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ˌfull-ˈmouthed, a.
[f. full a. + mouth n. + -ed2.]
Having a full mouth.
1. Of cattle: Having the mouth full of teeth; having the full complement of teeth.
1577Harrison England i. iv, Now forasmuch as in such as bee full mouthed, eche chap hath 16 teeth at the least. 1685Lond. Gaz. No. 1998/4 A brown bay Mare above 14 hands high, full Mouth'd. 1709Ibid. No. 4521/4 Stoln..a blood-bay Mare..full mouth'd. 1846J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 93 These six teeth tolerably developed..probably misled Mr. Parkinson.. to say that at four years old cattle were full-mouthed. 1892Salisbury Jrnl. 6 Aug. 4/1, 100 grand full-mouthed ewes.
†2. Having the mouth filled with food; hence, Festive. transf. Of a sail: Filled with wind. Also fig. Obs.
1635Quarles Embl. v. vii. Epig. 271 Cheare up, my soule: call home thy spir'ts, and beare One bad Good-Friday; Full-mouth'd Easter's neare. 1645G. Daniel Poems Wks. 1878 II. 12 Where, where resides content? 'Tis neither in Extent Of Power, nor full-mouth'd gaine. 1645Quarles Sol. Recant. iv. 39 Force and bold-fac'd Wrong May hap to roar upon thy full-mouth'd Sailes. a1701Sedley Poems Wks. 1722 I. 16 Like murm'ring full-mouth'd Isra'lites we stand.
3. a. Having a loud voice or sound; sounding or talking loud. Of dogs: Baying loudly. b. Produced or uttered with a loud voice or with violence.
a.1648J. Beaumont Psyche ii. 161 Whom both the full-mouth'd Elders hastened To catch th' Adulterer. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 314 He came to me full mouth'd in the King's Name. 1735Somerville Chase iii. 410 The full-mouth'd Pack With dreadful Consort thunder in his Rear.
b.1605Narr. Murthers Sir J. Fitz (1860) 6 The fulmouth'd report of infamous rumour. 1620Quarles Jonah K j b, Had Boreas blown His full-mouth'd blast. c1645Howell Lett. (1655) II. 76 A full-mouth'd Language she [German] is, and pronounc'd with that strength as if one had bones in his tongue insteed of nerfs. 1708Motteux Rabelais iv. lxvii. (1737) 276 With a full mouth'd laugh. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. xxii. 279 These faithful servants generally bayed their full-mouthed welcome from afar off.
Hence fullˈmouthedly adv., with a full mouth; uncompromisingly.
1887Saintsbury Hist. Elizab. Lit. iv. (1890) 154 The earlier Satires..denounce lewd verses most fullmouthedly. |