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fulth Obs. exc. dial.
Also Sc. fouth.
[f. full a. + -th1; cf. length, depth.]
Fullness. Also = fill n.1, in to eat one's fulth.
c1325Metr. Hom. 7 Ar the fulthe of tim was comen. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints, Paulus 863 Quhare hele beis ay but seknes..fulth but hungir. a1400–50Alexander 2171 Þare his forrayouris fand þe fulth of vitaill. c1425Wyntoun Cron. i. xiii. 12 Fra fwlth of mete. 1641Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 5 A lambe will fall..to eatinge of grasse, when it is aboute a moneth..olde; yett if it have its fulth of milke it will forbeare the longer. 1855Robinson Whitby Gloss. s.v., Take and eat your fulth on 't. 1881Leicestersh. Gloss., Fulth, fulness, full growth, perfection, as applied to flowers, &c. |