fully 
Fully committed. See commit. = Syn. Plentifully, abun- 
dantly, plenteously, copiously, largely, clearly, distinctly, 
perfectly, amply. 
fulmar 1 (ful'mar), . [< ME. fulmar, fulmare, 
fulmer, shorter forms of fulmart, fulmard, the 
polecat: iseefoulmart.] Same asfoulmart. 
fulmar- (ful'mar), n. [A transferred use of 
fulmar^-, the bird being so called from its ex- 
tremely strong and persistent odor, and from 
its habit of ejecting oil from its stomach, 
through the mouth, when seized or assailed; 
in allusion to analogous characteristics of the 
polecat: see fulmar*. The Gael, name fulmair 
and the NL. generic name Fulmarus are taken 
from the E.] A natatorial oceanic bird of the 
family Procellariidte and genus Fulmarus or 
some closely related genus; the fulmar petrel. 
The common fulmar is Fulmarus glaciali*, a bird as large 
as a medium-sized gull, and greatly resembling a herring- 
gull in coloration, being white with a pearl-blue mantle 
and black tips on the primaries, but distinguished by the 
long tubular nostrils, which lie high upon the ridge of the 
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them? 
: Sp. fulminef) 
Lord "Herbert, Hist. Hen. VIII. p 36S = r fr " /", v u. juimtneus, of or per- 
A heated pulpiteer . . taming to lightning or a thunderbolt, < fulmen : 
Announced the coming doom, and fulminated see fulmen.] Pertaining to thunder or light- 
Against the scarlet woman and her creed. ning. 
Tennyson, Sea Dreams, fulminic (ful-min'ik), a. [= F. fulminique, < 
4. In refining, to become suddenly bright and ii. fulmen (fulmin-), lightning, thunderbolt: see 
uniform in color: said of melted gold mixed fulmen.] In ckem., of or pertaining to or capable 
with antimony. of detonation.- Fulminic acid, nitro-aceto-nitrile, 
Antimony is used as the last test of gold ; to try the CH^NO^X'N, a compound having acid properties and 
purity whereof, a grain or two being tested with twenty tonaing salts which are extremely explosive, 
times the quantity of regulus of antimony, till the anti- fUmeSS. ". See fullness. 
mony is either evaporated or turned to a scoria to be fulsamict, a. A perverted form intended for 
blown away by the bellows, and the gold have fulminated, fulsome 
as the refiners call it : that is, till its surface appears every- 
where similar and equable. P. Shaw, Chemistry, Of Gold. 
n. trans. 1 . To cause to explode. 2. Figu- 
ratively, to utter or send out, as a denunciation *!-, ,, ,, - 
orcensure ; especially, to send out, as a menace lul f, om ^ (f i" 8um) ! a \ < ME. /tttoow, f u ^ om < 
or censure, by ecclesiastical authority. "J 1 ' ^da 11 *. *t, plump < ful full, + -sum 
-som, E. -some; that is, fulsome is composed of 
full,' ' too full ' (cf . E. obs. longsome, AS. lang- 
sum, similarly formed). The bad senses, though 
derivable from the sense ' full,' may originate 
fllt " y Mr - bneer ; he s a nauseous Figure, a mottful- 
xanuck Fop, foh. Congreve, Double-Dealer, iii. 10. 
In vain did the papal legate . . . fulminate sentence of 
excommunication against the confederates. 
Prticott, Ferd. and Isa., i. 3. 
fulminate (f ul'mi-nat), n. [(fulminate, v.] 1 . ' n another word of the same form, namely, ME. 
A compound formed by the union of a base /&* (with orig. long vowel, fnlinm), < ful, 
ulminic acid. The fulminates are very unstable foul > + ~ som ' mod - E - as if 'foulsome, < foufl + 
with fulminic acid. 
Fulmar Petrel (Fulmarm 
upper mandible. It inhabits the northern seas in pro- 
digious numbers, breeding in Iceland, Greenland, Spitz- 
bergen, the Shetland and Orkney islands, the Hebrides, 
etc. It feeds on fish, the blubber of whales, and any fat, 
putrid, floating substance that comes in its way. It makes 
its nest on sea-cliffs, and lays only one egg. The natives 
of the island of St. Kilda, in the Hebrides, value the eggs 
above those of any other bird, and search for them by 
the most perilous descent of precipices by means of ropes. 
The fulmar is also valued for its feathers, its down, and the 
oil found in its stomach, which is one of the principal pro- 
ducts of St. Kilda. When caught or assailed, it lightens 
itself by disgorging the oil from its stomach. There are 
several closely related species or varieties in the North Pa- 
cific. The slender-billed fulmar is Fulmarus tenuirostris 
or Thalassoicaglacialoides, widely dispersed over the seas. 
The giant fulmar, Ossifraga gigantea, also called bone- 
breaker, is a sooty-brown or fuliginous species, as large 
as a small albatross. 
fulmart t, n. Same nsfoulmart. 
Fulmarus (ful'ma-rus), n. [NL., < E. fulmar?.] 
The typical genus of fulmars of the family Pro- 
cellariidw. The nasal case is long, protuberant, and 
vertically truncate, with a thin septum ; the bill is ex- 
tremely stout, with hooked upper mandible ; and the 
plumage of the adults is white with a pearl-blue mantle, 
and black-tipped primaries. There are several species, of 
which the common fulmar is the type. See fulmar?. 
fulmen (ful'men), n. [L., lightning that strikes 
or sets on fire, a thunderbolt, orig. *fulgmeti, 
*fulgimen, <fulgere, flash, lighten: see fulgent.] 
Lightning; a thunderbolt. [Bare.] 

bodies, exploding with great violence by percussion or 
heating. Fulminate of mercury, or fulminating mercury, 
is used in percussion-caps and detonators for nitroglycerin 
preparations. 
The flash from the cap was sufficient to penetrate the 
cartridge case and tire the fulminate or cotton, thus ob- 
viating the tearing of the cartridge cases. 
W. W. Greener, The Gun, p. 293. 
2. An explosion ; a sudden and explosive action. 
[Bare.] 
Even a small and local physiological fulminate, if sud- 
den and rapid enough, may set up discharges in healthy 
nervous tissue associated collaterally downward, and end 
In severe [epileptic] convulsion. 
Amer. Jour. Psychol., I. 336. 
fulminating (ful'mi-na-ting), p. a. 1. Thun- 
dering; crackling; exploding; detonating. 
The hammer [of the gun] was at once dispensed with, 
and the cock struck upon fulminating powder placed in 
the flash-pan. W. W. Greener, The Gun, p. 95. 
2. Figuratively, hurling denunciations, men- 
aces, or censures Fulminating cap, a percussion- 
cap ; a detonator charged with a fulminating explosive. 
Fulminating compound, a fulminate. See detoiiatiiuj 
powder*, under detonating. 
-some.'] 
If. Full; full and plump ; fat. 
With a necke . 
Nawther/uisoni ne fat, but fetis <fe round, 
fful metely made of a meane lenght. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3068. 
His lean, pale, hoar, and withered corpse grew fulsome, 
fair, and fresh. Golding, tr. of Ovid s Metamorph., vii. 
2f. Causing surfeit ; cloying. 
Our Entertainment there was brave, tho' a little/ufgowie. 
Howell, Letters, I. vi. 2. 
The next is Doctrine, in whose lips there dwells . . . 
Honey, which never fulsome is, yet fills 
The widest souls. J. Beaumont, Psyche, xix. 210. 
The long-spun allegories fulsome grow, 
While the dull moral lies too plain below. 
Addition, The Greatest English Poets 
3. Offensive from excess, as of praise or de- 
monstrative affection ; gross. 
If it be aught to the old tune, my lord, 
It Is as fat and fulsome to mine ear 
As howling after music. Shak., T. N., v. 1. 
Concealed disgust under the appearance ol fulsome en- 
dearment. Goldsmith, Citizen of the World, xviii. 
Letters full of affection, humility, and fulsome flattery 
- - -. were interchanged between the friends. But the first ar 
fulmination (ful-mi-na shon), n. [= F. fulmi- dour of affection could not last. 
-.*; _ r_ ^..T_.-.._J.-_ " o_ f..i...i ---- __ 
nation = Pr. fulminatio = Sp. fulminacion = 
. 
Maeaulay, Comic Dramatists of the Restoration. 
= It.fulminazione,<.Ij.fulmina- 4. Nauseous; offensive; disgusting. 
cannot flnd such a mine of thought, nor elo- 
a fulmen of expression. Sir W. Hamilton. 
Reasonin 
quence sue] 
fulminant (f ul'mi-nant), a. [< 1i.fulminan(t-)s, 
ppr. of fulminare : see fulminate.] 1. Lighten- 
ing and thundering; making a great stir. 
The drear Clergy, fulminant in ire, 
Flash'd through his bigot Midnight, threat'ning fire. 
Colittan the Younger, Vagaries Vindicated, p. 194. 
2. In pathol., developing suddenly: as, fulmi- 
nant plague. 
The glandular alterations were especially pronounced 
in fulminant cases. Med. News, L. 41. 
fulminate (ful'mi-nat), v. ; pret. and pp. fulmi- 
nated, ppr. fulminating. [< L. fulminatus, pp. 
of fulminare (> It. fulm inare = Pr. Sp. Pg. ful- 
minar = F. fulminer), lighten, hurl lightnings, 
tr. strike or blast with lightning, < fulmen (ful- 
min~), lightning that strikes or sets on fire, a 
thunderbolt: see fulmen.] I. intrans. 1. To 
lighten ; flash with detonation. 
With a fiery wreath bind thou my brow, 
That mak'st my muse in flames to fulminate. 
Sir J. Dames, Wittes Pilgrimage, sig. I, 4, b. 
Hence 2. To explode with a loud noise ; de- 
tonate. 
Water and wind-guns afford ao fulminating report, and 
depend on single principles. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., ii. 5. 
3. Figuratively, to issue threats, denunciations, 
censures, and the like, with or as with author- 
ity. 
tio(n-), < fulminare, lighten, strike or blast with 
lightning: see fulminate.'] 1. The act of ful- 
minating, exploding, or detonating; the act of 
thundering forth denunciations, threats, cen- 
sures, and the like, with authority and violence. 
The prelates of the realm, the ministers and curates, 
were desired to execute all sacraments, sacramentals, and 
divine services, in spite of aiiy/uiminatioiMof interdicts, 
inhibitions, or excommunications, on pain of a year's im- 
prisonment. R. W. Dixon, Hist. Church of Eng., iii. 
2. That which is fulminated or thundered forth, 
as a menace or censure. 
The fulminations from the Vatican were turned into 
ridicule. Ayliffe, Parergon. 
5t. 
fulminatory (ful'mi-na-to-ri), a. [= F. fulmi- 
natoire = It.fulminatorio; as fulminate + -ory.] 
Sending forth thunders or fulminations ; thun- 
dering ; striking terror. 
Still less is a cot gauche wanting : extreme left ; sitting 
on the topmost benches, as if aloft on its speculatory height 
or mountain, which will become a practical fulminatory 
height, and make the name of Mountain famous-infamous 
to all times and lands. Carlyle, French Rev., II. v. 2. 
fulmine (ful'min), v. ; pret. and pp. fulmined, 
ppr. fulmining. [< F.fulminer, < L. fulminare, 
lighten: see fulminate.] I. intrans. To flash 
with detonation ; sound like thunder ; fulmi- 
nate ; hence, to speak out fiercely or authorita- 
tively. 
Thence to the famous orators repair, 
Those ancient, whose resistless eloquence 
Wielded at will that fierce democratic, 
Shook the arsenal, and fulmined over Greece 
To Macedon and Artaxerxes' throne. 
Milton, P. R., iv. 270. 
II. trans. 1. To fulminate; give utterance 
to in an authoritative or vehement manner. 
Warming with her theme, 
She fulmined out her scorn of laws Salique. 
Tennyson, Princess, ii. 
2. To shoot or dart, as lightning. 
And ever and anone the rosy red 
Flasht through her face, as it had beetle a flake 
Of lightning through bright heven fulmined. 
Spenser, F. Q., III. ii. i. 
Sotte, there thowe lygges, 
ffor the fulsomeste freke that fourmede was evere ! 
Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1081. 
Seest thou this fulsome idiot, in what measure 
He seems transported with the antic pleasure 
Of childish baubles? Quartet, Emblems, ill. 2. 
Lustful ; wanton. 
In the doing of tlie deed of kind, 
He stuck them up before the fulsome ewes. 
Skah., M. of V., i. 3. 
Conld you but see the fulsome hero led 
By loathing vassals to his noble bed. 
Dryden, Suuni Cuic|lle. 
6. Tending to obscenity; coarse: as, a fulsome 
epigram. Dryden. 
fulsomely (fuf'sum-li), adv. [< ME. fulsumli, 
abundantly, < fulsum, abundant, etc.: see ful- 
some.] If. Fully; abundantly. 
Thann were spacli spices spended al a-lwute, 
Fulsumli at the ful to eche freke ther-inne, 
& the wines ther-with wich hem best liked. 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4325. 
2. In a fulsome manner; rankly ; grossly; nau- 
seously; obscenely. 
Thirdly, God was sorely displeased with his people, lie 
cause they builded, decked, and trimnied up their own 
houses, and suffered God's house to be in mine and decay, 
to lie uncomely and fulsomely. 
Old Eng. Homilies, On Repairing and Keeping Clean 
[Churches. 
And the act of consummation/trfsomrf.v described in the 
very words of the most modest among all poets. 
Dryden, Ded. of Juvenal. 
fulsomeness (ful'sum-nes), n. [< ME.fulsom- 
nes, fulsumnesse, abundance, < fulsum, abun- 
dant, + -nesse, -ness.] The state or quality of 
being fulsome, in any sense. 
The savour passeth ever lenger the more 
For fulsomnes of his prolixitee. 
Chaucer, Squire's Tale, 1. 397. 
fultht, n. [ME., < AS. "fylleth (in comp.) (= 
OHG.fullida, MHG.OT/Vferfe), fullness; <ful, E. 
full 1 , + formative -th.] Fullness; abundance. 
And of the cariage of corne comyn by ship, 
That no wegh suit! want while the werre laste, 
Ne no fode for to faile, but thefulthe haue, 
Sent fro the same lond by the selfe Thelaphon. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 5414. 
