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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
full \full\ f.ul, a. compar. fuller f.ul"~er;
superl. fullest. oe. as. ful; akin to os. ful, d. vol,
ohg. fol, g. voll, icel. fullr, sw. full, dan. fuld, goth.
fulls, l. plenus, gr. plh`rhs, skr. p=u.rna full, pr=a
to fill, also to gr. poly`s much, e. poly-, pref., g. viel,
as. fela. root80. cf. complete, fill, plenary,
plenty.
1. filled up, having within its limits all that it can
contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily
of hollow vessels, and hence of anything else; as, a cup
full of water; a house full of people.
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had the throne been full, their meeting would not
have been regular. --blackstone.
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2. abundantly furnished or provided; sufficient in quantity,
quality, or degree; copious; plenteous; ample; adequate;
as, a full meal; a full supply; a full voice; a full
compensation; a house full of furniture.
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3. not wanting in any essential quality; complete; entire;
perfect; adequate; as, a full narrative; a person of full
age; a full stop; a full face; the full moon.
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it came to pass, at the end of two full years, that
pharaoh
dreamed. --gen. xii. 1.
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the man commands
like a full soldier. --shak.
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i can not
request a fuller satisfaction
than you have freely granted. --ford.
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4. sated; surfeited.
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i am full of the burnt offerings of rams. --is. i.
11.
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5. having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge;
stored with information.
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reading maketh a full man. --bacon.
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6. having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any
matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it, as,
to be full of some project.
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every one is full of the miracles done by cold baths
on decayed and weak constitutions. --locke.
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7. filled with emotions.
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the heart is so full that a drop overfills it.
--lowell.
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8. impregnated; made pregnant. obs.
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ilia, the fair, . . . full of mars. --dryden.
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at full, when full or complete. --shak.
full age law the age at which one attains full personal
rights; majority; -- in england and the united states the
age of 21 years. --abbott.
full and by naut., sailing closehauled, having all the
sails full, and lying as near the wind as poesible.
full band mus., a band in which all the instruments are
employed.
full binding, the binding of a book when made wholly of
leather, as distinguished from half binding.
full bottom, a kind of wig full and large at the bottom.
full brother or full sister, a brother or sister having
the same parents as another.
full cry hunting, eager chase; -- said of hounds that
have caught the scent, and give tongue together.
full dress, the dress prescribed by authority or by
etiquette to be worn on occasions of ceremony.
full hand poker, three of a kind and a pair.
full moon.
a the moon with its whole disk illuminated, as when
opposite to the sun.
b the time when the moon is full.
full organ mus., the organ when all or most stops are
out.
full score mus., a score in which all the parts for
voices and instruments are given.
full sea, high water.
full swing, free course; unrestrained liberty; "leaving
corrupt nature to . . . the full swing and freedom of its
own extravagant actings." south colloq.
in full, at length; uncontracted; unabridged; written out
in words, and not indicated by figures.
in full blast. see under blast.
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see also:
fuller fullest complete fill plenary plenty
at full full age full and by full band full binding
full bottom full brother full sister full cry full dress
full hand full moon full organ full score full sea
full swing in full in full blast blast
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fuller \full"er\, n. as. fullere, fr. l. fullo. see full, v.
t.
one whose occupation is to full cloth.
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fuller's earth, a variety of clay, used in scouring and
cleansing cloth, to imbibe grease.
fuller's herb bot., the soapwort saponaria
officinalis, formerly used to remove stains from cloth.
fuller's thistle or fuller's weed bot., the teasel
dipsacus fullonum whose burs are used by fullers in
dressing cloth. see teasel.
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full fuller's earth fuller's herb saponaria officinalis fuller's thistle fuller's weed
dipsacus fullonum teasel
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fuller \full"er\, n. from full, a. blacksmith's work
a die; a half-round set hammer, used for forming grooves and
spreading iron; -- called also a creaser.
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see also:
full creaser
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fuller \full"er\, v. t.
to form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set hammer;
as, to fuller a bayonet.
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- [5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
fuller
n 1: united states architect who invented the geodesic dome
1895-1983 syn: buckminster fuller, r. buckminster
fuller, richard buckminster fuller
2: a workman who fulls cleans and thickens freshly woven
cloth for a living
see also:
buckminster fuller r. buckminster fuller richard buckminster fuller
- [6] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
fuller
the word "full" is from the anglo-saxon fullian, meaning "to
whiten." to full is to press or scour cloth in a mill. this art
is one of great antiquity. mention is made of "fuller's soap"
mal. 3:2, and of "the fuller's field" 2 kings 18:17. at his
transfiguration our lord's rainment is said to have been white
"so as no fuller on earth could white them" mark 9:3. en-rogel
q.v., meaning literally "foot-fountain," has been interpreted
as the "fuller's fountain," because there the fullers trod the
cloth with their feet.
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