full 
5. Filled with food ; satisfied with food. 
When tlniii shall havi> eaten and be full, (hen beware 
lest thiin forget the Lord. Dent. vi. 11, 12. 
The remainder viands 
We do not throw in uiirespuctive sieve [Kni"lit /,] 
IV.-mne we now an full. S/iak., T. and c:., ii. 2. 
6. Filled with liquor; drunk. [Colloq. or 
slang.] 7. Heavy with young, as a ewe, or with 
spawn, as a fish; full-roed, astish. 8. IH/W/.YT, 
consisting of three of a kind and a pair.- At full 
cock. See i-i.c/,-1. For a full due(ur.). Seei/i/.-i. 
Full age. See aiif, S.-Full anthem. See anthem. 
Full backward gear, full forward gear. See near. 
Full band, full orchestra, a band (usually a brass band) 
or an OKhectn consisting of all the customary instru- 
ments. Full toothers or Bisters, children of the same 
fatherand the same mother. Full butt. See liutM. 
Fa. Canst tell whither she went? 
Qi. Full-butt into Lorenzo's house. 
Chapman, May-Day, iv. 4. 
Full cadence. Same as perfect cadence. See cadence 
- Full Chisel, at full speed. (Vulgar, U. 8.) 
"O yes, sir, I'll get you my master's seal in a minute." 
And off he set full-chisel. 
Ualiburton, Sam Sliek in England, ii. 
Full choir, the entire power of the choir-organ. Full 
chord, iii iniuie, a chord in whieh all the essential tones 
are present, or, in concerted muic, a chord in which all 
the parts unite. Full court, the court in bane computed 
of all the judges sitting together. Full cousin dress 
etc. See the nouns. Full drive, straight, and with force 
like a shot. 
At last, 2 of our Men took two Horses that had lost their 
Riders, and mounting them, rude after the Spaniards /uU 
trot till they came among them, thinking to have taken 
a Prisoner for Intelligence. Dampier, Voyages, I. 254. 
Full figure, any one of the Arabic figures of numeration 
except 0, the cipher. Full fling, hand, herring, etc 
See the nouns. Full great, In niutic, the entire power of 
the great organ. FuU house, in a legislative or other 
delegated body, an assemblage of the entire number of 
members. Full line, a complete assortment; a full 
stock : as, a full line of gloves or neckties. [Trade cant.] 
Full lop, complete lop of both ears, as in the lop-eared 
variety of the domestic rabbit. 
I am informed, if both parents have upright ears, there 
is hardly a chance of & full-lop. 
Darwin, Var. of Animals and Plants, p. 112. 
Full moon, the moon with its whole disk illuminated 
as when opposite the sun ; also, the time when the moon 
is in this position. 
I, In the clear sky of fame, o'ershine you as much as the 
full iiwon doth the cinders of the element, which show 
like pins' heads to her. Shale., 2 Hen. IV., iv. 3. 
Easter-day . . . is always the first Sunday after the Full 
Moon which happens upon or next after the twenty-first 
day of March. 
Book of Common Prayer, Tables and Rules for Movable 
Full mouth, In full cry ; eagerly. Danes. 
She was coming full mouth upon me with her contract. 
t'an/uhar, The Inconstant, ii. 
Full orders. See order. Full organ, pulse, score 
service, etc. See the nouns. Full split, with impetu- 
i ty ; (S" drive ' lSla " g ' U ' s -!-ruU stop, swing, 
tide, tilt, eto. See the nouns. Full to fifteenth, in 
music, the entire power of the organ, except the mix- 
tures and reed-stops. In full aspect, in her., same as 
affmnte, 2. -In full blast, cry, feather, fig, folio, etc. 
See the nouns. To have one's hands full. See /Hind. 
= Svn. 2. Plentiful, sufficient. 3. Capacious, broad, large 
extensive. 8. Satiated, glutted, cloyed. 
full 1 (ful), n. [< ME. fulle, n.. in part merely 
another spelling of fylle, fllle, < AS. fyllu, fyllo, 
E. fit ft, n., also from the adj. : see fill ft, n.] 1. 
Utmost measure or extent ; highest state or de- 
gree: as, this instrument answers to the full; 
fed to the full. 
The virgin-bays shall not withstand the lightning 
ith a more careless danger than my constancy 
The full of thy relation. ford, Broken Heart, v. 1. 
2. That phase in the revolution of the moon 
when it presents to the earth its whole face 
illuminated. 
As lesser stars 
I hat wait on I'hncbe in her/nil of brightness 
Compared to her, you are. 
Maifinger, Roman Actor, ii. 1. 
2402 
Tims seyde the bulle. 
The which they ban puhlisshed attrful/r. 
t'/iniif.f. clerk's Tale, I. 693. 
Sodcynly he hittc him at tliefiill,-. 
And yet as proudc a pocok can he pulle. 
Chaiim; Trnilus, i. 209. 
In full, (n) Without reduction ; to r for the full am. .nut 
u, a receipt in full. ((/) Without abbreviation or contrac- 
tion; written in words, not in figures: said of writing as 
a signature. 
What parchment have we here? 0, our genealogy i 
/" Sheridan. School for Scandal, iv. 1. 
To the full, (n) In full degree or measure: very fully 
or completely : as, be enjoyed himself In thr lull, (b) To 
the same degree or extent: equally. 
I can't say indeed that my generals wear black wigs, but 
they have long full-bottomed hoods which cover as little 
entertainment to the full. Walpole, Letters, II. 124. 
full-bottomed 
whence also the AS. fullerc : see fuller*. The 
native E. word for 'full ' is mill,; q.' v.] I. trim*. 
To thicken or make compact in a mill, as cloth 
See fulling-mill. 
ciooth that cometb fro the weuyng is noujt comly to were 
Tyl it is fulled vnder fote, or in fullyng-stokkes. 
fierx 'ri'iii-iiiitn (B), xv. 445. 
II. intrtiiix. To become compacted or felted: 
as. a cloth which fulls well. 
fulPt, c. t. [ME. fullen, fnllm, fultrni. fofw*. 
foleven, < AS. fullinii, fulician, baptize; origin 
obscure. See full".'] To baptize. 
In the nome of the fader loseph him/ti^r- d,\ 
And calles him Naciens and his muni- torndf. 
Joseph of Ariuiathie (K. E. T. S.), p. 22. 
Al that marche he torued 
I 1 " < 'ryst and to Crystendome and crosse to honoure 
And fulli-il folkc faste and the faith tanjte. 
Piers Plumuan (B), xv. 440. 
full 1 (fill), (Kir. [< ME. ful, full, full,; < AS. /W, 
adv. (= D. rol = ML<;. ml. mile = MHG. rol = 
^{^;Wti"'^l$^ *pv <w>. j< / + <w cf - OP: 
verbs (see /-) | from the adj. Cf. A<%.] / """" !/<> ' full! e -l Money rmid for the fullino 
Fully; completely; without reserve or quali- 
fication. 
, . . . 
fouuagt, fullage.] Money paid for the fulling 
of cloth. 
Thus me piletb the pore and ]>yketh ful clene [thus they 
rob the poor, and pick them full clean). 
Political Sonyt (ed. Wright), p. 156. 
I now am/uU resolv'd to take a wife. 
Shak, T. G. of V., iii. i. 
Inform her/uH of my particular fear. Shalt., Lear, i. 4. 
As to my Sister, so mild and so dear, 
She has lain in the Church-yard full many a Year. 
Prior, Down-Hall, St. 19. 
2. Quite ; to the same degree ; equally. 
The canker-blooms have/W as deep a dye 
As the perfumed tincture of the roses. 
Shak., Sonnets, liv. 
The Saxons were now full as wicked as the Britans were 
at their arrival. Milton, Hist. Eng., v. 
Our curious men 
Will choose a pheasant still before a hen ; 
Yet hens of Guinea full as good I hold. 
Pope, Imit. of Horace, II. ii. 19. 
3. Exactly; precisely; directly; straight. 
full in the middle way there stood a lake. 
Pope, Uunciad, ii. 69. 
Full in the centre of the sacred wood. Addison. 
stared him full in the face upon so strange a question. 
Addison, Advice in Love. 
Then flrst her anger, leaving Pelleas, hum d 
Full on her knights. Tennyson, Pelleas and Ettarre. 
4. In full measure ; to a great degree ; abun- 
dantly; very. 
Betwene that Mount and the Cytee, is not but the Vale 
of Josaphathe, that is nut fulle large. 
ilandenille, Travels, p. 96. 
It was full colde weder and grete froste, and therfore 
thei were at more disese for hunger and for grete colde. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), II. 171. 
Full fast she fled, ne ever lookt hehynd. 
Spenser, F. (J., I. iii. 12. 
Full and by (nouf.), close-hauled, with all the sails full 
Full OUtt, quite ; altogether. Danes. 
Sacrilege the Apostle ranks with idolatry, as being full 
out as evil, if not worse than it. 
lip. Andrews, Works, II. 351. 
The moon, that night, though past the/u#, was still 
large and oval. llairtliorne, Blithedale Romance, xxvii. 
3. In the game of poker, a hand consisting of 
three cards of the same denomination and a 
Cir, counting between a flush and fours ; a full 
nd. Sometimes called a full house At full 
(n) At the highest point ; at the height ; complete. 
Nowaremyjoysa(/H, 
When I behold you safe, my loving subjects 
Beau, and FL, King and No King, ii. 2. 
(6) To the highest degree ; completely ; thoroughly. 
Every ill-sounding word or threatening look 
Thou shew'st to me will be reveug'd at full 
Beau, and Fl., Maid's Tragedy, ii. 1. 
At the full, (a) In the fullest state (of anything); in the 
height (of one's fortune). 
The swan's down feather, 
That stands upon the swell at thr full of tide 
And neither way declines. Shak., A. and C., iii. 2. 
(6) In full. 
Rap full (naut.), with the sails completely full without 
shaking. 
His proper course would Iw to sail his boat " rap full " 
and forereach all he can. 
Qualtrouijh, Boat Sailer's Manual, p. 136. 
1 Full is often prefixed to other words, chiefly participles, to 
express completeness in extent or degree, as in full-blmm, 
full-groum, etc. Such compounds are mostly self-explain- 
ing. Many are wholly or chiefly poetical ; some are col- 
loquial or vulgar. ] 
full 1 (ful), r. [< ME. fullen, in part merely an- 
other spelling of fullen, Ullen (< AS. fyllan, E. 
fllft), in part < AS.fulliaii, tr., fill; both verbs 
being from the adj. : see ful ft, n.] I. trans. In 
sewing, to bring (the cloth) on one side of a seam 
to a little greater fullness than on the other by 
gathering or tucking very slightlv, as is done to 
produce certain effects of tailoring, etc. 
II. intrans. To draw up; pucker; bunch: as, 
the skirt/W* too much m front. 
full 2 (ful), r. [< ME. fullen, full, a verb derived, 
at least so far as the form is concerned, from 
the older noun fuller, fullere, < AS. fullere, a 
fuller: see fuller!. The alleged "AS. fullian, 
to whiten, to full or make white as a fuller," 
does not exist, except as a doubtful inference 
from fullian, baptize, whieh is assumed, with- 
out proof, to be a figurative use of the supposed 
literal sense 'whiten or cleanse' (see fulfl) 
The ME. fullen (= MD. vollen, D. vollen), full, is 
prob. < OF. fouller, fouler, foler, tread, stamp, or 
trample on, bruise or crush by stamping, etc., F. 
fouler (= It.follare), tread or trample on, etc., 
also full (see foil?) : < ML. fullare, also (after 
OF.) folare (13th century), full, derived from 
the much earlier (classical L.) fullo, a fuller, 
fullamt, fulhamt (ful'ain), . [Also fullom; 
said to be "named from Fulliam, a suburb of 
London, which in the reign of Queen Eliza- 
beth was the most notorious place for blacklegs 
in all England" (Imp. Diet.); Fulham,< AS. Ful- 
tanham, Fullanhom.j 1. A false die. [Cant.] 
Those made to throw the high numbers, from five to 
twelve, were called "high," and those to throw the low 
numbers, from ace to four, "low." 
For gourd and fullam holds, 
And high and low beguile the rich and poor. 
Shak., M. W. of W., i. 3. 
Sic. Give me some bales of dice. What are these? 
Som. Those are called high/nom, those \o\rfullonit. 
Nobody and Somebody, sig. G 3. 
Hence 2. A sham; a make-believe. 
Fulhams of poetic fiction. . 
S. Butler, Hudibras, II. i. 642. 
full-armed (ful'armd), a. Completely armed. 
But I Pelleas] rose 
W ith morning every day, and, moist or dry, 
Full-arm'd upon his charger all day long 
Sat by the walls. Tennyson, Pelleas and Ettarre. 
full-back (ful'bak), n. In foot-ball. See back*, 
full-baggedt, a. Having full money-bags ; rich. 
yofull-bay'd man would ever durst have entered. 
John Taylor, Works, 1630. 
full-binding (ful'bin'ding), n. 1. The process 
of hooping up and tightening a barrel of fish : 
a term used by packers. 2. In bookbinding, a 
style of binding in which the whole of the ex- 
terior of the covers and back is formed of lea- 
ther, parchment, or morocco: distinguished 
from half-binding, etc. 
full-blood (ful'blud), n. An individual of pure 
blood ; a pure-bred animal, etc. 
The full-blood [Cherokee] is always present in the na- 
tional Legislature, the Council being usually almost en- 
tirely of that complexion. Harper's Mag., LXXVI. 602. 
full-blooded (ful'blud'ed), a. 1. Havinga full 
supply of blood: as, & full-blooded person. 2. 
Of pure blood or extraction ; thoroughbred: as, 
a full-blooded horse. 
full-bloomed (ful'blomd), a. In perfect bloom ; 
like a blossom. 
Lo, a mouth ! whose full-bloom'd lips 
At too dear a rate are roses. 
Crashate, On the Wounds of our Crucified Lord. 
full-blown 1 (ful'blon), a. [< fulft + blownl, pp. 
of 6/ouil.] Fully distended with wind. 
And steers against it with R full-blown sail. 
Dryden, tr. of Persius. 
full-blown 2 (ful'blon), a. [< fulft + blown^, pp. 
ofW0M>2.] 1. Fully expanded, as a blossom. 
There might ye see the peony spread wide, 
The full-blown rose. Cowper, Task, i. 36. 
2. Figuratively, perfected; developed; ma- 
tured; finished: as, a full-blown beauty ; & full- 
blown doctor. 
Then stept a buxom hostess forth, and sail'd 
Full-bloim before us. Tennyson, Princess, I. 
full-bom (fiil'born), a. Well or nobly born. 
The free-born man was far from attaining to all the rights 
and privileges of perfect birth. He was free-born, but not 
full-born. A full-burn man must have an independent 
family association ; and for such an organisation the pres- 
ence of two living generations of free-born men was essen- 
tial. Thus a full-born man must have at least two pure 
descents. H'. E. Hearn, Aryan Household, p. 204. 
full-bottom (ful'bot'um), . A wig with a large 
bottom. 
full-bottomed (fuTbpt'mnd), a. 1. Having a 
large bottom, as a wig of the kind formerly in 
common fashionable use. See inV/. 
Let a young lady imagine to herself . . . the beau who 
now addresses himself to her in t full-botto*u4 wig dis- 
tinguished by a little bald pate covered with a black-lea- 
ther skull-cap. Addison, Women and Liberty. 
