The Land of the Long Night
12
Then, when the arid slopes began to crowd again, the train whistled Ellensburg on the lower rim of the plain.
The Rim of the Desert
13
In summer, when the lower rim was all blazing with red and yellow flowers, young lovers came to whisper and gaze.
The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions; Or, Joints In Ou...
14
I nodded, feeling the blush heat the skin between the lower rim of my spectacles and the beginnings of my beard.
Drood: a novel
15
The lower rim just touched the treetops-thenit was half behind them-thenit had disappeared, and the world was plunged in darkness.
A Soldier of Virginia: A Tale of Colonel Washington and Braddock...
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Fastened to the left arm and resting on the ground with its lower rim, the shield covered the kneeling man almost completely.
The Delight Makers
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