Fulgoridae 
imitate . . . genera of Neuroptera. . . . They may lie rec. Fulicariffi (fii-li-ka'ri-e). H. j'l. [NL., < Fulica 
...ni/.eii by the compressed, vertical, often eannated face, + .^.j^ 1 I n Nitzsch's classification of birds 
:u,d l,y .the bristle-shaped antenna, being ;>et into a button; (18 o 9 ) ja SU perfamily group comprising the 
coots and their allies. 
shaped base on the sides of the cheeks beneath the round 
eyes, and below which latter a small ocellus appears. Ih 
wing-covers are generally opaque, and narrower than the fulicarian (fu-li-ka'ri-an), . 
wlnm. . . . The family is now divided into thirteen rob- pertaining to the Fulicina' or FulicariO'. 
""""I" 8 - "' Fulicina <fu-li-si'ne), . ,,l. [NL., < Fulica 
Fulgorinae (ful-go-ri'ne), . pi. [NL., < Fulgora ,i, ltl ,^ A subfamily of llallida; embracing the 
-I- -ina?.] A subfamily of homopterous hemip- eom pl e tely natatorial forms of the family, or 
terous insects, the lantern-flies : same as Ful- those which have the body depressed and the 
full 
With gins to betray the very vermin of the earth. V 
namely, the ntchet, the fulimart, the ferret, the polecat, 
etc. '/ n'allon. Complete Angler, i. 1. 
Fulix (fu'liks), n. [L.,a coot: see Fulica.] A 
ITB- ,,f in- genus of sea-ducks: a partial synonym of Fu- 
liuula. ('. J. Sunilcrall, 1H36. 
fulkert,". [<'f- forker, fogged.] A pawnbro- 
ker. Darirx. 
Cle. I lay thee my faith and honesty in pawn. 
D. A pretty pawn; the fiMrrn will not lend yon afar- 
H,,, 
Gascoiyne, Supposes, ii. 3. 
ing, as lightning. 
Though pitchy blasts from Hell upborn 
Stop the outgoings of the morn, 
And Nature play her fiery games, 
In this forc'd night, with ful ffvrttnt flames. 
Dr. H. More, Resolution. 
That erect form, flashing brow, fulr/uraat eye. 
Browning, Ring and Book, I. 314. 
fulgurata (ful-gu-ra'ta), . [< L. fulgtiratux, 
pp. of fulgurare, flash : see fulgurate.] A tube 
used in observing the spectrum of a substance 
liberated from a solution by electric discharge. 
fulgurate (ful'gu-rat), . .; pret. and pp. /u/- 
gurated, ppr. fulgurating. [< L. fulguratus, pp. 
of fulgurare (> It. fulgurare, folgorare = Sp. 
Pg. fulgurar), lighten, flash, < fulgur, flash- 
ing, lightning, < fulgere, flash, lighten : see ful- 
gent.] To flash" as lightning: as, fulgurating 
clouds. > 
If enclosed in a glass vessel well stopped, it sometimes 
would fulgurate, or throw out little flashes of light, and 
sometimes till the whole vial with waves of flames. 
Philosophical Transaction*, No. 134. 
-ity.] The condition or quality of being fuligi- 
nous ; sootiness ; matter deposited by smoke ; 
smoldering stuff. 
In the old Marquis there dwells withal a crabbedness, 
. , 
'fullr = Svr.full = Da.n.fuM = Goth, fulls (II 
being an assimilation of orig. In) = Lith.ptV- 
IKIH = OBulg. plunA = Ir. Ian (with reg. apocope 
of />) = L. i>lcHiw, full, = Zend parena = Skt. 
/), full ; with orig. pp. suffix -iia (E. -enl (3)), 
from the root seen in L. jilere (in comp.), fill, 
also in plug (plur-), more, etc., Gr. murrMvcu., I 
fill, fut. -Kf-iiaeLv; cf. n'MlpiK, full, Skt. i/ pur, par, 
In the old Marquis there dwells withal a crabbedness, fill. From the L. root are (from plenus) ult. 
stiff cross-grained humour, a latentfury sm&fultginoxit!! $ plenty, plenary, plenitude, plenisli, replenish, 
very perverting. Carlyle, Misc., IV. 79. 
fuliginous (fu-lij'i-uus), a. [Also fuliginose; 
= F. fuliqineux = Sp. Pg. fuliginoso = It. fu- 
Ugginoso.< LL. fuliginosux, full of soot, sooty, 
<L. fuligo (fuliijin-), soot: see fuligo.] 1. Per- 
taining to or having the color of soot; sooty. 
These few particulars I have but mentioned to animate 
improvements and ingenious attempts of detecting more 
cheap and useful processes for ways of charking coals, 
peat, and the \lkefuliiiinuut materials. 
Evelyn, Sylva, xxx. 
Sometimes, when the hour of trial came, it was found 
that the colors had become strangely transmuted in the 
tiring, or had faded into ashen pallor, or had darkened 
into the fvliffiuout hue of forest-mould. 
L. Hearit, Tale of the Porcelain-God. 
2. Pertaining to smoke; resembling smoke; 
dusky. 
London, liy reason of the excessive coldnesse of the aire 
hindering the ascent of the smoke, was so flll'd with the 
fuliqiium* steaine of the Sea-coale, that hardly could one 
see crosse the streetes. Etelyu, Diary, Jan. 24, 10S4. 
3. Specifically, in zoiil. and lot., very dark, 
opaque brown ; of the color of soot. 
fuliginOUSly (fu-lij'i-nus-li), a<h: In a smoky 
or sooty manner ; duskily. 
Her Impulse nothing may restraint; . . . 
To rear some breathless vapid flowers, 
Or shrubs //iym<xh/ grim. 
Shengtttitr, Rural Elegance. 
fulguration (ful-gu-ra'shou), . [< L. fiilgura- 
t'w(n-), lightning, <: fulgurare, lighten: see ful- 
gurate.] 1. The act of lightening, or flashing 
with light. 
The shine gave such a lightning from one to another, so 
as you should be forced to turn them [the eyes | elsewhere, 
or not too stedfastly to behold their fulguration. 
Donne, Hist. Septuagint (1033), p. 3 
2. In assaying, the sudden brightening of a 
melted globule of gold or silver in the cupel of 
the assayer, when the last film of vitreous lead 
or copper leaves its surface. 
^^^.} fU A^a^:fi;L&gas: fuligo (fu-irgo),,, [<L./WIto(>It.>WW*, 
'pods, trifled by the genus Fulgur. The species ,W"' = Pg. ./>^0, Boot; perhaps allied 
are mostly of large size, and are characteristic of the 
eastern and southern coasts of the United States. They 
have a pear-shaped shell with a long anterior canal and 
a single fold around the base of the columella. The most 
common species are Fulgur carica. and Sycotyinm cauali- 
fulgurite (ful'gu-rit), . [< L. fulgur, light- 
ning, + -ite%.] A tube formed, usually in loose 
sand, but sometimes in the solid rock, by light- 
ning; a lightning-tube. Fulgurites are the result 
of the passage of the electric current through the soil, 
sand, or rock, producing more or less complete fusion in am ui , , pi ..,.. 
the vicinity of the path traversed. They usually descend f. ll { trnlr ,ij fff, 1J <ro-ka'li> H 
vertically, but sometimes obliquely, and they occasional- lUllgOKail ^IU-11-go-K, n;, n. 
ly branch toward the bottom. They are rarely more than see alkali, 2.] A preparatu 
one or two inches in diameter. The effect of lightning is 
sometimes seen, and occasionally on a large scale, where 
lofOmUB, smoke.] 1. Soot. 
Camphire, of a white substance, by its fiiliyv aft'ordeth 
a deep black. Sir T. Brotfite, Villg. Err., vi. 12. 
2. [cap.] [NL.] A genus of Mgxomyeetes, con- 
taining a single species, called flower of tan. 
It is allied to Phi/mnim. but has an sethalinni produced 
by the union of several plasmodia ami composed of inter- 
woven vein-like sporangia. The central stratum of the 
lethalium is filled with the capillitinm and spores; the 
outer contains no spores, but has plentiful depositsof lime. 
The plant may attain a breadth of 12 inches and a thick- 
ness of 1 inch, or may remain quite small. 
[< fuligo + kali : 
preparation containing car- 
bonate of potash and soot, used in cutaneous 
Dunglison. 
produced in wood by the boring of the teredo, us observed 
on Little Ararat, and described by Abich. For the rock 
(andesite) thus vitrified and altered this geologist pro- 
poses the name fulyurite aiulfgite. 
fulgurous (ful'gu-rus), a. [< L. fulgur, light- 
ning, + -oits.] Lightning-like ; appearing or 
acting like lightning. 
no proper fulgurites have been formed, but rather a sort p,, 1 i_,i, /f ,-, i:~<.-. lai ,. rvi iav for *fu 
of honeycombed condition of the rock, resembling that FullgUla (tu-lig u-la) n. \ii., appal, toi .; 
1 liciilii, dim. of L. julica, a coot: see tulica.] 
The typical genus of sea-ducks of the subfamily 
FuliguUllW. The name was originally based by Stephens 
(1824) upon the red-crested pochard, F. mjina. It has 
been given to all the sea-ducks excepting the eiders, but 
is now usually restricted to such species as the pochards 
and scaups, or redheads and blackheads. The common 
pochard is F. J'eriiut. The scaup is often called F. marila. 
\ fulfturoux impetuosity almost beyond human. 
Carlyle, -Misc., III. 194. 
'Many generic names of sea-ducks, as Fulix, Aithyia, etc., 
are partial synonyms of Fultynla. See cut under scaup. 
fulguryt (ful'gu-ri), n. [< L. fulgur, lightning, Fuligulinae (fu-lig-u-11'ne), w. pi. [NL., < Fu- 
+ -i/ :i .] Lightning. Cockeram. ligula + -ilia!.] A subfamily of Anatida;, having 
the hind toe lobate; the sea-ducks. The char- 
acters otherwise are much as in A luitiiux, but the feet are 
fulhamt, 
Fulica (fu'li-ka), . [L., also fulix (fulio), a 
coot.] The typical genus of coots of the sub- 
usually larger in proportion, with relatively shorter tarsi, 
family Fulled :and family BaMte. The body is "*"'<?.'"< ^ 
ler webs ; they are also placed fur- 
ther hack, impeding locomotion on land, but increasing 
swimming powers. The Species are usually good divers. 
^plere) complete, deplete, replete, etc., 
complement, implement, supjilement, etc., comply, 
xupfilif, accomplish, etc., (from plus) plural, ur- 
jilun, etc. To the same ult. (Indo-Eur. ) root are 
referred AS. fela, ME. fele = Gr. woWf, many, 
much: seefeel'^&ndpoly-. Hence (from /u?Jl)the 
verb^SH 1 , q. v.] 1. Containing or provided with 
all that can be contained or received ; admitting 
of or entitled to no more or no other, either as 
to contents or supply ; filled ; replete : as, full 
measure; a full stomach; a/W list of names; 
a regiment marching with full ranks. 
He shall take a censer full of burning coals of flre, . . . 
and his hands /nil of sweet incense beaten small. 
Lev. xvi. 12. 
Much. The table's /. 
Lett. Here is a place reserv'd, sir. 
Shak., Macbeth, iii. 4. 
Ami now when his I Tyndale's] argument is all made vp, 
ye shal find it as full of reason as an egge full of mus- 
tarde. Sic T. Mure, Works, p. 582. 
Emulate the care of Heaven, 
Whose measure, full, o'erflows on human race. 
Pope, Moral Essays, iii. 231. 
2. Filled or carried to completion or entirety ; 
not defective, partial, or insufficient; complete 
according to a standard; whole; entire: as, 
full compensation; full age (an age complete 
or sufficient for some purpose); & full ballot; 
the full stature of a grenadier; a full term of 
office or course of study. 
Uesyrons to serve 
His/it trend. Chaucer, Troilus. i. 1059. 
He was now come to full Age to do all himself, which 
was indeed to be of full Age to undo himself. 
Raker, Chronicles, p. 142. 
Divers jealousies, that bad been between the magistrates 
and deputies, were now cleared with full satisfaction to 
all parties. Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 190. 
Him whose life stands rounded and approved 
In the/ growth and stature of a man. 
Whittur, Starr King. 
The full control or command of the active organs implies 
the ability to bring them into activity when the actual 
circumstances of the moment deter from action. 
J. Sully, Outlines of Psychol., p. 651. 
I quickened my pace again, and, before I knew it, was 
in nfitll run. C. D. Warner, III the Wilderness, ii. 
3. Filled or rounded out ; complete in volume ; 
ample in extent ; copious ; comprehensive : as, 
a full body or voice ; a full statement or argu- 
ment; a full confession. 
I did never know so full a voice issue from so empty a 
heart. Shak., Hen. V., iv. 4. 
A female heir, 
So buxom, blythe, and/HM of face, 
As Heaven had lent her all his grace. 
Sliak., Pericles, i., Prol. 
However, to please her, I allowed Sophie to apparel her 
ill one of her short, full muslin frocks. 
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, xvii. 
An uuderlip, you may call it a little too ripe, too. full. 
Temujion, Maud, ii. 
It is not the longest lives that have been the most /nil. 
Rafaelle died when he was thirty-seven, while Michel 
Angelo lived to be ninety. J. F. Clarke, Self-Culture, p. 87. 
number, volume, importance, contemplation, 
- - -.- r - or the like (of): as, a house full of people; life 
anJSS&Ar&SK* " U ' ' ' ' is /. , f Perplexities; she "is full of fier own 
river-ducks. They are by no means exclusively marine 
or maritime. The pochards, scaups, canvasbacks, golden- 
depressed and shaped like a (luck's, with thick under- swimming powers, i ne species are usually gooti oners. 
plumage ; the feet are lobate ; the toes are furnished with aml t | ley feed upon animal food to a greater extent than 4. Filled by or engrossed with the quantity 
large flaps : the bill is stout, with the culmen running up 
on the forehead as a frontal shield ; the head is notcarun- 
nlate; the tail is short, cocked up, and is 12-feathered ; 
I he wings are short and rounded ; the tibia; are bare below ; 
^'m^p'arSTthVw'Sd':- T^coSn.m Europ^^t fuliguline (fu-lig'u-lin), . Of or pertaining to 
is l-',i/,',-i, ,,lrn : that of the United States is F. auuricaim. the 1' lllli/llllliir. ( nni'x. 
(See coot.) The common American or cinereous coot, /'. fulimartt, An original misprint, in the pas- 
Hnvrieaiut. is also called mnrsh-hen. meadow-ken, moor- sa g e q uo ted, for fulimart, fulmart, the same as 
:'^:\C";:':^;'::;^;';,^'^:-/S"^: .*>?''< i erroneously cited since as an actual 
iifirr. I'mrii-hiilfti nmt, ,u mi-font. thu/Her, etc. variant of julmart. 
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conceits ; also, abounding in. 
We are naturally presumptuous and vain ; full of our- 
selves, and regardless of everything besides. 
Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, I. i. 
In desiring a pleasure strongly the mind is, as we com- 
monly say, " full of the idea." 
J. Sully, Outlines of Psychol., p. f.vn. 
