full-bottomed 
The incnngriuiiis costume of their lie]-.., who usually 
wiirr a Clreek llellrlet over Afull-lnitt/iiiK'il^ i;;. 
2. Of great capacity below the -water-line, as 
a ship. 
full-bound (fiil 'bound), a. In bookbinding, 
bound entirely in leather. 
full-brilliant (ful'briFyant), a. In diamond- 
rutting, cut as a brilliant with 58 facets. See 
brilliant. 
full-centered (ttl'wa't&rd), a. In areh., an 
epithet applied to a feature the outline of 
which follows an arc of a circle : as, a full- 
centered arch; a full-centered vault. 
full-charged (ful'charjd), a. Charged or load- 
ed to the full; ready to be exploded or dis- 
charged. 
I stood i' the level 
Of a fuU-chart/'d confederaey. 
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f'ull-fai'i'd above the valley Blood the moon. 
Ti'lllltlS'ill, Lotus- F.:ltrrs. 
2. Having the face turned toward any person 
or thing; facing. 
This was cast upon the board, 
When all OH full-fluid presence of the Gods 
Kanged in the halls of Peleus. 7V/m;//,i. (Knone. 
3. In printing, having a full face. Full-faced 
tyi)e, type of tiiu ordinary plain face, but with thick 
lim-s that print black or bold. Also called kulil-faee or 
full-fare, and sometimes in the United States title-type. 
This is fiill-fYiood type. 
full-fed (ful'fed), a. Fed to fullness; plump. 
What dare the full-fed liars say of me? . . . 
They sit with knife in meat and wine in horn. 
Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien. 
full-dress (ful'dres), a. .. . 
casions of form or ceremony : as, a full-dress 
costume. See full drrxs, under dress. 2. For- 
mal; elaborate; requiring full dress : as, a, full- 
dress reception. 
As the climate is warm, the ladies are decolletees, . . . 
and the row of bright shoulders, as they all kneel in 
church, is worthy of a full-dress occasion. 
T. Winlhrop, Isthmiana. 
fully 
Some prophetic-all full ninntli that, as he "ere a Cobler'n 
eldest mime, would by the laste tell here another's sin me 
wrings. fii-i'i'xi-, Menaphon. p. .M. 
full-mouthed (ful'moutkt), . 1. rertaining 
to or issuing from a full mouth ; produced by a 
mouth blowing to its utmost power. 
Had linreas blown 
His fiill-inuutlii'd blast, and cast thy houses down? 
Quarles, Jonah, sig. K, i. b. 
A Jull-mouth'd Language she [German] is, and pro- 
nounced with that Strength as if one had Bones in his 
Tongue instead of Nerves. llomll. Letters, ii. 56. 
2. Having the mouth full of food. [Rare.] 
Cheer up, my soul, call home thy sp'rits, and bear 
One bad Good-Friday ; full-uiouth'd Easter's near. 
tjuarles, Emblems, v. 7 (Epigram). 
3. Having a full or strong voice or sound; ut- 
tering loud tones. 
Whom both ttiefulinouth'd Elders hastened 
To catch th' Adulterer. 
J. Beatiinimt, Psyche, ii. 161. 
\full-mouthed diapason swallows all. 
Crashaw, Poems, p. 86. 
full-fleshed (ful'flesht), a. Having full flesh ; 
corpulent. Imp. Diet. 
Shak., Hen. VIII., i. 2. f u u_fl ow i ng (ful'flo"ing), a. 1. Flowing with 
1. Appropriate to oc- fullness, as a stream, or as robes. 2f. Having 
free vent. 
Lady, I am not well ; else I should answer fullness, fulnCSS (ful'nes), n. 
From a full-flowing stomach. Shak., Lear, v. 3. fplnesse, < AS " 
full-fortuned (ful'f6r"tund), a. At the height 
of prosperity. 
Not the imperious show 
Of thefull-fortun'd Cresar ever shall 
Be brooch'd with me. Shak., A. and C., iv. 13. 
ess (ful'nes), n. [< ME. fvlnesge, 
1. "fulness, f nines, fylncss (= OHG. 
,full, full : see/wMl, ,,. t and -ness.'] 
full-drivent, a. [ME. ful driven, ful dryw.] full _f raugnt (ful'frat), o. Laden or stored to 
Fully driven or clenched; completed; made up. ^^"3! [Rare.] 
This bargeyn is ful dryue, for we ben knyt. 
Chaucer, Franklin's Tale, 1. 494. 
fuller 1 (ful'er), n. [<ME. fuller, fullere, fullare, 
etc. (cf. OD. roller, D. voller, a fuller, appar. full-gorged (ful'g6rjd), a. Sated; over-fed, 
after the E.), < AS. fullere (Mark ix. 3, and once " 
in a gloss), a fuller, an accom. form, with suf- 
fix -ere denoting the agent, < L. fullo(n-), a 
fuller; origin unknown: see/trf? 2 . The sense 
of ' bleacher ' appears to be merely incidental ; 
it is made more prominent by the passage in 
Mark ix. 3. The native E. word for 'fuller' is full-grown (ful'gron), a. 
walker, q. y.] 1. One who fulls; one whose maturity, 
occupation is the fulling of cloth. 
His clothis ben maad schynynge and white ful moche as 
snow, and which maiier clothis a fullere, or walkere of 
cloth, may not make white on erthe. Wyclif, Mark ix. 3. 
To come then to the mysterie of fuller's craft; first they 
wash and scour a piece of cloth with the earth of Sar- 
dinia, then they perfume it with the smoke of brimstone, 
which done, they fall anon to burling it with cimolia. 
Holland, tr. of Pliny, xxxv. 17. 
follUKsi), (ful,, . . . 
The state or quality of being full or filled, in 
any sense of those words. 
Many dyed there for thirst, and many with fulnesse, 
drinking too much when once they came at water. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 230. 
In thy presence is fulness of joy. Ps. xvi. 11. 
When God hath made us smart for our fulness and 
wantonness, then we grew sullen and murmured and dis- 
puted against providence. Stillingfleet, Sermons, I. i. 
The tendency of institutions like those of England is to 
encourage readiness in public men at the expense both of 
fulness and exactness. Mataulay. 
The fullness of time, the proper or destined time. 
When the fulness of the /t'i was come. Gal. iv. 4. 
full-orbed (ful'orbd), a. Having its orb com- 
plete or fully illuminated, as the moon ; like 
the full moon. 
Now reigns 
Full-orb' d the moon. Milton, P. L, v. 42. 
full-roed (ful'rod), a. Full of roe, as a fish. 
UmV&mdfullgfmm. Wton7p."L.7vii. 456. full-Sailed (ful'sald), . Moving under full 
A life that bears immortal fruit sail, literally or figuratively. 
In such great offices as suit Full-sailed confidence. Massinger. 
The full-grmm energies of heaven. H full-sail'd verse express . . . 
Tennyson, In Memonam, xl. The J full . flowing harmony 
full-handed (ful'han'ded), a. Bearing some- Of thy swan-like stateliness? 
thing valuable, especially a gift; provided Tennyson, Eleanore. 
with whatever is needed : the opposite of emp- full-SOUled (fur sold), . Magnanimous; ot no- 
ble disposition. Imp. Diet. 
1. Full of cou- full-summed (fiil'sumd), a. Complete; sum- 
med up. 
His tables are full-frauijht with most nourishing food, 
and his cupboards heavy-laden with rich wines. 
Beau, and Fl., Woman-Hater, i. 2. 
My falcon now is sharp, and passing empty ; 
And till she stoop, she must not befull-t/org'd. 
Shak., T. of the S., iv. 1. 
The full-fiorrjed savage at his nauseous feast 
Spent half the darkness, and snor'd out the rest. 
Cowper, Hope, 1. 509. 
Grown to full size or 
The earth . . . teem'd at a birth 
Innumerous living creatures, perfect forms, 
Lolling . 
3 
"""* ' " 
He is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' sope. 
Mai. iii. 2. t y_j imde(l . 
2. The stamp of a stamping-mill or fulling-ma- full-hearted (fuThar'ted), a. 
chine Fullers' earth, a material used in the opera- rage or confidence; elated. 
tion of fulling. It consists of clay mixed with just enough _, enemv t u ii \ 
flue silicious material to take away its plasticity, so that 
it falls to a fine powder when mixed with water. Some 
silicious rocks on decomposing become converted into a 
material which can be used as fullers' earth. It occurs in 
various geological positions. In England the so-called 
fullers'-earth group is a thick deposit of gray clay and . 
marl with occasional nodules of earthy limestone. It IU11-. 
rests conformably on the inferior Oolite, and has a maxi- 
mum thickness of 400 feet. Only parts of the group are 
of commercial value. 
It is to be noted that foure miles to the northward of ft, i is _!,. nf i,, A nhanletp, form of fullu 
Dogsnose there growe no trees on the bank by the water fume net, fl; M- An obsolete lorm </& 
side : and the bankes consist of fuller's-earth. fulling 1 (ful ing), n. [Verbal n. of /!, f.J 
Ilakluyt's Voyages, I. 291. The act of becoming full : as, the fulling of the 
Money, wife, is the true fuller's earth tor reputations; moon. 
there is not a spot or stain but what it can take out. fulling 2 (ful'ing), n. [< ME. fullynge ; verbal 
Gay, Beggar's Opera, i. 1. n of ^ //2) v -j The process o { cleansing, 
Ami so these twain, upon the skirts of Time, 
.m. by side, full- mmm 'd in all thei, powers^ 
n Heater! fierv 
fl. Ueatett , nery. 
Anger is like 
A f u il-hot horse ; who being allow'd his way, 
Self-mettle tires him. Shak., Hen. VIII., i. 
Our fair countrywomen 
are surely 
sea; 
First then to Heav'n my fultide thanks I pay. 
J. Beaumont, Psyche, ii. 91. 
full-toned (ful'tond), a. Having or emitting a 
full tone. 
The nightingale, full-toned in middle May. 
Tennyson, Balin and Balan. 
a. Harmonious ; in ac- 
discordant. 
Tennyson, Love and Duty. 
Mte , 
My wii/(/-(nd. 
more valuable commodities than.woo, .JS*fcSS5 n^^gS^nTn^^e^^^g UUM(W^,a. Having a full, strong, 
There let the pealing organ blow, 
To fhefull-mieed quire below. 
Milton, II Penseroso, 1. 162. 
full-Winged (ful'wingd), a. 1. Having com- 
plete wings, or large, strong wings. 
Often, to our comfort, shall we find 
The sharded beetle in a safer hold 
Than is the full-winged eagle. 
Shak., Cymbeline, iii. 3. 
2. Ready for flight; eager. Beau, and Fl. 
[Rare.] 
the" exportation of "Which "la so strictly prohibited by our fibers together and make the cloth stronger p Ower ful voice. 
laws, lest foreigners should learn the manufacturing of and firmer. It IS also termed mining, because 
them. Chesterfield, Misc. Works, II. xix. the cloth is scoured in a water-mill. 
fuller 2 (ful'er), n. [Appar. <fulft, v., + -erl.] fulling 3 t, n. [ME. fullynge; verbal n. offulP, 
In blacksmithing, a die ; a half-round set-ham- r.] Baptism. 
mer. And [he] seyde hem what/uUyngv and faith was to mene. 
fuller 2 (ful'er), v. t. [< fuller*, .] To form a Pitrt Plowman (B), xv. 443. 
groove or channel in, by the action of a fuller fulling-mill (ful'iug-mil), n. A power-machine 
- aot-liammor oa t.n fuller a. havnnpt j or f u ni n g an d felting felts and woven fabrics, 
to improve their texture by making them thick- 
er, closer, and heavier. Such mills operate by means 
of rollers, stampers, and beaters, of various forms and usu- 
or set-hammer : as, to fuller a bayonet. 
fuller's-herb (ful'erz-erb), n. The soapwort, 
Hupo-naria officintilis : so called from its use in 
removing stains from cloth. 
fuller's-teazel, fuller's-thistle, fuller's-weed 
(f ul'erz-te'zl, -this"l, -wed), n. The teazel, THp- 
sacusfulloniim. 
fullery (ful'er-i), n. ; pi. fnlleries (-iz).__ [Cf. 
ally of wood, which beat, roll, and press the fabric in hot fully (ful'i), adv. [< ME. fully, fitllicJie, < AS. 
suds and fullers' earth, felting it together till the re- fulKce (= OS. fuUico = D. VollijTc = MLG. vul- 
quired texture is obtained. An unavoidable result of the ' ~ - ~-j--~ .... ~ 
process is a reduction in length, in width, and, in the case 
of hats, of size. 
OD. C. vollerij, < F. fonlerie, a fulling-mill, for- fulling-SOap, n. See soap. 
merly a treading, a treading-trough, < fouler, fulling-stockt, [ME. fullyng stolelc.] A stick 
tread: see full*.] A place or works where the used as a beater in fulling cloth. See extract 
fulling of cloth is carried on. under /W 2 , v. t. 
full-eyed (ful'id), a. Having large, prominent full-length (ful ' length), a. Embracing the 
eyes. whole; extending the whole length : as, a/K- 
full-face (ful'fas), . In printing, full-faced length portrait. 
type. See full-faced. fullmartt, Same &sfoulmart. 
full-faced (ful'fast), a. 1. Having a plump or full-mouth (ful'mouth), n. A person having a 
round face : as, a chubby, full-faced child. mouth full of words ; a chatterer. Davies. 
fu . . . 
lich, vuttik = OHG. fotliclio, MHG. volliche, G. 
votlig = Dan. fuldeli'g), < ful, full, + -lice, -ly 2 .] 
In a full manner; to the full; without lack or 
defect ; completely ; entirely : as, to be fully 
persuaded of something. 
For y can fynden no man that fiillji byleneth, 
To techen me the heyje [high I weie. 
Piers Plowman's Crede (E. E. T. S.), 1. 448. 
I wish I had a cause to seek him there. 
To oppose his hatred fully. Shak., Cor., iii. 1. 
He was a Person tall and strong, broad breasted, his 
Limbs well knit, And fully furnished with Flesh. 
Baker, Chronicles, p. 44. 
