fulladj.n.²adv.

Brit.

/fʊl/, U.S.

/fʊl/

Forms:

α. Old English (as adverb, rare)–Middle English fol, Old English–1700s ful, Old English– full, Old English futt (Northumbrian, transmission error), Middle English ffol, Middle English ffolle, Middle English fful, Middle English ffulle, Middle English folle, Middle English–1500s fulle, Middle English 1600s ffull, Middle English 1600s foul, 1500s foull, 1600s foll; English regional 1800s foo (northern), 1800s fow (Cheshire), 1800s fu' (northern); also Scottish pre-1700 fill, pre-1700 foul, pre-1700 fuil, pre-1700 fuill, pre-1700 fule, pre-1700 fulle, pre-1700 fwl, pre-1700 fwll, pre-1700 fwlle, pre-1700 1700s– fow, 1700s foue, 1700s– fou, 1700s– fu', 1800s fou', 1800s– foo, 1900s fowe; Irish English 1800s foo (northern), 1800s vul (Wexford), 1900s– fou (northern).

β. southern Middle English uol, Middle English uolle, Middle English uul, Middle English uulle, Middle English vol, Middle English volle, 1500s– vull (English regional (south-western) in later use).

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian ful , fol (West Frisian fol ), Old Dutch fol (Middle Dutch vol , vul , Dutch vol ), Old Saxon ful , full (Middle Low German vul ), Old High German fol (Middle High German vol , German voll ), Old Icelandic fullr , Old Swedish fulder (Swedish full ), Old Danish fuldær , full (Danish fuld ), Gothic fulls , adjective, all in a similar range of senses < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit pūrṇa , Avestan pərəna- , Old Church Slavonic plĭnŭ , Old Prussian pilnan (accusative singular feminine), Lithuanian pilnas , also (with different ablaut grade) fele adv. and further (with analogical remodelling within Latin) classical Latin plēnus (see pleni- comb. form), and (with irregular vocalism) Early Irish lán, Welsh llawn.Notes on specific senses. In sense A. 1h after Middle French, French plein (1577 in the passage translated in quot. 1600, or earlier in this sense). In later (South African) use in sense A. 2c after Afrikaans vol, in the same sense. With sense A. 3a compare fou adj. In full of days, full of years at sense A. 3b ultimately after Hebrew śĕḇaʿ yāmīm; compare post-classical Latin plenus dierum (Vulgate). In the specific use with reference to colour (see sense A. 11a) originally after Spanish lleno plain adj.¹ (1599 in the passage translated in quot. 1599 in this (apparently rare) sense). With full brother , full sister (see sense A. 5d) compare Old Frisian fulbrōther , fulswester , Middle Dutch volbroeder , volsuster (Dutch volbroer , volzuster ), Middle Low German vulbrōder , vulsüster . With use as noun compare fill n.¹ With full of the moon at sense B. 3a compare earlier full moon n. and the foreign-language forms cited at that entry. With use as adverb compare fully adv. Form history. Use of the uninflected adjective as adverb is paralleled in most other Germanic languages from an early date. In Old English the stem vowel of the adjective never shows lowering of u to o before the original a of the ending, which the phonological quality of both the preceding and the following consonant may have helped to prevent. However, for the adverb a rare by-form fol is attested. Comparable Middle English forms, on the other hand, are more likely to show graphic representation of u as o to avoid minim confusion (and are not restricted to the adverb), and the modern English forms show the reflex of u.

A. adj.

a. Containing or holding as much or as many as possible; having within its limits all it will hold; having no space empty; filled to capacity. Often with of or with followed by the thing or things contained (in Old English also expressed by the genitive).

(a) In general use.Often with intensive phrases, as full to bursting, full to overflowing, (as) full as an egg, etc.full to the brim: see brim n.² 4b.all-full: see all adj., pron., n., adv., and conj. Compounds 2a(a)(i).

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the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full

fullOE

chargedc1400

repletec1405

replesheda1450

gretfulc1540

torc1540

replenished1548

freight1565

freighted1567

implete1568

chocker1956

OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: John xxi. 11 Ascendit Simon Petrus et traxit rete in terram plenam magnis piscibus : astag Simon Petrus & drog..þæt nett on eorðe full mið miclum fiscum uel of miclum fiscum [OE Rushw. full micelra fiscana].

OE Judith 19 Þær wæron bollan steape boren.., swylce eac bunan ond orcas fulle fletsittendum.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 10215 Forr helle pitt niss næfre full.

c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 42 He..bed..bringen forð a uetles ful of weattre.

c1300 St. Bridget (Laud) 45 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 193 A fat þare stod fol of baþe-water.

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 41 (MED) Heelde into þe hoole..hoot oile of roses..til al þe wounde be ful.

1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 24 Hit is of a full fatte.

?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) iii. xv. sig. S.iij Your vessel therfore being prepared as is tofore declared..ye shall first fill it full with water.

1570 T. North tr. A. F. Doni Morall Philos. iii. f. 69 Hee [sc. a camel] is rounde, plumme, fatte, and as full as an Egge, so that he will serue you a great while [i.e. to feed upon].

1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. C2^v To preache to Gods people vpon a full stomach.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 60 Can a weake empty vessell beare such a huge full hogshead?

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. vi. 19 Filling them [sc. boats] so fast and so full, that some sunke.

1694 tr. F. Martens Voy. Spitzbergen 162 in Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. When many Whales float on the Sea, they [sc. birds] have their Bellies full.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 112 A Board plastered over, which with Cotton they wipe out, when full, as we do from Slates.

1711 E. Budgell Spectator No. 77. ⁋9 When he is playing at Backgammon, he calls for a full glass of Wine and Water.

1786 R. Burns Poems 86 I hae seen their coggie fou.

1824 Family Picture Gallery IV. 131 His veins in the temples were full to bursting.

1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood I. iii. 52 A few full sacks, tied tight at the mouth.

1915 E. F. White Spatula Soda Water Guide (ed. 4) 59/2 The glass is not filled quite full, there being room enough left for the portion of ice cream.

1981 A. Sillitoe Second Chance 178 By the time the door opened the gas was lit and a full kettle set on it.

1997 M. Collin & J. Godfrey Altered State ii. 71 Nicky Holloway's club was just Astoria, rammed full with people standing on the tables waving their hands in the air.

2014 S. D. Smith Screen Door i. 8 One jar is full of white cotton balls, the other jar..has silver utensils in it.

(b) At the head of a complement (now typically full of and a noun denoting contents) following a noun denoting a container, forming a construction understood (originally) to mean the container together with its contents (e.g. fif pottes fulle of watur), but also subsequently (in extended use) referring to either (1) the contents viewed with respect to quantity (e.g. a Room full of Ladies), or (2) a quantity equal to the capacity of the container (e.g. an egges shell full of dewe).In the latter applications, the usage is now often superseded by the practice of forming derivatives with the suffix -ful suffix 2.

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eOE (Kentish) Will of Abba (Sawyer 1482) in N. P. Brooks & S. E. Kelly Charters of Christ Church Canterbury, Pt. 2 (2013) 665 Sester fulne huniges, sester fulne butran, sester fulne saltes.

eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) ii. li. 268 Nim alres rinde, seoþ on wætre.., sele þonne cælic fulne to drincanne.

?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 11 Þiȝe þarof anne cuppan fulle on ærne morȝe.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 645 In þære sæ heo funden vtlawen..fifti scipen fulle.

c1300 Childhood Jesus (Laud) (prose section) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1875) 1st Ser. 58 (MED) Here Jesus hiet bringue bi fore him fif pottes fulle of watur.

1467 in N. S. B. Gras Early Eng. Customs Syst. (1918) 608 (MED) Pro i lasta full' herynge.

1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 78 By a bucket ful of water set somewhat hie, they directe it, but a syngle not a crouked nor writhen cours.

1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors iv. f. 52^v He that hath seene an egges shell full of dewe, drawen vp by the sunne..in a May morninge.

1650 E. Williams Virginia 36 Take a clod of the earth..powder it, and infuse it in a glasse full of cleare Raine-water.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 37. ⁋1 A Room full of Ladies fell into the most violent Laughter.

1797 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 1012/1 The good Prelate himself laughed exceedingly; as did his excellent chaplain, Dr. Hamilton, and a table full of company.

1814 W. Holland Diary in Paupers & Pig Killers (1984) 258 We invited the people of the Poor House to our gates and gave them a whole pot full of Broth.

1892 Health & Home Aug. 189/1 The habit of daily drinking a glass full of hot water about an hour before each meal.

1919 ‘K. Mansfield’ Let. 1 Oct. (1993) III. 5 It has just begun to rain—immense drops. If they were only gold I would send you an envelope full.

1988 J. Ellroy Big Nowhere xlii. 402 Over by the left wall, the real business was happening: two Mex National types counting a suitcase full of money.

2010 Independent 11 Aug. 27/2 Her ferocious ability to ingest has won her..a cabinet full of silverware.

b. figurative. Applied esp. to the heart as being filled with strong emotion to the point of bursting or overflowing, and hence to a person experiencing such emotion. See also senses A. 2b, A. 2d.

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the mind > emotion > [adjective] > full of or affected by emotion > of the heart

fullOE

greatc1225

heart-quaking1623

OE Prayers (Arundel 155) xvii, in Anglia (1889) 11 118 Cor meum plenum dolo et malitia, numquam pura purgavi penitentia : heorte mine fulle mid facne & lyðernesse næfre mid clænre ic afeormude behreowsunge.

a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 73 (MED) Here modinesse, hwarof here herte is swa full swa is bladdre of winde.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) l. 19404 Steuin of strenþe and godis grace Was fillid ful in ilka place.

?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda sig. F My heart is full, I cannot laugh at follie.

1610 G. Webbe Posie of Spirituall Flowers 151 Our sins are alreadie ripe, yea rotten ripe, the measure of our iniquities is full vp to the brimme.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) v. ii. 182 Speake, for my heart is full .

a1625 J. Fletcher Loyal Subj. iv. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Eee4^v/2 Farewell Alinda, I am too full to speak more, and too wretched.

a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub v. iii. 106 in Wks. (1640) III I am ene as vull as a Pipers bag with joy.

1661 T. Ross tr. Silius Italicus Second Punick War ii. 40 Gestar, whose full Breast the while With Anger, and Impatience, did boyl.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 5 His Heart was so full he could say no more.

1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. i. 48 My heart was never so full in my life.

1835 J. Hogg Tales Wars Montrose I. 143 My heart was so full that I could not express myself.

1873 Appleton's Jrnl. 1 Feb. 161/3 I nodded a ‘yes’; I was too full to intrust the monosyllable to my lips.

1958 J. Krishnamurti Comm. on Living (2006) II. 48 When I sing my heart is full. What more can a man ask than to have a full heart?

2002 E. Wooff Mud Puppy xii. 118 I don't know what to say. I just stand there,..heart too full to speak.

c. Of a mammal: pregnant (also more fully full of foal, calf, etc.). Of a fish: filled with roe or milt.

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the world > animals > fish > [adjective] > ready to spawn or full of spawn

fulla1398

roed1598

ripe1853

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [adjective] > of or like a mare > pregnant

full of foal, calf, etc.1722

in-foal1827

stinted1847

foaly1849

foaling1885

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. viii. 1122 (MED) A mare þat is fulle [emended in ed. to in fole; L. impregnata].

1426 in L. Morsbach Mittelengl. Originalurkunden (1923) 15 (MED) A cade of full heryng.

1505–6 in D. Yaxley Researcher's Gloss. Hist. Documents E. Anglia (2003) 103 vj barell of full heryng iij li. vjs. et ij barell of schoten xviijs.

1571 Dict. French & Eng. sig. Diij^v/2 Harenc bouffi,..a full herring.

1604 Rates Marchandizes sig. K1 Herrings..White Full, or Shotten, packed the barrell.

1722 London Gaz. No. 6120/4 A large Black Mare..very full of Foal.

1798 Scots Mag. June 365 The full herring, with either hard or soft roe discernible, when salted, be separated, sorted, and packed separately.

1864 J. M. Mitchell Herring 114 The herrings are assorted, namely, the full herrings (herrings full of milt and roe) separated from matjes (herrings with the milt and roe of a small size).

1873 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 466/1 Colonel King bought the old cow, twelve years old, and full of calf.

1906 Statutory Rules & Orders 1905 No. 784. 108 Barrels or half-barrels of herrings for this brand shall contain large ‘full’ fish of not less than 11¼ inches in extreme length.

1975 Pastoral Rev. Aug. 514/1 Breeding ewes full of lamb sold themselves without pressure from auctioneers.

2006 B. M. Fagan Fish on Friday xi. 160 These were ‘full’ herring, best consumed fresh or smoked.

d. Of a sail: filled or distended by wind. See also sense A. 10 and full sail n. and adv.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [adjective] > full of wind

fullc1440

full-moutheda1644

full-blown1646

inspireda1657

round1694

buntinga1703

rap full1729

c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 747 (MED) The pryce schippez of the porte..fondez wyth full saile ower þe fawe ythez.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. i. 65 With bent saill ful, richt merely saland, Thair stewinnis stowrand fast throw the salt fame.

1561 J. Heywood tr. Seneca Hercules Furens ii. sig. F5 Where before y^t ships full sails spred out is worne a pathe for Sarmates wyld to go.

1697 Occas. Conformity 10 'Tis like a Ship with her Sails hal'd some back, and some full.

1724 J. Kelly Mod. Navigator's Compl. Tutor App. 46 When the Ship is Full and By, as near as she will lie with her Sails full, they say, Thus,—Thus, keep her thus.

1805 Adm. Stirling in Naval Chron. 15 80 We..had our main-top-sail full.

1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 148 When the fore sail is full, ‘Let draw’.

1922 Boys' Life Dec. 52/3 Her sails were full, as though a strong breeze were filling them.

2010 Daily News of Newburyport (Massachusetts) (Nexis) 5 Aug. In the light winds, I was having a tough time making sure the sail was full.

†e. Of a position or office: occupied, not vacant. Of a church or living: having an incumbent. With of. Obsolete (chiefly Law in later use).

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society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [adjective] > of a position: vacant > not

full1527

1527 Statutes Prohemium Iohannis Rastell (new ed.) f. clxxix^v The persente of the kyng shall not be admyttyd to the church that is full of an encombent.

1681 G. Meriton Parson's Monitor ix. 287 If a Church be full of a Parson.

a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) II. 11 He laid his eye on the place of Chief Justice of Chester, which was full of Sir Job Charleton.

1770 G. Wilson Rep. Cases King's Courts 2 235 While the church was full of a clerk James Philips, the then incumbent.

1809 E. H. East Rep. Cases King's Bench VI. 364 A subsequent appointment of the second [registrar] after the office was full of the first, without vacating the former appointment.

1850 Law Jrnl. Rep. 28 ii. 361/2 The rector..may for certain purposes have a possession in law, and the living be full of him.

f. Of a hotel, theatre, etc.: having no vacant seats or places; fully booked.In quot. 1530 with reference to vacant positions in a household.

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1530 Bible (Tyndale) To Rdr. sig. Aiv My lorde answered me, his house was full, he had mo then he coude well finde, and advised me to seke in london.

1579 tr. Eunapius Lyves of Philosophers f. 32 When the Theatre was full, and he requyred his acquaintaunce might speake.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 28 The audience of a full Theatre.

1663 S. Pepys Diary 8 Jan. (1971) IV. 8 The famous new play acted..‘The Adventures of five houres’, at the Duke's house... We..were forced to sit..at the end of one of the lower formes, so full was the house.

1701 To Honoured Friend W.H. in W. Harrison Pilgrims Their suffrage ought to be more welcome far, Than the Applause of a full Theatre.

1769 R. Richardson State of Evid. Cause Duke Hamilton ii. ix. 69 He believed his hotel was full at the time these strangers were in it.

1806 M. R. Mitford Let. 21 Sept. in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. ii. 37 The coach was completely full.

1891 E. Peacock Narcissa Brendon I. 131 All the stables were full.

1926 E. Hemingway Sun also Rises xiii. 136 Those who were aficionados could always get rooms even when the hotel was full.

1993 Guardian 1 Oct. i. 16/7 The costs of running a full hotel are little different from those of running one that is half empty.

2009 B. Minton Cowboy Next Door iii. 39 Saturday mid-morning and the diner was full. Every table.

g. Esp. of a (written or printed) musical note: having the outline filled in; solid, not open. Cf. open adj. 14b.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adjective] > making complete > completed (of an outline)

full1597

filled1849

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke Annot. sig. ¶4 There were..foure maners of pricking, one al blacke which they tearmed blacke full, another which we vse now which they called black void, the third all red, which they called red ful [etc.].

1715 J. T. Desaguliers tr. N. Gauger Fires Improv'd 118 Make three openings in it..the space lm, which is 6 Inches wide, must be left full..leave qc open 6 Inches wide, bc and qy full, being of 6 Inches each.

1819 T. Busby Gen. Hist. Music I. xiv. 313 The characters in which the original is written, are longs, breves, and semi-breves; and these are all full and black.

1891 Coll. Songs & Madrigals (Plainsong & Mediæval Music Soc.) p. xiv The notes are of half their previous value, because written full.

1982 Early Music Hist. 2 186 The heads of the full notes in the first layer were drawn with single strokes of a broad pen-nib.

2005 Early Music 33 309/1 The answering voice, notated in full note-heads, is shown in two different octaves.

h. Of a flower: having an abnormally large number of petals; spec. having more petals than the double form of the same flower (cf. double adj.¹ 1d).

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1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xlviii. 304 Goats-beard, that it may haue faire, double, and full flowers [Fr. pour auoir ses fleurs..pleines], doth craue a fat and moist ground.

1683 T. Robinson in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 137 It hath no full, or double flower.

1776 J. Lee Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) 59 A Flower is said to be..full, when the Corolla is so far multiplied, as to exclude all the Stamina.

1834 Royal Lady's Mag. Feb. 44/2 It [sc. hyacinth seed] produces many double and full flowers.

2005 D. Burke Compl. Burke's Backyard 510 This beautiful David Austin rose has light apricot pink, double to full flowers with a strong fragrance.

a. Without implication of being entirely filled: holding or having plenty of something; containing many or much of; plentifully charged, crowded. Also with with.In quot. eOE with genitive.

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eOE Metrical Dialogue of Solomon & Saturn (Corpus Cambr. 422) i. 174 Hateð ðonne heahcining helle betynan, fyres fulle.

OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Hatton) (1900) i. 10 (table of contents) Hu Bonefatius farstæl [read forstæl] þone hwæte his meder.., & æfter his gebede þæt bern wæs fulre, þonne hit ær wæs.

?a1160 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1137 [Hi] fylden þe land ful of castles.

a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 15 We beoð wiðuten al swa ðe deade manes þruh, þe is wiðuten ihtwited, and wið-inne stinkende and full of wermes.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 11 Engelonde is vol inoȝ of frut & ek of tren.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 156 Þe ueldes of þe fole..weren uolle of nettlen and of þornes.

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 53 But if þe membre þat was brusid be ful of senewis, as þe hand ouþer þe foot.

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1288 A wrethe of gold..and ful of stones brighte.

c1475 Wisdom (Folger) (1969) 148 Yf þou went wpon a pyler of tre Þat wer sett full of scharpe prykkys.

1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxxi. f. 257 The fylde was strowed full of caltroppis.

1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias xl. 94 Great adders, which are very full of poison.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 91 The river Bambotus full of Crocodiles and Hippopotames.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage iv. i. 291 Which the people take with boords bored full of holes.

1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 82 The way was..so full of Pits, Pitfalls, deep holes and shelvings down there.

1687 B. Randolph Present State Archipel. 46 In the summer time every evening the marine is full with all sorts of people with musick, singing, and dancing.

1714 J. Macky Journey through Eng. I. v. 46 Gravesend, is a confused little Town..always full of Seamen.

1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. xix. 509 In the winter it [sc. Winter Green] is full of red berries about the size of a sloe.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 436 His bedchamber is full of Protestant clergymen.

1878 S. Smiles Robert Dick vii. 76 The sky was full of fire.

1882 L. M. Alcott Jrnl. July in E. D. Cheney L. M. Alcott (1889) xi. 346 Westerners arrive, and the town is full with ideal speculators.

1955 L. de Wohl Spear (1957) iii. x. 268 He was sure to die..as the wounds began to suppurate and to get full of maggots.

1985 P. Larkin Let. 12 May in Sel. Lett. (1992) 741 Most Sundays I stay for a drink.., but today the pub was full of yobs & I drove home in a fury.

2002 A. Warshowsky & E. Oumano Healing Fibroids iv. 109 Carbonated sodas..are full of sugar or artificial sweeteners.

2015 Smith Jrnl. Summer 106/2 It's an austere landscape full of giant salt cones.

b. In the same sense with reference to non-material things.In quot. OE with dative.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > abounding in or having abundance

fulleOE

ranka1250

broada1300

rifec1325

copiousa1387

wealthful ofa1400

plaina1450

heavy-ladenc1450

fluenta1592

onust1604

heavy1622

onusted1657

opulent1685

aflooda1729

rowtha1774

acrawl1830

lousy1843

awash1912

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > abounding in or having abundance > specifically in non-material sense

fulleOE

eOE Royal Psalter: Canticles v. 3 Laude eius plena est terra : of lofe his full is eorðe.

OE Genesis A (1931) 1292 Drihten..geseah unrihte eorðan fulle, side sælwongas synnum gehladene, widlum gewemde.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1785 Crisstnedd þed..iss. All full off haliȝ domess.

c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1918 A loghe þai founden made, Was ful of gamen and play.

1397–8 Rolls of Parl.: Richard II (Electronic ed.) Parl. Sept. 1397 Pleas §7. m. 4 He that always hathe ben ful of mercy and of grace to alle other.

a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 551 Þus may a man his bygynnyng se Ful of wrechednes and of caytifte.

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid iii. Prol. 13 Of uncouth dangeris this nixt buik hail is full.

1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 199 I found him full of amours euery where.

1611 Bible (King James) Acts xiii. 10 O full of all subtilty and all mischiefe.

1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Deut. vi. 12) 90 Full with Gods benefits.

1682 J. Norris tr. Hierocles Golden Verses 24 The fuller it is of labour & slavery.

1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 17 June (1965) I. 368 Your whole Letter is full of mistakes.

1754 J. Shebbeare Marriage Act I. xxx. 186 Mr. Sharply being retired, full with Self-applause of his deep Cunning.

1852 Preston Chron. & Lancs. Advertiser 24 Apr. 8/4 Out of a very full programme, we may enumerate ‘Three merry souls are we’..and ‘Molly Carew’.

1878 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. 1st Ser. 200 The Protestant cause remained full of vitality.

1923 C. G. Dawes First Year Budget of U.S. 17 There floats in..a puffed-up political appointee full of ambition, full of conceit, full of a desire to impress his little pitiful personality upon the country.

1949 M. Cowley Let. 27 Mar. in I. Hamilton R. Lowell: Biogr. (1982) 151 New York was full of slanders, rumors, accusations and counter-accusations.

1991 S. Faludi Backlash ii. v. 127 Isabella huffily tells her grandmother she has good friends and a full life, and doesn't ‘need a man to be complete’.

2001 A. Bissett Boyracers 73 We stood out in the night air, freezing, but full of wonder.

c. With of. Having the surface covered with something. Chiefly South African in later use.In quot. OE¹ with genitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > covered > as a surface

fullOE

coucheda1522

OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Julius) 20 Jan. (2013) 52 He het hine [sc. St. Sebastian] mid strælum ofscotian, þæt he wæs ðara swa full swa igl þæt deor bið byrsta.

OE Prayers (Arundel 155) xvii, in Anglia (1889) 11 117 Manus mee plene sunt sanguine : handa mine fulle synd of blode.

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. v. 66 I sawe on a tyme a man that was roynyous & full of soores.

1519 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 267 The goodly reyredewse is so full of dust and copwebbes that by lyklyode it shalbe shortly lost.

1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors iii. f. 36^v The lydde wyl be al full of small droppes of water.

1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 36^v We..turne him away with his backe ful of stripes.

1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 133 Here be the dice. How full of dust they be.

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 75 The rind of a pure ash colour, full of wrinkles.

1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon i. vii. 29 Two sorts of them [sc. venomous snakes] I have seen, the one green, the other of a reddish gray, full of white rings along the sides.

1732 tr. J. Nieuhof in Coll. Voy. & Trav. (new ed.) II. 308/1 The pit fish is no bigger than a large smelt, with a round body, full of green and yellow spots, and without scales.

1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. I. vii. 62 One of these [deer] has been seen full of white spots, with a black list down the middle of his back.

1817 M. Edgeworth Rose, Thistle, & Shamrock i. ii, in Comic Dramas 273 The spots and cracks in it [sc. a mirror] is making me look so full of freckles and crow's feet.

1838 J. E. Alexander Exped. Discov. Interior Afr. I. 137 Jan's clothes were too full of blood to be of any use.

1841 tr. J. M. Bechstein Nat. Hist. Cage Birds (new ed.) 15 I have often found hedge-sparrows full of pimples, particularly in the naked parts, the feet, and round the beak.

1930 C. L. Biden Sea-angling Fishes of Cape 287 I told my wife, ‘just look at my hands, full of little itching blisters.’

1980 M. Melamu in M. Mutloatse Forced Landing 52 Originally black, the tube is now full of red patches where it's been mended.

1984 Washington Post 18 Nov. b5/1 Then there's the story about a kid with a body full of tattoos who was beaten severely with an ax handle because he wanted out of a gang.

2011 Sunday World (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 5 June Your jacket was full of stains at the Samas [= South African Music Awards].

d. Engrossed by or absorbed in something; fully occupied with the thought of, or unable to stop talking about something. Now only with of; formerly also with that or infinitive clause.full of oneself: see Phrases 1e(a).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [adjective] > absorbed, engrossed

absolute1483

rapta1500

wrapped1548

full1578

bewrapped1589

immerse1626

wholehearted1644

undistracted1659

absorpt1697

wrapped (up) in1711

deep1735

absorbed1763

undiverted1798

unindifferent1813

whole-souled1821

absorbing1825

wrapped1884

hung-up on1966

1578 T. White Serm. Pawles Crosse 9 Dec. 1576 To Rdr. sig. A.iv The Writer beeing full of other businesse him selfe, wherby he could not followe this, and his hande beeing very harde & small, hath bin the cause of some escapes in the print.

1607 G. Fenton Let. 29 Sept. in Lismore Papers (1887) 2nd Ser. I. 116 We are now so full to prouide for the daungers which the tyme doth threaten on all sides, that I cannot write vnto you at length.

1611 A. Munday Briefe Chron. 73 He was very carelesse, and full of his owne pleasures, and kept a beautifull Strumpet in stead of his Wife.

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 26 I could not go my selfe about it, being full of other businesse.

1669 S. Pepys Diary 24 Jan. (1976) IX. 426 The King seemed mighty full that we should have money to do all that we desired.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 136 I was very full of this Project, and was in great Hopes, some how or other, to extricate myself this way.

1765 T. Reid Let. Dec. in Wks. (1872) I. 43/1 Your friend..was very full of you when he was here.

1853 J. W. Carlyle Let. 31 Dec. in Lett. & Memorials (1883) II. 238 I am full of business, owing to the sudden movements of the last two weeks.

1878 J. R. Seeley Life & Times Stein I. ii. vi. 301 He had been one of the negotiators at Charlottenburg, and had just returned full of conversations he had had with Napoleon.

1919 R. Firbank Valmouth vi. 93 She was very full to be sure at meal-time of a fraudulent marriage... And she was very full, too, of her ladyship's jewelled pyjamas.

1984 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 21 July 8 He was full of his impending retirement and the prospect of farming with a few fruit trees on his smallholding.

2000 L. L. Guhrke Charade viii. 128 Both men were full of the latest news of their superior.

e. attributive. Having a mind richly stored with knowledge.Earliest and chiefly in full man n. (a) at Compounds 1b.

ΚΠ

1596 E. Monings Landgraue of Hessen his Receiuing of her Maiesties Embassador sig. D Reading much, conferring and writting much he is a full man, a readie man, an exact man.

1654 J. Sherman White Salt xi. 168 Reading (parts being supposed) makes a full scholar.

1850 R. W. Emerson Shakspeare in Representative Men 155 He was a full man who liked to talk; a brain exhaling thoughts and images.

1934 Donnybrook Fair in A. H. Knipp & T. P. Thomas Hist. Goucher College (1938) viii. 396 Not books alone, and A's and B's on little blue cards, make the full woman, says our president; in addition to the foundation of earnest study, one must seek music, art, and people.

2004 Indiana Eng. Spring 15/1 In developing the full person, both Bacon and The Panchatantra recognize the importance of study and meditation.

a. Having eaten or (occasionally) drunk one's fill; replete. Also full of food, etc. Cf. fou adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > fed or nourished > filled with food

fullOE

full-feedinga1382

repletea1400

satiate1440

full-fed?1530

full of bread?1570

strut1577

full-mouthed1610

crop-full1645

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [adjective] > over-fed, gorged, or sated

full of foodOE

surfeitousc1390

repletea1400

satiate1440

fulsome1447

overfed1579

surfeited1584

gorged1594

overgorged1607

gluttoneda1658

saturated1658

throat-full1681

quat?c1730

stalled1740

englutted1814

cloyed1830

stodged1873

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > satisfying hunger or thirst > [adjective] > satisfied with food

fullOE

filled1574

OE Paris Psalter (1932) lviii. 15 Efne hi to æte ut gewitað..; gif hi fulle [L. saturati] ne beoð, fela gnorniað.

?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 41 Ete þanne..fort he full sy.

c1300 Ministry & Passion of Christ (Laud) (1873) l. 20 (MED) Heo eten..Þo heo weren folle and glade also.

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 229 He schal not, whanne he is ful, slepe anoon þervpon.

?1537 Hugh of Caumpedene tr. Hist. Kyng Boccus sig. R.ii For better at ese than is Iwys The ful man, than the hongre is.

1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 43 Hast thou no liste to eat? Art thou full?

1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xxvii. 7 The full soule loatheth an honie combe.

1654 G. Hutcheson Brief Expos. XII. Smal Prophets (Amos iii. 12) 403 A lion having taken his prey, doth eat till he be full, and then go away.

1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 7 Dec. (1948) I. 115 I..have eaten cold pye..and I am full.

1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. (1776) 33 He's unco fou in his ain house that canna pike a bane in his neighbour's.

1787 ‘G. Gambado’ Acad. Horsemen 10 Horses full of grass are very subject to scourings.

1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor x, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 281 A description of a dinner..that wad hae made a fu' man hungry.

1835 D. Walker Brit. Manly Exercises (ed. 3) 170 At setting out in the morning, a well-kept horse is necessarily full of food.

1881 R. E. Dudgeon tr. S. C. F. Hahnemann Materia Medica Pura II. 235 If he eats ever so little he is immediately satiated, and feels quite full.

1910 L. Cook Van Derveer Day at Happy Hollow School ii. 26 Mrs. Morrison (to Isaac). ‘Have another sandwich, my boy, or a pickle or something.’ Isaac. ‘No'm, thanks; I'm full.’

1978 C. Trillin Alice, let's Eat 166 I was settled under a tree, almost too full to finish my second hot-sausage po' boy.

2005 M. Atwood Penelopiad vii. 40 It was amazing that the guests didn't burst on the spot, they stuffed themselves so full.

b. More generally: having one's needs or appetite satisfied; having ‘had one's fill’ of, or received a plentiful allocation of, something.In later use only in phrases (mostly after biblical use) referring to the portion of something which a person has received during his or her lifetime, as full of days, full of years, full of children, full of honour, etc.; these are now more likely to be understood as examples of sense A. 2b.In quot. eOE with genitive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [adjective] > satisfied

fulleOE

satiate1440

filled1574

satiated1626

eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) v. viii. 406 Þeodor ercebiscop ald & dagena full forðfered wæs, þæt is þa he hæfde eahta & hundeahtatig wintra [L. plenus dierum, id est annorum lxxxviii].

OE Ælfric Homily: De Duodecim Abusivis (Corpus Cambr. 178) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 296 Heo [sc. avaritia] is helle gelic forþam þe hi habbað butu unafylledlice grædignesse þæt hi fulle ne beoð næfre.

c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) 589 Nim him..up o hwas nebscheft þe engles ne beoð neauer fulle to bihalden.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xlii. 15 He diede old, and ful of daȝis [L. senex ac plenus dierum].

a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l. 1661 Troylus was neuere ful to speke of þis matere, And for to preyse..The bounte of his right lady dere.

1537 Bible (Matthew's) 2 Chron. xxiv. E And Iehoiada waxed olde and full of yeres and dyed.

1540 M. Coverdale tr. Psalter xvi. f. xi^v/1 They are full of children.

1561 T. Becon Sycke Mans Salue (new ed.) 32 His death, whiche was both glorious and full of yeares.

1585 J. Stell in T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie Ep. Ded. sig. ¶3 An example of Iacob, an old man, & ful of yeres.

1611 A. Munday Briefe Chron. sig. P^v He dyed at Rhodes, An. 1503. the third day of Iuly, full of honour and reputation.

1652 J. Rivers tr. J. D'Espagne Eating Body of Christ Ep. Ded. sig. A3 David having served in the Councel of God, may depart hence full of daies, to enter into the joy of his Master.

1715 T. Tickell tr. Homer Iliad i. 292 Full of Days was He; Two Ages past, he liv'd the Third to see.

1799 T. Maurice Grove-Hill 36 Then full of years, and, crowned with well-earned fame, Retire in peace.

1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. ii. 45 The first Viscount Castlewood died full of years.

1897 L. T. Stevens Hist. Cape May County 214 On August 28, this year, Aaron Leaming died, much lamented and full of honor.

1909 A. W. Evans tr. A. France Penguin Island i. ii. 9 Even now, though full of days and approaching my ninetyeighth year, I am often led by the Enemy to sin against chastity, at least in thought.

1965 P. Larkin Let. 7 Jan. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 370 It seems sad, he & Dame Edith going so close together—still, they were reasonably full of years.

2004 P. D. Beidler Late Thoughts Old War 58 When he died in 1994, he was full of years and generally rehabilitated of all the bad old Nixon things.

c. Sated, surfeited, or weary of something; ‘fed up’. Cf. full up adj. 2. Now rare (chiefly Australian and New Zealand colloquial in later use).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > satiated or surfeited

sadOE

fullc1300

asadc1306

satiate1440

saturatea1450

glutteda1586

overcloyed1589

surfeit1597

cloyed1599

palled1607

jaded1631

sated1640

c1300 St. Edmund Rich (Laud) l. 101 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 434 Men miȝhten finde..Summan..untreowore to is wiue, And al ful beo of þe Mariage: ȝe and fayn it wolde un-binde.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 768 He [sc. Regan] was al vol of him [sc. Lear] ar þe ȝeres ende.

a1400 (?a1325) Medit. on Supper of our Lord (Harl.) (1875) 993 Ȝyf ȝe be ful [a1425 Bodl. to ful] of my dere sone, Goþ hens.

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 27 Anone..ye shalbe wery and full of her.

1555 W. Waterman tr. Josephus in tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions sig. U.vij^v He maye waxe full of the lawe, and vtterly contempne it.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 418 The Athenians being full of him, tooke pleasure to raise slanders and contumelious reproches of him [sc. Themistocles].

1611 Bible (King James) Isa. i. 11 I am full of the burnt offerings of rammes.

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 224 The Alterations of Scenes..feed and relieue the Eye, before it be full of the same Obiect.

1871 Austral. Town & Country Jrnl. (Sydney) 21 Jan. 89/2 People are beginning to get ‘full’ about pony races.

1881 H. W. Nesfield Chequered Career 38 He bucked me off more times than I can remember and I began to get ‘full’ of him.

1896 N. Gould Magpie Jacket 230 ‘Don't call me names,’ said Cohen. ‘I've been insulted once this morning through you, and I tell you I'm about full of it.’

1927 Cairns (Queensland) Post 24 Mar. 4/2 The public are a bit full of the way the others eat up the eats and bite at one another.

1949 J. Fleming Two Lovers Too Many ix. 89 What is the matter with Father? I'm just about full of it. I've had enough!

(a) Drunk, intoxicated. See also fou adj. colloquial in later use.The earlier use with of (as in quots. c1384, 1483) is arguably simply a contextual use of sense A. 2. The earliest evidence for full used alone in this sense appears to be in Scots of the 16th century (cf. fou adj.). The use is subsequently also found in various varieties of colloquial English, but is now more common in similative expressions (see sense A. 3d(b)).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk

fordrunkenc897

drunkena1050

cup-shottenc1330

drunka1400

inebriate1497

overseenc1500

liquor1509

fou1535

nase?1536

full1554

intoxicate1554

tippled1564

intoxicated1576

pepst1577

overflown1579

whip-cat1582

pottical1586

cup-shota1593

fox-drunk1592

lion-drunk1592

nappy1592

sack-sopped1593

in drink1598

disguiseda1600

drink-drowned1600

daggeda1605

pot-shotten1604

tap-shackled1604

high1607

bumpsy1611

foxed1611

in one's cups1611

liquored1611

love-pot1611

pot-sick1611

whift1611

owl-eyed1613

fapa1616

hota1616

inebriated1615

reeling ripea1616

in one's (or the) pots1618

scratched1622

high-flown?1624

pot-shot1627

temulentive1628

ebrious1629

temulent1629

jug-bitten1630

pot-shaken1630

toxed1635

bene-bowsiea1637

swilled1637

paid1638

soaken1651

temulentious1652

flagonal1653

fuddled1656

cut1673

nazzy1673

concerned1678

whittled1694

suckey1699

well-oiled1701

tippeda1708

tow-row1709

wet1709

swash1711

strut1718

cocked1737

cockeyed1737

jagged1737

moon-eyed1737

rocky1737

soaked1737

soft1737

stewed1737

stiff1737

muckibus1756

groggy1770

muzzeda1788

muzzya1795

slewed1801

lumpy1810

lushy1811

pissed1812

blue1813

lush1819

malty1819

sprung1821

three sheets in the wind1821

obfuscated1822

moppy1823

ripe1823

mixed1825

queer1826

rosined1828

shot in the neck1830

tight1830

rummy1834

inebrious1837

mizzled1840

obflisticated1840

grogged1842

pickled1842

swizzled1843

hit under the wing1844

obfusticatedc1844

ebriate1847

pixilated1848

boozed1850

ploughed1853

squiffy?1855

buffy1858

elephant trunk1859

scammered1859

gassed1863

fly-blown1864

rotten1864

shot1864

ebriose1871

shicker1872

parlatic1877

miraculous1879

under the influence1879

ginned1881

shickered1883

boiled1886

mosy1887

to be loaded for bear(s)1888

squiffeda1890

loaded1890

oversparred1890

sozzled1892

tanked1893

orey-eyed1895

up the (also a) pole1897

woozy1897

toxic1899

polluted1900

lit-up1902

on (also upon) one's ear1903

pie-eyed1903

pifflicated1905

piped1906

spiflicated1906

jingled1908

skimished1908

tin hat1909

canned1910

pipped1911

lit1912

peloothered1914

molo1916

shick1916

zigzag1916

blotto1917

oiled-up1918

stung1919

stunned1919

bottled1922

potted1922

rotto1922

puggled1923

puggle1925

fried1926

crocked1927

fluthered1927

lubricated1927

whiffled1927

liquefied1928

steamed1929

mirackc1930

overshot1931

swacked1932

looped1934

stocious1937

whistled1938

sauced1939

mashed1942

plonked1943

stone1945

juiced1946

buzzed1952

jazzed1955

schnockered1955

honkers1957

skunked1958

bombed1959

zonked1959

bevvied1960

mokus1960

snockered1961

plotzed1962

over the limit1966

the worse for wear1966

wasted1968

wired1970

zoned1971

blasted1972

Brahms and Liszt?1972

funked up1976

trousered1977

motherless1980

tired and emotional1981

ratted1982

rat-arsed1984

wazzed1990

mullered1993

twatted1993

bollocksed1994

lashed1996

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds ii. 13 Thei ben ful of must [L. musto pleni sunt].

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. ccccxxi^v/1 A man named noddo whyche was dronke & full of wyne beganne to mocque and dyspreysed the holy man.]

1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour iii. sig. K.vi Quhen he wes full, and fallin on sleip.

1603 in S. Ree Rec. Elgin (1908) II. 109 The strainger sturdie beggaris quho wer full and dronkin.

1679 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Peebles (1910) 96 Any person that comes full to the court.

1722 London Jrnl. 27 Jan. 4/1 Being full of Wine, they were deaf to all Advice.

1844 Satirist 11 Aug. 251/2 So here's to John Bull, boys, Still at his purse pull, boys, And till you're quite full, boys, Ne'er think to leave off.

c1848 A. Michie Voy. Sydney to S. Austral. 7 We stopped, of course, at almost every public-house until we were full.

?1859–60 J. F. Poole Tim Finigan's Wake (single sheet) One morning Tim was rather full, His head felt heavy, which made him shake.

1870 J. J. McCloskey & O. D. Byron Across Continent in L. Grover et al. Davy Crockett & Other Plays (1940) 72 (stage direct.) Comes from L.U.E. Is full, and singing ‘Rolling home in the Morning, Boys’.

1908 L. Doyle Ballygullion ix. 176 If iver he wint to bed sober, 'twas because the pubs was shut before he got right full.

1920 J. M. Hunter Trail Drivers of Texas I. 455 Here we found a store and plenty of ‘booze’, and some of the boys got ‘full’.

1947 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 24 June 6/2 Some participant or spectator gets too full and falls into the hands of the minions of the law.

1980 C. Lee Bush Week 19 We were all pretty well full when the van rolled into Mittagong.

(b) In various similative expressions intended to suggest extreme drunkenness; often with playful suggestion of sense A. 1. Chiefly Australian and New Zealand colloquial in later use.(as) full as a goog, mollag, tick: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > completely or very drunk

drunk as a (drowned) mousea1350

to-drunka1382

as drunk as the devilc1400

sow-drunk1509

fish-drunk1591

swine-drunk1592

gone1603

far gone1616

reeling drunk1620

soda1625

souseda1625

blind1630

full1631

drunk (also merry, tipsy) as a lord1652

as full (or tight) as a tick1678

clear1688

drunk (dull, mute) as a fish1700

as drunk as David's sow or as a sow1727

as drunk as a piper1728

blind-drunkc1775

bitch foua1796

blootered1820

whole-seas over1820

three sheets in the wind1821

as drunk as a loon1830

shellaced1881

as drunk as a boiled owl1886

stinking1887

steaming drunk1892

steaming with drink1897

footless1901

legless1903

plastered1912

legless drunk1926

stinko1927

drunk as a pissant1930

kaylied1937

langers1949

stoned1952

smashed1962

shit-faced1963

out of (also off) one's bird1966

trashed1966

faced1968

stoned1968

steaming1973

langered1979

annihilated1980

obliterated1984

wankered1992

muntered1998

1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre iv. iv. 58 in Wks. II I'le ne mare, I'is e'en as vull as a Paipers bag, by my troth, I.

1640 J. D. Knave in Graine iii. i. sig. H3^v I am ene as full as a Toad.

1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 284 As full as a pipers bag; as a tick.

1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 563 Though full as the Baltic, He headach had none.

1875 Daily Graphic (N.Y.) 12 Apr. 317/1 One of the Senators..walked into the cloak-room one day very drunk... Governor Noble was sent for. He walked around the object for inspection, made careful scrutiny, and walked off in disgust, saying ‘full as a goat’.

1915 Dial. Notes 4 220 Full as a fiddle, tick or lord, badly intoxicated.

1930 Bulletin (Sydney) 2 Apr. 51/4 ‘I met Mace down at Cafferty's,’ he told his father... ‘Full as an egg, and inclined to be nasty!’

1947 P. Newton Wayleggo (1949) ix. 103 By the time the dance was under way I was as ‘full as a bull’ and ripe for anything.

1985 B. Humphries Traveller's Tool viii. 68 You can sometimes fall out of a jumbo as full as a footie final.

1988 D. McGill Dict. Kiwi Slang 47 Full as a boot/bull/Catholic school/goog,..very drunk.

2005 Courier Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 21 Dec. 54 [He] has rejected a report he was ‘as full as Santa's toy sack on Christmas Eve’ while at a charity golf event.

a. Of both material and immaterial things: abundant, amply sufficient, copious; satisfying all requirements.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective]

goodeOE

broadOE

fullOE

large?c1225

rifec1225

fulsomea1325

abundanta1382

plenteousa1382

copiousc1384

plentifula1400

ranka1400

aboundc1425

affluentc1425

aboundable?1440

seedy1440

manyfulc1450

ample1472

olda1500

richa1500

flowing1526

fertilent1535

wallingc1540

copy1546

abounding1560

fat1563

numbrous1566

good, great store1569

round1592

redundant1594

fruitful1604

cornucopian1609

much1609

plenty?a1610

pukka1619

redundant1621

uberant1622

swelling1628

uberous1633

numerousa1635

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OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1900) II. 378 Se kasere hine underfeng ða mid fullum wurðmynte [L. magnis honoribus], and þa Romaniscan witan hine wurðodon swyðe.

OE West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) vi. 38 Syllað & eow byþ geseald god gemet & full [L. mensuram bonam confersam].

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9560 His witherwin him wroght ful wa.

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 37 Of þese mundificatyues þou schalt haue a ful techinge in þe laste tretis.

a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 5857 (MED) Vnnethe myghte An hungry kyte..Ther-off han a ful repast.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. Prol. f. ii To theym that..haue in Cronycles full experyence.

1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. 342 (margin) He had full experience and proofe of his qualities in freendship.

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 53 Of diets..that of Germany is full, or rather fulsome.

1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. III. 9 Thus I doe but tast of that whereof you make full meales.

1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 66 They who want means by poverty opprest Beleeve themselves of full estates possest.

1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 316 I want a full Experience in these low Pulses.

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. vii. 85 Suppose you saw a fruit of a new untried kind; would you recommend it to your own Family to make a full meal of?

1787 Parl. Reg. 1781–96 XIX. 62 Every gentleman had surely had full time to read and consider it [sc. the convention] since it had been delivered.

1853 Amer. Law Reg. 1 748 The owners..have since sold the boat, for a full price.

1884 R. W. Church Bacon ii. 29 He turned his studies to full account.

1943 G. Biddle Jrnl. 3 May in Artist at War (1944) i. 11 War as it should be fought, with gloved hands, a cigar between one's teeth, on a full breakfast.

1987 Times 10 Oct. 5/2 Midi's initial terms were considered to be full, if not generous to a fault.

2003 Caribbean World Winter 38/3 With full justification, they [sc. the Virgin Islands] are known as ‘America's Paradise’.

b. Of a report, account, etc.: complete, giving or containing all details, detailed, comprehensive. Also applied to a person who makes or gives such a report, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [adjective] > detailed

full1529

blow-by-blow1933

1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters i. i. f. iii/1 I nether do nor can beleue y^e contrary but y^t he hath of all our communycacyon made you faythfully, playne, & full reporte.

1532 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 219 The afforseyd John & Rob^t, church Wardons, hath mayd A full accountt..of recetts & paymentes.

1555 E. Bonner Profitable & Necessarye Doctryne sig. D.iv^v For the more full declaration and exposition thereof, hauynge spoken of Christes conception by the holy gost, ye shal now here how he was borne of the virgin Marye.

1656 J. Denham Destr. Troy Pref. sig. A3^v Where my expressions are not so full as his.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. ii. §8 They who were so famed for wisdom and antiquity, should be able to give a full and exact account of themselves through all the ages of the world.

1712 G. Berkeley Passive Obed. §55. 68 I have endeavor'd to be as full and clear, as the usual length of these Discourses would permit.

1768 tr. Abbé Bellecour Acad. Play (title page) Containing, a full description of, and the laws of play..relative to..piquet, quadrille, ombre, quintille.

1845 J. T. Graves Rom. Law in Encycl. Metrop. 778/1 For the basis of his Greek text, Contius took, as the best and fullest, the edition of Scrimger.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. 1st Ser. iv. 90 We might have expected him to be very full on that part of his history.

1882 C. Pebody Eng. Journalism xx. 152 You will find in its columns all the latest and fullest telegrams from every part of the world.

1913 Outlook 16 Aug. 867/2 He was particularly full in his descriptions of the activities of Philip.

1955 J. C. Giblin Qualitative & Volumetric Anal. (ed. 2) p. xi The author has..given a full explanation of the methods employed.

1994 J. Barth Once upon Time 48 The log then contained..full notes on memorable sojourns in Italy and Japan.

2003 H. Holt Death in Pract. (2004) viii. 107 Mrs Dudley..would expect me to give her..a full account of the Vicar's sermon.

a. Complete, perfect; entire, whole; thoroughgoing.

(a) In general use.full circle, full length: see main entries. full point: see point n.¹ 16a. See also full stop n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adjective]

fulleOE

plenara1325

perfectc1350

completec1380

heala1399

plenary?a1425

absolute1531

explete1534

well-accomplished1568

quit1583

orbeda1657

orbicular1673

saturate1682

rounded1746

broad-blown1855

plene1867

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ten tenth1948

the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adjective] > complete or full

fulleOE

fullyOE

plaina1325

plenala1450

replete?a1500

replenished1548

stuffeda1616

plenitudinary1647

eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 913 Þa landleode..him wiþ gefuhton & gebrohton hie on fullum fleame.

eOE Metres of Boethius (2009) xxi. 8 Sece him eft hræðe fulne friodom.

OE Ælfric Homily (Cambr. Ii.4.6) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1967) I. 364 Nanum menn ne bið full bliss on his life, þæt him ne eglige æfre sum þing her.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) Ded. l. 221 He wiss to fulle soþ. Wass risenn upp off dæþe.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14495 We wulleð mid þe uehten mid fullere strenðen.

c1330 (?c1300) Speculum Guy (Auch.) (1898) l. 310 (MED) Hij sholen haue..Fulle ioye and fulle blisse.

1399 Rolls of Parl.: Henry IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1399 1st Roll §59. m. 17 Whiche states..gafen hem fulle auctorite and power.

1415 in F. W. Weaver Somerset Medieval Wills (1901) 402 This testament is my volle & hole wille.

a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 2611 Þe bodys sal..outher þan have ful ioy togyder, Or ful sorow.

1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. ii. xlii Foure longsquares..and one full square.

1575 T. Churchyard 1st Pt. Chippes f. 87^v It was not full day light.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Nucillus in Panoplie Epist. 240 Taking a view of ourselves by this looking glasse to make full and just account.

1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias lxxvi. 156 b He gaue them for ful answere, that [etc.].

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 402 We shall make full satisfaction.

1622 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer (1661) 313 For our fuller perswation of this.

1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iv. xiii. 391 In his time the Gospell shined out in her full brightnesse.

1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. III. 115 When a comely personage comes in place..you shall have all husht..onely to take a full view.

1652 C. B. Stapylton tr. Herodian Imperiall Hist. ii. 21 To make the matter full, there souldiers came Unknown unto Perennus.

1701 J. Swift Disc. Contests Nobles & Commons iii. 34 Entring the Scene in the time of a full Peace.

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. i. v. 20 We assured him he was at full liberty to speak his mind.

1799 Naval Chron. 2 32 The British troops having obtained full possession of the Height and battery, their ardour and impetuosity was not to be restrained.

1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 132 Full vomiting..has also been very advantageously employed.

1849 R. T. Claridge Cold-water Cure (1869) 211 The rabbit is now in full health and vigour.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §4. 192 A seven years' apprenticeship formed the necessary prelude to full membership of any trade-gild.

1928 ‘Brent of Bin Bin’ Up Country xxii. 356 She arose to her full height of five-feet-one-and-a-half.

1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill x. 341 The full glory of autumnal change had passed, but much breath-taking beauty remained.

1970 Times 5 May 9/3 The full African look..complete with enormous freaked out ‘Hair’ wig.

2015 Guardian (Nexis) 18 May Shahina looked at me, puzzled. She had not understood the full implications of what I'd said.

(b) In phrases introduced by in expressing a condition or state: used as a simple intensive, so that ‘in full ——’ has the meaning ‘fully, or very much, in ——’.in full swing: see swing n.² 3.

ΚΠ

?1550 J. Bale Apol. agaynste Papyst f. viii^v A prodigiouse kynd of vowyng..whych neuer was in full force tyll Sathan was at liberte.

1591 T. Cokayne Short Treat. Hunting sig. B4^v The hounds will bee in full chase againe.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 87 In how short a time after they [sc. birds] be out of the shell, they be..growne to theyr full greatnes, so that they are in their full flowre ere one be aware.

1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole i. lxxvii. 332 The heads when they are in full flower, make a fine shew.

1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ 8 Some of the flowers of age blow before othersome;..however when perfected, you have it stand in full bloom.

1735 T. Morgan Mech. Pract. Physick xiii. 177 An unseasonable Removal of the Epispastick, while the Humour is in full Flow.

1747 J. Wheeler Mod. Druid iii. 90 At the latter end of May, when the trees are in full leaf.

1759 London Chron. 11 Aug. 146/3 The Russian infantry and cavalry were already in full retreat.

1845 Peter Parley's Ann. 36 White batenbrier often in full flower.

1875 C. D. E. Fortnum Maiolica xii. 113 The Gubbio fabrique was in full work previous to 1518.

1942 ‘Duggie’ in A. S. Forbes & H. R. Allen Ten Fighter Boys 20 We all had a moan to the C.O. about it, and he in turn was in full agreement.

1971 Daily Tel. 18 Feb. 2/3 The computer is due to be in full operation by the end of next month.

2012 S. A. Bhaloo Oneness iii. 27 Orchards, fields and forests are in full bloom.

b. Answering in every respect to a description; having all the qualifications, or entitled to all the privileges implied in a title or designation.

(a) Applied to a person in respect of his or her occupation, role, status, or character.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > that is such in a high degree > entitled to designation in high degree

fullOE

muchc1275

greata1398

very1712

veritable1862

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > learned person, scholar > [noun]

uþwitec888

larewc900

learnerc900

witec900

wise manOE

leredc1154

masterc1225

readera1387

artificer1449

man of science1482

rabbi1527

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pundit1661

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savant1719

ollamh1723

maulvi1776

pandect1791

Sabora1797

erudit1800

mallam1829

Gelehrter1836

erudite1865

walking encyclopaedia1868

Einstein1942

OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.iv) anno 1013 Eall þeodscipe hine hæfde þa for fulne cyning.

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1036 He wæs þæh full cyng ofer eall Englaland.

1525 Coventry Leet Bk. 691 Euery persone that haith beene full prentise..doithe sett vp his occupacion or Craft within the same city.

1570 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 156 Agnes my wyfe I doo ordeine and make my full executrix.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 37 For I haue seru'd him, and the man commands Like a full Souldier.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. xiii. 87 One that but performes The bidding of the fullest man.

1634 J. Canne Necessitie of Separation v. 214 Their Deacons are not to administer the Sacraments, neither any of those which are full Priests, but according to a Popish Leiturgy.

1698 B. Keach Laying Hands upon Baptized Believers ii. 25 For the admission of Persons as full Members, to the enjoyment of all Church-Privileges.

1789 London Chron. 31 Dec. 8/2 Richard Johnson, Esq. is appointed full Member of the Board of Revenue, in the room of John Mackenzie, Esq.

1810 Naval Chron. 23 94 The term ‘full passenger’ is explained..Every person above 16 years of age falls under that description.

1883 American 6 125 Mr. Frank Holl has been elected a full Royal Academician.

1973 Ebony May 116/1 He had to..analyze the medicinal value of over 200 different herbs before he could qualify as a full doctor.

1992 S. Holloway Courage High! xxx. 241/1 Although she was the first woman in the LFB [= London Fire Brigade] as a full firefighter, she was by no means the first woman member of the Brigade.

2008 New Yorker 19 May 55/2 Patterson was not a licensed attorney, yet he was now a full partner in the Patterson–Balducci firm.

(b) spec. Applied to (esp. military) ranks, as full colonel, full lieutenant, etc.

ΚΠ

1760 Whitehall Evening-post 8–10 Apr. We are told that Lieut. Col. Sloper is to be promoted to the rank of full Colonel.

1778 Gen. Evening Post 6 Jan. He assured me he would immediately make Jordan a full Lieutenant for his spirited behaviour.

1856 United Service Mag. Jan. 120 In the case of Majors who are Lieutenant-Colonels by Brevet, the time they are in command of the regiment shall count towards the rank of full Colonel.

1887 J. J. Flinn Hist. Chicago Police 558 He was appointed..acting lieutenant, November 18, 1882; and full lieutenant, January 1, 1883.

1894 A. Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes 148 A gallant veteran, who started as a full private.

1921 W. Wood Captains of Civil War vi. 194 Robert E. Lee, now a full general in the Confederate Army and adviser to the President, grasped the whole situation from the first.

1974 P. Schwab & J. L. Shneidman J. F. Kennedy i. 23 As a result of the PT 109 incident, Kennedy was promoted to full lieutenant.

2007 N.Y. Times Mag. 9 Sept. 10/2 It was clear that unless one was in the combat arms the chances of making full colonel, much less flag rank, were exceedingly limited.

†c. Of an enemy: avowed, open. Of a friend: loyal, committed. Cf. entire adj. 3c. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > (of a friend) thorough or trusty

fullOE

the mind > emotion > hatred > enemy > [adjective] > (of a foe) avowed or open

fullOE

OE Will of Ælfflæd (Sawyer 1486) in D. Whitelock Anglo-Saxon Wills (1930) 40 Æalswa hit stent on þet gerad þæt he beo on minum life min fulla freo[n]d & forespreca & mira manna.

a1225 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Lamb.) l. 219 in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 173 Wurst he deð his gode frond þenne his fulle fond.

a1300 Passion our Lord 174 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 42 Þer him cumeþ iudas, þat is my fulle i-vo.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14780 Þai him held þair ful fa.

a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) i. l. 1052 Pandarus..desirous to serue His fulle frend þenne seyde yn þis manere.

a1450–1500 ( Libel Eng. Policy (1926) 18 If they wold be oure fulle ennemyse, They shulde not passe oure stremez with marchaundyse.

d. Of a brother or sister: born of the same father and mother. Cf. half-brother n. 1, half-sister n. 1a.Occasionally also used of other more distant family relationships which depend on siblings, e.g. full aunt, full cousin, full uncle.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > [adjective] > having same parents

fulla1400

germanea1449

full-blood1857

a1400 in Facsimiles National MSS Scotl. (1870) II. 44 Dame Mariory Comyne hyrre full sister.

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 435 (MED) None of his brethyr bod his full bruther.

1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 218 Belȝebub, thy full brothir, will clame To be thyne air.

1592 G. Babington Certaine Comfortable Notes Genesis (xxxiv.) f. 137 For Dinah to them was full sister both by father and mother.

1627 R. Cotton Short View Life & Raigne Henry III 31 Richard Elect of the Empire, the Kings full Brother.

1670 P. Talbot Treat. Relig. & Govt. 425 Pope Martin the fifth dispensed with one, who had contracted..matrimony with his own natural and full sister.

1760 R. Heber Horse Matches ix. 143 Chub is full brother in blood to Mirza.

a1825 Fair Annie xxxi, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1885) II. iii. lxii. 73/2 ‘Then I'm your sister, Ann,’ she says, ‘And I'm a full sister to thee.’

1887 N. B. E. Baillie Digest Moohummudan Law viii. 334 If a person dying should leave a paternal half-uncle and a maternal full aunt,.. the former would inherit two-thirds of the property, and one-third thereof would descend to the latter.

1891 D. Macrae G. Gilfillan 78 One full sister of Dr. Anderson and three full brothers died in youth.

1907 M. Carroll Greek Women xiv. 343 Cleopatra, full sister of Alexander,..was first married to her uncle, Alexander, King of Epirus.

1915 Walker v. Chambers in Rep. Cases Court of Chancery New Jersey (1916) 15 377 The son or daughter of (one's) uncle or aunt—own, first, or full cousin.

1964 Social Forces 42 287/2 The increasing prevalence of remarriages involving children introduces complicating sub-groups among them—the relations between step, half, and full siblings.

2003 C. Birch Turn again Home iv. 61 She was not their full sister, not blood.

e. Comprising all of the expected or usual component parts.full name: see Compounds 1b.

ΚΠ

1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures xxi. 140 He may take his Maister Mengus long eares, to make vp a ful suit.

1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation iii. 222 His [sc. a dog's] Head must be round and curled,..his Lip Hound-like, his Chaps with a full sett of strong Teeth, [etc.].

1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber xii. 240 There formerly stood two additional Side-Wings, in front to a ful Set of Scenes.

1794 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. X. 451 A full set of carding and spinning machinery.

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) III. xx. 131 They received each a full suit of armour.

1894 J. Dale Round the World by Doctors' Orders xiv. 330 A young man dressed us in a full suit of ‘oils’.

1941 ‘Faugh-a-Ballagh’ 34 93/1 A full suit of cloths.

1975 Newsweek 9 June 31/3 Royal Navy regulations require a ‘full set’—both beard and mustache—or nothing.

2005 Broadcast (Nexis) 30 June A&E has taken the full first series [of Dead Famous].

2009 U. McGovern & P. Jenner Lost Lore 101 In Victorian times, it was common to give apostle spoons—a full set if you were rich enough, four if you were less so.

a. Complete in number, quantity, magnitude, extent, or necessary conditions; reaching or extending to the specified or usual limit; whole.With use with numerical and quantitative expressions cf. sense C. 2b(a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adjective] > in number or extent

fulleOE

plainc1330

halea1400

absolute1610

eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) v. iv. 394 Þæs wif wæs..mid grimre adle gestonden, swa ðæt heo þreom wicum fullum [L. tribus septimanis] ne meahte uute cuman of ðæm huse.

OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.i) anno 1013 Þa bead Swegen ful gyld & metsunge to his here ðone winter.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 274 Hundred is ful tale. & noateð perfecciun. þet is fuldede [c1230 Corpus Cambr. ful dede].

?1316 Short Metrical Chron. (Royal) l. 416 in J. Ritson Anc. Eng. Metrical Romanceës (1802) II. 287 Ahte ant tuenti folle yer.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 19 (MED) Abias..regnede..two fulle ȝere.

1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 16 (MED) Alle other that hath take the ful ordir of preesthod.

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 102 The which deyde assone as it was born for it had not his full time.

1534 G. Ferrers tr. Bk. Magna Carta f. 21^v Euery tyme the wrytte shalbe red in the full shyre..and there openly be denounced that [etc.].

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Chron. xxii. D For y^e full money shalt thou geue it me.

1578 G. Best True Disc. Passage to Cathaya iii. 11 This same daye the Salamander being vnder both hir corses and bonets, hapned to strike a greate Whale with hir full stemme.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 401 And over ten thousands, which made a full regiment.

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xii. 43 To visit Mexico (which was not two full miles from us).

1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 77 He lived to a full age, above seventy yeares, or (following the accompt of Suidas for his birth) eighty.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 287 I knew the time Now full, that I no more should live obscure.

1691 G. Miege New State Eng. iii. i. 4 Proclamation is made in the full County of the Day and Place appointed for the Parliament to sit.

1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 6 The full and regular pay begins only after they are passed the Tonnen.

1701 London Gaz. No. 3756/15 Irish Usquebagh..to be sold in full Quart Bottles.

1723 R. Blackmore Hist. Conspiracy i. 36 His Lieutenant-Colonel, Major, and Captains, being named, and the Troops almost full.

1742 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 4) I. 11 The Flour of the Grain will remain in its full Quantity.

1784 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 74 262 Measure..of the polar diameter 21″ 15‴ full measure, that is, certainly not too small.

1805 T. Lindley Voy. Brasil (1808) 102 A concert of sacred music was performed by a full band, with vocal parts.

1817 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 1252 The plaintiff shall have full costs.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 355 The muster was not a very full one.

1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 153 Full Charges, in artillery, are the ordinary charges used with rifled projectiles.

1908 B. W. Sinclair Raw Gold xxiii. 302 We might find the full fifty miles an ash-strewn waste.

1947 Princeton Alumni Weekly 16 May 10/1 The Glee Club found enough voice left to record the full gamut of Princeton songs for the first time.

1977 S. Brett Star Trap xiii. 142 The stage..had been equipped with the full complement of trap doors.

2006 Independent 11 Aug. 14/2 When I call to break the news to the Tory MP..he laughs for a full minute.

b. Of the moon: having the disc completely illuminated (as seen from the earth); cf. full moon n. Also in extended use of other celestial objects.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > phase > [adjective] > full

fulleOE

high-fullc1300

full-faced1595

full-orbed1638

plenilunary1646

plenilunar1767

full-sphered1832

plenilunal1882

eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) vi. ii. 135 Þa se mona ful wæs, & þære sunnan firrest.., hio þa aþeostrade.

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1106 On þa niht..wæron gesewen twegen monan on þære heofonan.., oðer be eastan & se oðer be westan, begen fulle.

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 70 Quhen jt [sc. the moon] is full, all thingis..ar mare forssy..na quhen jt is wane.

1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 98 Whan as the mone unto the world..shining with face both full and round.

1690 W. Leybourn Cursus mathematicus f. 449 She [sc. Venus] is liable to the same variety of changes as the Moon, sometimes almost Full, at other times Gibbous.

1753 Scots Mag. Feb. 100/1 The moon was..full.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Morte d'Arthur in Poems (new ed.) II. 4 On one side lay the Ocean, and on one Lay a great water, and the moon was full.

1884 Harper's Mag. May 883/1 Large, round, and full..the August moon hangs o'er the waves.

1938 S. Beckett Murphy vii. 121 The moon, by a striking coincidence full and at perigee.

1978 B. Arnold Singer at Wedding i. 25 The fading light in the south-west had been superseded by the harder whiteness of a moon that was almost full.

1996 SkyNews Mar. 18/1 The difference in apparent size is huge, ranging from 10 seconds diameter when full to 60 seconds when Venus is a hair-thin crescent.

2012 N.Y. Times 7 May (Late ed.) a18/6 The so-called supermoon..occurs when the Moon is both full and in a closer-than-normal orbit to the Earth.

c. Of the sea, a flood tide, etc.: at its greatest height (also figurative). Also used to refer to the time when the greatest height is reached.See also full sea at sea n. 4, full tide n., full water n. at water n. 14a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > [adjective] > full (of tides)

fullOE

higha1387

OE Royal Charter: Cnut to Christ Church, Canterbury (Sawyer 959) in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 158 Ðonne hit bið full flod & þæt scip bið aflote.

lOE Prognostics (Hatton) (2007) 425 On ix nihtte monan, fer to cyniges bene, gang in to him æt fulre seo.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2745 At þe fulle flod þei ferden to sayle.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 41 Me may nouȝt seile by þis swolwe but slily at þe ful see.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 5178 And so it was full flode.

?1574 W. Bourne Regiment for Sea f. 7^v The Moone doth make a full Sea at that place.

1699 J. Barry Reviving Cordial iv. 77 Like a Ship sticking in the Sand, which no Strengh or Art of Men, can set a Float, till the full Spring Tide come, and set her a Float.

1798 T. Hinderwell Hist. Scarborough 165 The depth of water at the extremity of the Pier, at full spring-tide, is from 20 to 24 feet.

1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 140 The surf breaking over the rock at full flood.

1911 D. G. Phillips Grain of Dust xx. 396 With all his old arrogance come back in full flood, he was feeling that he would live his own life in his own way.

2002 T. Steinberg Down to Earth v. 78 Georgia planters..had their slaves plant the rice seeds in March, just before the first full spring tide.

d. Of an assembly, council, etc.: having all or most of its members present.

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society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > meeting or assembling for common purpose > [adjective] > types of meeting

fullOE

panegyric1603

panegyricala1617

sit-down1875

quorate1893

plenary1907

inquorate1974

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [adjective] > full

fullOE

plenarc1300

plainc1330

plenary1483

OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.i) anno 1014 Ða com se cyning Æþelred mid fulre fyrde þyder, ær hi gearwe wæron.

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Domitian A.viii) anno 785 Her sæt full sinoð [L. plenum concilium] at Cealchyðe.

c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss Black Bk. Admiralty (1873) II. 129 Everech son of a burgeys who is herre to his father..come into ful court..and render to the baillives of the toun the swerd with which [etc.].

a1445 in F. B. Bickley Little Red Bk. Bristol (1900) II. 171 (MED) Here names to be presented to the Maire in full Court of the yheldehalle.

a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 69 Sir Robert.., knowlichith for to do þe fore-seide chauntri in full courte.

1567 T. Stapleton Counterblast iii. xvii. sig. bbii^v Which yet (after the Emperour being departed) he reuoked (as I said) in a ful Councell.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. i. 266 Is this the noble Moore, whom our full Senate Call all in all sufficient?

1645 T. Tully tr. Briefe Relation Present Troubles in Eng. 49 Those acts concerning the banishment of Hugh Spencer, condemned in full Parliament, and rejected as a principle of Treason, fraud, and Rebellion.

1730 S. Whatley tr. J. Lenfant Hist. Council of Constance II. v. lxxvii. 130 The Decrees agreed on by the Nations were by him curtail'd in full Council, in the Fourth Session.

1766 R. Boote Hist. Treat. Action at Law 158 In case a full Jury did not appear, then the Sheriff was to return a Supply of Men of the County from out of those then in View of the Court.

1834 W. Wallace in J. Mackintosh Hist. Revol. Eng. p. viii He..kept the academic senate waiting for him in full conclave.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 78 James..in full council declared it to be his pleasure that [etc.].

1915 Eng. Hist. Rev. 30 198 The archbishop humbled himself before the king in full parliament.

1951 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 45 341 Between meetings of the full Council, the Deputies will continue to meet in London.

1961 K. Kellen Khrushchev xi. 133 It was all over for Malenkov when the Supreme Soviet met in full session on February 8, 1954.

2006 Daily Tel. 8 Mar. 1/2 Her lawyers said they would apply for her case to be heard by the European Court's Grand Chamber, a full court of 17 judges.

e. Of the face or front: entirely visible to the viewer. Also figurative. See also full-face n., adv., and adj.

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a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 742 (MED) The Mones cercle so lowe is, Wherof the Sonne out of his stage Ne seth him noght with full visage.

1599 S. Daniel Musophilus in Poet. Ess. sig. E4 Rooms of charge, charg'd ful with worth & praise Makes maiestie appeare with her full face, Shining with all her beames.

1606 H. Peacham Art of Drawing i. vii. 17 For draught of a full face you must beare in memory and narrowlie obserue the breadth of the fore head, and the compasse of both the cheekes.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. vii. 144/1 Gardant, at gaze, looking with a full face.

a1699 T. Nourse Campania Fœlix (1700) 302 I would have a large Walk or Road..leading directly from the Entrance of the Park to the Dwelling-House, which I would have to stand in full front or view.

a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. iii. 538 The head of a Roman Emperor drawn with a full face.

1782 R. Cumberland Anecd. Painters Spain I. 57 A graceful turn of the neck gives the full countenance to the spectator.

1838 C. R. Pemberton Let. 6 Feb. in Life & Lit. Remains (1843) 454 The mountain stood staring at me with a fine full countenance.

1877 J. B. Linn Ann. Buffalo Valley, Pa. 482 He had not waited long before the performer, standing upon the rope, presented a full front, within point blank distance.

1901 A. F. Baillie Oriental Club ix. 241 The head is slightly inclined to his left, but we have nearly his full face.

2007 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 11 Feb. vii. 31 The jacket for Danielle Steel's ‘H.R.H.’ shows a full face but still leaves something to the imagination.

f. Of a point of the compass: exact, directly in the specified direction. Cf. C. 5a. Now rare.

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the world > space > direction > [adjective] > exact (of compass direction)

full1555

1555 R. Eden tr. P. Giovio Libellus de legatione Basilii in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 281^v Towarde the full west the mayne landes of Prussia and Liuonia are ioyned to the confines or marches of Moscouia.

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 122 On the full East doe the Alps divide it [sc. France] from Italie.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. ix. 374 The two Poles North and South, have the greatest denominations of all the other points, being each eleven, viz. the full North, and 10 Northerly points; and the full South and 10 Southerly points.

1726 R. Bradley New Improvem. Planting & Gardening (ed. 5) 524 The Blasts commonly come from the full South.

1809 Lancaster Gaz. 3 June The storm..came on about five o'clock on the afternoon of the 19th ult. in a full South direction.

1884 Overland Monthly Apr. 379/1 The sun was in the full north in those days.

1970 Geogr. Jrnl. 136 240 Convoys of slaves and ivory..came out from the full west on the beach of the stronghold.

g. Designating the height or middle part of a season or other period of time, as full summer, full midday, etc. Cf. high adj. 16a.

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the world > time > particular time > [adjective] > of the time of day > fully come

largec1405

full1555

expiatea1616

the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > summer

summereOE

summerOE

summertidea1325

summer seasonc1390

summertimea1398

summer's time1568

full summer1630

summer season1760

heated term1855

1555 R. Eden Of North Regions in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 264 Wee may well conceaue that the Romane winter, althowgh it be not hotte, yet to be equal in heate to the full sprynge tyme in the same citie durynge the tyme of the sayde fiue houres.

1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hippolytus ii, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 66^v If Tytan hoyst his totteryng Cart on poynt of ful midday.

1630 M. Drayton David & Goliah in Muses Elizium 203 It was full Summer, and the day so cleere, As not a little cloud did once appeare.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vi. 264 This done, and at full mid-night wee came to the Church.

1750 J. Randall Course Lect. 63 It will be full noon at London, and the Plane of the Meridian will pass through the center of the Sun.

1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams II. xiv. 267 It was but a glimmering and melancholy light that entered my apartment, even at full noon.

1830 Literary Port Folio 6 May 139/2 A dark night was always preferred..and the attack was delayed until full midnight.

1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate I. i. 10 It was full summer at Belton.

1905 Epworth Herald 22 Apr. 5/2 It is almost noonday now; full noonday for us who live in gospel lands.

1964 E. Hirsh H. W. Longfellow 16 Up into the Swiss mountains in full summer, with the sun high and strong.

1996 L. Niven Ringworld Throne (1997) 178 Our part here is over. Gleaners don't wake until full day.

h. Of a covering material in bookbinding: used for the entire cover. Cf. full-bound adj. (b) at Compounds 2c.

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society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > [adjective] > forming entirety of cover

whole1821

full1823

1823 St. Andrew's Libr., Calcutta in Oriental Mag. Mar. (end matter) (advt.) Campbell's Specimens of British Poets, 7 vols. 8vo. full calf extra.

1830 Aberdeen Jrnl. 29 Dec. (advt.) On the 6th January, 1831, will be published, In 12mo. Full Cloth, Price 2s. 6d. (As formerly announced,) A Sermon, And Scriptural Paraphrases in verse, By the Rev. R. Cook.

1881 Cent. Mag. Nov. 139/2 The very best Bible for teachers, of course, is the limp-cover, protected edges, full Levant Morocco, Oxford, silk-sewed, kid-lined, Bishop's Divinity Circuit.

1946 E. Diehl Bookbinding II. xix. 294 Before a case is made for a book, a ‘chemise’, or cover, should be made for it if it is bound in full leather and is elaborately tooled.

1992 Mod. Painters Spring 7/2 (advt.) Bound in full Library Buckram, lettered in gilt on coloured panel on spine, preserved in a cloth slipcase.

2004 D. McKitterick Hist. Cambr. Univ. Press III. vii. 159 A choice of ‘Roxburghe style’,..three-quarter morocco or full morocco.

a. Having a rounded outline; large, swelling, swollen, bulbous; esp. well filled with flesh, plump, fleshy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > [adjective] > rounded

fullOE

full-bodied1588

rounded1766

Rubenesque1815

Rubensesque1834

well-stacked1935

stacked1942

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] > fat or plump

fatc893

frimOE

fullOE

overfatOE

greatOE

bald1297

roundc1300

encorsivea1340

fattishc1369

fleshyc1369

fleshlyc1374

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corsious1430

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corsyc1440

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portlyc1487

corporate1509

foggy fata1529

corsive1530

foggish?1537

plump1545

fatty1552

fleshful1552

pubble1566

plum1570

pursy1576

well-fleshed1576

gross?1577

fog1582

forfatted1586

gulchy1598

bouksome1600

fat-fed1607

meatified1607

chuff1609

plumpya1616

bloat1638

blowze-like1647

obese1651

jollya1661

bloated1664

chubbed1674

pluffya1689

puffya1689

pussy1688

sappy1694

crummy1718

chubby1722

fodgel1724

well-padded1737

beefy1743

plumpish1753

pudsy1754

rotund1762

portable1770

lusty1777

roundabout1787

well-cushioned1802

plenitudinous1803

stout1804

embonpointc1806

roly-poly1808

adipose1810

roll-about1815

foggy1817

poddy1823

porky1828

hide-blown1834

tubby1835

stoutish1836

tubbish1836

superfatted1841

pottle-bodied1842

pincushiony1851

opulent1882

well-covered1884

well-upholstered1886

butterball1888

endomorphic1888

tisty-tosty1888

pachyntic1890

barrel-bodied1894

overweight1899

pussy-gutted1906

upholstered1924

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective]

fullOE

balghc1340

struttinga1398

bouchy1398

bunching1398

bunchy1398

lumpedc1425

bunched1426

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knule?a1513

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bossed?1541

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protuberant1578

protuberated1578

protuberating1578

protubered1578

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bellieda1593

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hulched1611

jetty?1611

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bungy1634

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bosomed1646

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protuberous1666

tuberant1668

extuberic1680

swollen1688

bellying1700

swelled1704

humped1713

extuberated1727

bottle-shaped1731

ampullaceous1776

hummocky1791

bulging1812

bulgy1847

ampulliform1870

fullish1871

pouchy1884

bumfled1913

the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [adjective] > convex

swellingc1000

gibbousc1400

round?1523

convex?a1560

convexed1578

bias1609

out-bowed1613

outbent1625

full1627

outbowing1657

gibbose1682

rounded1712

bulging1812

pot-bellied1814

balloony1861

bombed1872

bombous1878

OE Ælfric De Temporibus Anni (Cambr. Gg.3.28) (2009) viii. 90 Hit is gecyndelic þæt ealle eorðlice lichaman beoð fulran on weaxendum monan.

OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Gen. (Claud.) xli. 5 Him þuhte þæt he gesawe seofon ear weaxan on anum healme fulle & fægere.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 185 (MED) In a mannys ȝowþe..þe armes beeþ fulle [L. plena].

c1450 J. Metham Physiognomy in Wks. (1916) 138 (MED) Yf that parte be ful, replet with flesch.

1528 R. Copland tr. Secrete of Secretes of Arystotle sig. H.iv^v Full eyes & smothe chekes is soone angry.

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 55 Within his shale are fat and full seedes, as soft to feele to as purple silk.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 115 The hoofe that is full and fleshy, is not to be lyked.

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xi. 54 The longer a ship is, the fuller should be her Bow.

1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation ii. 92 A round Head, somewhat full on the top.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iii. 32 Full round Faces, small black Eyes,..full Lips, and short Chins.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World vi. 131 It is a high bluff, or full point of Land.

1712 London Gaz. No. 5000/4 Edw. Gibson Corporal, 6 Foot high, having a full red Face, his Nose somewhat flat.

1791 Swinney's Birmingham & Stafford Chron. 21 July A Dark Brown Poney..strong-made, with a full eye, brown muzzle, spotted buttocks.

1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 36 In proportion as the patient was full, robust and vigorous.

1840 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. vii. 109 She is..full enough to prevent the haggard look which comes upon women who grow thin at fifty.

1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 152 Its use is to take out the snying edge occasioned by a full bow.

1894 J. E. Humphrey in Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 494 The fruit is cut as soon as it is ‘full’.

1925 Amer. Mercury Oct. 223/1 He was a bull-necked apostle, with a very full paunch.

1991 Essence Dec. 25/1 (caption) Sisters with fuller figures will love the way the softer fabrics just glide over the hips.

b. Of a (portion of a) garment: containing much material arranged in gathers or folds; generously or amply cut.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > other

smalleOE

lightc1230

round1402

side-necked1430

wanton1489

Spanish1530

tucked1530

lustya1555

civil1582

open-breasted1598

full1601

everlasting1607

sheeten1611

nothinga1616

burly1651

pin-up1677

slouching1691

double-breasted1701

negligée1718

translated1727

uniform1746

undress1777

single-breasted1796

unworn1798

mamalone1799

costumic1801

safeguard1822

Tom and Jerry1830

lightweight1837

fancy dress1844

wrap-1845

hen-skin1846

Mary Stuart1846

well-cut1849

mousquetaire1851

empire1852

costumary1853

solid1859

spring weight1869

Henri II1870

western1881

hard-boiled1882

man-of-war1883

Henley1886

demi-season1890

Gretchen1890

toreador1892

crossover1893

French cut1896

drifty1897

boxy1898

Buster Brown1902

Romney1903

modistic1907

Peter Pan1908

classic1909

Fauntleroy1911

baby doll1912

flared1928

flare1929

tuck-in1929

unpressed1932

Edwardian1934

swingy1937

topless1937

wraparound1937

dressed-down1939

cover-up1942

Sun Yat-sen1942

utility1942

non-utility1948

sudsable1951

off-the-shoulder1953

peasant1953

flareless1954

A-line1955

matador1955

stretch1956

wash-and-wear1959

layered1962

Tom Jones1964

Carnaby Street1965

Action Man1966

Mao-style1967

wear-dated1968

thermal1970

bondage1980

swaggery1980

hoochie1990

mitumba1990

kinderwhore1994

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. v. x. 99 Hee made it [sc. Alexandria] round like to a Macedonian cloke, full in the skirts, bearing out into angles and corners..so as it seemed to lye in folds and plaits.

1613 G. Chapman Memorable Maske Inns of Court sig. A4 The Ornaments of Honor were these: a rich full robe of blew silke girt about her, a mantle of siluer worne ouer-thwart, [etc.].

1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 326 The first piece of my dresse is a pair of drawers, very full, that reach to my shoes.

1761 London & Environs Described VI. 153 Their coats..have large sleeves, and very full skirts gathered round, somewhat in the manner of a petticoat.

1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 306 White silk petticoat, exceedingly full and short.

1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 223 An open gown..whose very full tail..would have formed an inconvenient little train.

1861 C. M. Yonge Stokesley Secret iii. 42 Alpaca frocks, rather long and not very full.

1891 Leeds Mercury 27 Apr. 4/7 Velvet sleeves, full and high on the shoulders.

1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 52/2 The skirt, somewhat fuller than we have been accustomed to, has gathers posed on the hips.

1939 M. B. Picken Lang. Fashion 40/3 Culotte, informal trouser-like garment having leg portions that are full and fall together to simulate a skirt.

a1983 ‘R. West’ This Real Night (1984) ii. ix. 253 The very short, full skirt..fanned out round Cordelia's beautiful, slender, strong legs.

2009 Daily Tel. 2 Mar. 24/3 I loved wearing the long, full dresses with swishy petticoats.

c. Of the hair: (originally) long, plentiful; (now usually) having body.

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1673 R. Almond Eng. Horsman ii. 12 Those [properties] of a Woman are to be large and fair breasted, to have a beautiful and full hair.

1791 Evening Mail 26 Oct. A tall well-made man, about 30 years of Age, 5ft 11in, high, with a round smooth face..black full hair, queu'd behind, frizz'd and powder'd on the sides.

1823 J. Neal Randolph I. 274 Sarah is..so beautiful, with the transparency of her complexion, and clearness of her quick hazle eyes, and the glossiness of her full hair.

1939 F. G. Bartlett & C. C. Crawford Art for All (Exper. ed.) i. 10 Soft, full hair which is brushed forward over the forehead is best for the large-nosed face, and soft, full waves are most becoming.

1989 Weekly World News 7 Nov. 36 (advt.) Gorgeous, full hair with lasting curls and waves is only a shampoo away!

2009 Daily Mail (Nexis) 31 Dec. Making hair look glamorous isn't easy, especially if you weren't blessed with naturally thick, full hair.

a. Of a part of the body, the voice, the soul, etc.: exerting, or engaged in the exertion of, the utmost force or effort. Of an action: delivered with such force or effort.Formerly esp. in with (a) full eye, arm, etc.; in later use more commonly applied to actions.For many of the more established collocations, as full cry, full pelt, full swing, etc. (some of which are used as simple adverbs, without preceding preposition), see the second element. See also full-butt adv., full pitch n. and adv. at Compounds 1b.

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the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [phrase] > thoroughly or to the utmost > with the utmost strength of

with a full arm1490

the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [adjective] > exerting the utmost force

fullc1515

flush1812

c1300 St. Faith (Laud) 93 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 86 Loude he gradde with folle Mouth.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 6894 Þat heone bileue noȝt on Þat heo ne steppe mid folle vot wiþoute quakinge.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xvii. 392 He..toke hym wyth a full arme..in lyke wyse in maner of wrastelynge.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cvi It neuer lokyth on man with iyen full But euer his herte by furious wrath is dull.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxvii. 230 Whom so euer he strake a full stroke neded after no surgyon.

1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 121 Was better fixed in the memorie..if I did speake with a full voice.

1610 Bible (Douay) II. Isa. ix. 12 The Philisthims..shal devoure Israel with ful mouth.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. i. 44 For seuerall vertues Haue I lik'd seuerall women, neuer any With so full soule, but [etc.] .

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 28 Rush't into the chamber..and..thrust at him a full stocada.

1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 207 The Javians set up a full Huzza.

1751 tr. G.-S. de Mainvilliers Beau-philosopher i. 65 Singing at last the Complines, and bawling with a full Throat the Salve Regina.

1783 J. C. Smyth in Med. Communications 1 142 Pulse 68, full and strong.

1837 R. Southey Joan of Arc (new ed.) in Poet. Wks. I. 53 Gazing round With a full eye [earlier edd. With the wild eye].

1875 A. Trollope Way we live Now II. liv. 27 The trumpet was sounded with a full blast.

1941 F. H. Brennan Wookey i. 51 It was kind of yer not to hit me a full punch.

1988 R. Hoggart Local Habitation iv. in Measured Life (1994) 98 These stalls needed more space so that people could stand back and throw with a full arm at coconuts.

2002 Sunday Mirror (Nexis) 14 Apr. Since returning from his latest hamstring injury, the 22-year-old hitman has not really been giving it the full welly.

2014 M. Roberts & T. Bishop Baserunning x. 170 The runner's controlled sprint at about 45 feet turns into a full sprint to home plate.

b. Applied in a similar sense to a strong wind, a violent storm, etc.

ΚΠ

1539 R. Morison tr. Frontinus Strategemes & Policies Warre ii. sig. Hvi Cesar..seynge afarre of, the sayles swellynge with fulle wynde..returned backe ageyne.

1566 J. Studley tr. Seneca Medea ii. f. 17 Now full gale aloofe to blow, Now tackle turnde to take syde wynde alee.

1615 J. Forsyth Bitter Waters of Babylon 3 Thinking that after faire weather there wilbe a turbulent tempest, but after a full storme, a still calme.

a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 124 Presently favouring us..with a full gale of wind.

1694 tr. F. Martens Voy. Spitzbergen 34 in Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. If in a brisk Gale of a full wind the Sails are all full and round.

1778 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 429/2 Now the full storm is ripe: the big drops fall: The thirsty meadows smoke with drenching rain.

1806 Monthly Mirror Oct. 272 O blow not, ye terrible winds, with such force! O bid the full tempest arrest in its course.

1896 Baily's Mag. July 51/2 The outside boat staggering under the full blast of the wind, and often nearly stopped by a gust.

1966 Motor Boating Aug. 40/1 By evening August 29, storm area winds had increased to 69 knots—full hurricane.

1999 Skiing Heritage Jrnl. Mar. 20/1 They spent two nights at the Fire Ranger cabin as a full gale howled outside.

2011 Grimsby Tel. (Nexis) 28 Nov. 16 I had seen it go from being flat calm to a full storm in only a matter of a few hours.

9. Having much wealth; well provided for. Later also in weakened sense: having sufficient for one's needs. Now rare.

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the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > well-off

wellc1405

sufficient1436

full?1483

suffisant1484

beina1525

warmc1571

well-breeched1571

meaned1605

well-meaned1605

well-lined1611

substanced?1614

well-circumstanced1643

forehanded1658

uppish1678

easy1701

brownstone1780

forehand1784

solid1788

well-to-do1794

snug1801

strong farmer1802

well-fixed1822

unindigent1830

well off1842

fixed1844

comfortably offc1850

heeled1871

well-heeled1871

well in1888

independent1893

?1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton iv. sig. hij Whan thou arte ful & ryche, thou oughtest to kepe & spare somme goodes for the tyme yet to come.

1567 E. Hake tr. Thomas à Kempis Imitation of Christ iii. xix. f. 80^v Neyther oughtest thou to be lesse cheerefull to suffer, than to reioyce, more vnwillingly needie and poore, then full and welthie.

1611 Bible (King James) Phil. iv. 18 I haue all, and abound. I am full .

1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis 651/2 He is a full man; Omnium rerum affluentibus copiis ditatur.

1797 Jrnl. Life, Travels & Gospel Labours J. Scott viii. 215 Such as have not a sense of their own necessities, but think themselves rich, full, and to have need of nothing.

1835 W. Conner True Polit. Econ. Ireland 1 Emancipation, Reform, and such like questions, had in them much which affected the interests of the higher or independent classes, who are rich and full.

1990 P. G. Walsh tr. Cassiodorus Explan. Psalms I. xxxvi. 366 In this world they account themselves full and wealthy.

10. Nautical. Of a ship: having her sails filled with wind (cf. sense A. 1d); under full sail (see full sail n. 1a). Esp. in to keep (her) full (frequently in imperative). Now archaic.Earliest in full and by at Phrases 1d.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > trim sails > keep sails full

to keep (her) full1627

c1500 Piers of Fulham (Trin. Cambr.) in C. H. Hartshorne Anc. Metrical Tales (1829) 129 What worde to sey, he [sc. the loodsman] is in doute, Eyther warae the lof, or ells full and by.

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 42 Fill the sailes, keepe full, full and by.

1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 18 How Wind you? N.N.E. thus werr no more; no near, keep her full.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms at Défie du vent You are all in the wind, keep her full!

1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene III. ii. 24 ‘The wind's heading us, Sir,’ said the master; ‘she's full again, now.’

1848 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 27 May 340/2 ‘Port, port,’ sings out our skipper, ‘keep full.’

1869 Once a Week 27 Nov. 362/1 The first little flutter of the sail..warned you to ease her off half a point, and remember to keep ‘full’ as well as ‘by’.

1920 Boys' Life June 6/2 Keep her full, matey. And no tricks... What a landfall!

1983 P. O'Brian Treason's Harbour vi. 187 ‘Full. Keep her full, Thompson,’ he said to the helmsman.

11.

a. Of colour: deep, intense, rich. Of light: intense, bright.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [adjective] > brilliant or resplendent

flaming?a1400

livelyc1425

resplendent?1440

resplendant?1473

resplendishant?1473

fulgent?a1475

resplendishing1479

splendiferousa1500

vehement1528

preclarec1550

profulgent1561

prelucent1568

splendicant1592

full1599

resplending1600

splendorous1604

splendious1609

splendid1634

flammeous1646

vivid1665

brilliant1681

effulgent1737

fulgorous1772

spandy-bright1968

the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > intense

strongOE

richc1330

finea1387

stark1547

deep1555

full1599

saturate1669

generous1710

lush1744

saturated1791

lushy1821

robust1826

raised1846

high-keyed1879

acid1916

1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. 70/2 Colór lléno, a deepe colour, a full colour.

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 66 These leaves being..of a full green.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 26 View her with a full light transmitted through a Burning-glass.

1743 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds I. 18 The Feathers of the whole Bird..are of a full Blue, darker on the Back, and lighter on the Breast.

1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. i. i. i. 19 The colour of the wool will be much more full and intense.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Locksley Hall in Poems (new ed.) II. 94 In the Spring a fuller crimson comes upon the Robin's breast.

1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius xi. 303 Under the application of heat, amounting to a full red in iron.

1944 J. R. R. Tolkien Let. 18 Apr. (1995) 73 The full green of hawthorn.

1997 Church Times 16 May 10/5 I particularly enjoyed..the full yellow of the crown daisy, Chrysanthemum coronaria.

2012 Oxf. Compan. Beer 39/2 Tradition called for ‘pale ales’ of a deep gold to full amber color.

b. Of flavour: rich, mellow, strong.

ΚΠ

1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole 466 If the meate looke yellow, and be mellow, and not hard or greene, and taste full and pleasant, and not waterish.

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 29 Bread..has not here that full taste it has in England.

1767 J. Rutter & D. Carter Mod. Eden i. xxxiv. 115 The leaves will never have that full flavour and freshness of virtue that they have from seed.

1822 J. Tuck Private Brewer's Guide 248 These, mixed with a quarter of a pipe of good full wine, are mostly the wines sent to country victuallers.

1849 T. Thomson Brewing & Distillation 285 The worts, under process of fermentation possess a full taste, rather bitter, but grateful to the palate.

1890 Garden 22 Nov. 492/3 Mikado [sc. a type of tomato] possesses a very rich full flavour, almost too rich in fact.

1925 Boys' Life Apr. 28/1 For their refreshment he has ordered a very full, stout wine.

1965 Ebony Nov. 129 (advt.) Blended with pineapple distilled vinegar to bring out all the rich, full taste of ripe tomatoes and zesty spices.

1981 N.Y. Times 29 July c13/4 Fruity bouquet with suggestions of wood. Fruity, spicy, rich and full.

2012 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 16 Nov. 9 There is no mistaking the full flavour of Scotch whiskies.

c. Of the voice, sound, etc.: strong and resonant.

ΚΠ

1654 S. Clarke Marrow Eccl. Hist. (ed. 2) 691 He was of a bigge stature..had strong sides, a clear, and full voice.

1790 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 863/1 His voice was a fine full tenor.

1846 Blackwood's Lady's Mag. Apr. 185 The barytone..who sustained the character of Don Carlos, King of Spain, has a full resonant voice.

1927 Amer. Mercury Jan. 112/2 The red-haired youngster on top of the piano raises his seidel and his high full tenor voice rings out.

1968 Music Educators Jrnl. 54 29/1 The full round sound meets the demands of professional flutists.

2001 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 15 Apr. f1 To produce the organ's characteristic rich, full sound, both shorter and longer pipes are used with middle-range notes.

B. n.²

1. The complete scope or entire range of something; the entire amount or sum total; completeness, fullness, totality. Formerly also: †the whole of a specified amount (cf. sense A. 6a) (obsolete). Now somewhat rare.See also by (the) full at Phrases 2a, all the full at Phrases 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > [noun] > the whole quantity, number, or amount

fullOE

suma1382

universitya1382

your university1385

wholea1393

amountment?a1400

wholenessa1425

hale1437

aggregatec1443

rate1472

total1557

the whole ware1563

lump1576

gross1579

totality1598

universarya1604

general1608

population1612

amount1615

totum1656

totea1772

complete1790

factorial1869

collectivity1882

OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Lev. (Claud.) i. 2 Gyf hwilc eower wille Gode offrunga bringan of nytenum..& seo offrung be þam fullan beon sceole.

OE tr. Chrodegang of Metz Regula Canonicorum (Corpus Cambr. 191) xxxiv. 241 Gif he [sc. the superior] on neaweste ne beo, wite he þæt hi habban innan heora beoderne þæt fulle, ealswa we beforan writon.

c1300 St. Nicholas (Laud) 144 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 244 And beden is stiwardes meten wel ȝif heo þe folle hadden. huy..founden al þe fulle and wel more þare-to.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 23547 (MED) Vche mon shal haue þe folle Of al þat he aftir wilne wolle.

c1500 (a1450) De Arte Lacrimandi (Harl.) in Anglia (1909) 32 274 (MED) I was in exile In egipt the full of seuen yere.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. cclxxix/2 They shulde playnly shewe the full of his entencyon, and mynde.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 198^v When the ffreike had the fulle of xv.^tene yeres.

1601 S. Daniel Delia (new ed.) xxxvi. 18 in Wks. Her tender bud doth vndisclose That full of beautie, tyme bestowes vpon her.

1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. ii. 37 Iohnson whose full of merit to reherse Too copious is to be confinde in verse.

1640 J. Woodall Cure of Plague sig. A4^v One of eighteene, nineteene, or twenty yeeres old, or more, may safely take the full of eight graines.

1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon i. ii. 49 The Lords of Guise had the full of their own demands.

1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 182 I shall not be able to recollect the full..of the great Variety.

1734 W. Snelgrave Acct. Guinea 55 Afterwards we experienced the full of what he told us.

1797 E. Parry in First Rep. Soc. for bettering Condition of Poor iii. 26 Children should on no account be put into workhouses, if they have parents or relations who will take care of them; although it be requisite to give some allowance, and even to the full of what they would cost in the workhouse.

1843 J. H. Newman Apologia (1864) 358 With my opinions, to the full of which I dare not confess.

1890 W. C. Russell Ocean Trag. II. xix. 134 Sleeping as he did, right in the ‘eyes’, he got the very full of the motion.

1957 W. C. Williams in Poetry 91 62 The poem should be read aloud if possible, to get the full of its impact.

2002 N. Tosches In Hand of Dante 322 He summoned the full of his eloquence of persuasion.

a. With possessive adjective: = fill n.¹ 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > enough to satisfy want or desire

fillc893

fulla1225

fillinga1400

sufficiencec1450

bellyful1535

stakinga1595

wameful1722

skinful1897

a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 53 (MED) To eten hire fulle.

c1300 St. Edmund Rich (Laud) l. 403 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 442 His fulle net he neuere mo..bote ase muche ase he nede moste.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. vi. l. 266 (MED) Arise vp ar appetit haue eten his fulle.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 4079 Til þei be leiser han y-wept her fulle.

a1500 (a1400) Sir Eglamour (Cambr.) (1844) l. 560 The yeant had hys fulle of fyght.

1565 J. Rastell Replie Def. Truth f. 179^v They are permitted to haue here carnall pleasures, & for the worlde to come, they are promysed to haue their full of them.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 240 If they eate Walnuts (and not to their full) vnripe.

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xiii. 76 Here is now enough, drink thy full of it.

1697 J. S. Innocent Epicure 14 The greedy Fish may have his full of Play, While unconcern'd on the less Fry you Prey.

1769 tr. J. de Bondt Acct. Dis. E. Indies 125 I have now had my full of sea fish, and wish that you would next present me with those of the fresh water.

1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire V. xliv. 184 These flies, he said, have nearly sucked their full.

1874 G. W. Dasent Tales from Fjeld 178 They had all stared their full.

1910 T. Roosevelt Afr. Game Trails viii. 186 Toward this [pool] we went, so that the thirsty horses and men might drink their full.

1946 K. Loewenstein Polit. Reconstruction iv. iv. 294 The liberated countries of Western Europe..had their full of collaborationists, Quislings, and Fifth Columnists.

2012 A. Bergen 100 Years of Vicissitude xxii. 133 I'd had my full of firearms.

b. Originally Scottish. As much of something as will fill a container, the hands or arms, etc. Frequently in the full of. Cf. -ful suffix 2. Now chiefly Irish English.

ΚΠ

1577 in D. Balfour Oppress. 16th Cent. Orkney & Zetland (1859) 40 For the full of the quhilk [can] they tak fra the Commownis ane Dens schilling.

1618 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) A1617/5/1 That four fulles of either of the foresaids firlots conteine..ane just boll.

1696 A. Telfair True Relation Apparition 7 There was the full of an back-creel of Peets, set together in midst of the house floor.

1765 J. Watt Notebk. in E. Robinson & D. McKie Partners in Sci. (1970) 436 I have since found that the Quantity of steam Condensed would be many fulls of the Cylinder.

1782 T. Campbell Let. Duke of Portland 28 [He] will not have the full of the smallest wine-glass for his daily consumption [of whiskey].

1797 G. S. Keith Impartial & Comprehensive View Present State Great Brit. 72 The full of his [sc. John Bull's] hat is the standard of his corn measures.

1824 G. Smith Home's Douglas 91 The full o' his oxter o' a' thing that's laithfu'.

a1868 S. Lover Mac Carthy More ii. v, in Coll. Writings (1903) IX. 195 Lady P... Do you call that a bottle?.. I will only allow it to be half filled. Darby. I can't take less than the full of it, my lady.

1927 Irish Monthly 55 552/2 He holds a sharp blue spear, the full of his fist.

1964 in Dict. Newfoundland Eng. (1982) 204/2 Maybe a half the full of a barrel of blubber.

1969 M. Lavin Happiness 21 On the way back to the hospital she stopped her car and pulled a great bunch [of daffodils]—the full of her arms.

2009 M. Harmon tr. Dialogue Ancients of Irel. iii. 138 Bring me the full of the goblet of Smir Tuill of water from that ford.

†c. Scottish. A firlot or bushel. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > specific dry measure units > bushel

bushelc1300

London bushela1475

town bushel1618

full1657

coal bushel1670

strake1706

the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > specific dry measure units > six bushels boll > quarter of a boll

firlot1426

full1657

1657 in C. S. Romanes Sel. Rec. Regality of Melrose (1914) I. 138 Two bollis thrie furlottis ferme beir, comptand fyve meikle fulls to each boll.

1661 in C. S. Romanes Sel. Rec. Regality of Melrose (1914) I. 334 [Two bolls of oats] and ane small fow in to them.

1710 in C. B. Gunn Rec. Baron Court Stitchill (1905) 164 The source of fourty fyve shillings Scots money as the pryce of four fulls horse corn.

1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 99 For my last fow, A heapet Stimpart, I'll reserve ane Laid by for you.

1806 Sir Patrick Spence in R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads I. 159 I brought half a fou [1803 Minstrelsy Sc. Border a half-fou] o' good red goud Out o'er the sea with me.

1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor vi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 179 There was some half fous o' aits..left after the burial.

1843 in Sc. National Dict. (1960) V. 9/1 The Roxburghshire boll used for oats and barley..contained ten half-fulls or firlots.

a. More fully full of the moon. The period or state of complete illumination of the moon's disc; full moon. Frequently with the. See also Phrases 2d(b), Phrases 2e(a)(ii).Recorded earliest in high-full n.In quot. c1460 figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > phase > [noun] > full moon

full mooneOE

full of the moona1325

plenilune?a1475

panselene1706

a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) l. 753 (MED) Þe gywes helde hare ester at þe heye ffolle of þe Mone.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. lviii. 275 As it fareþ in bestis and in treen þat haue passinge plente of humours and of marouȝ in þe fulle of þe mone.

c1460 (a1449) J. Lydgate Fabula Duorum Mercatorum (Harl.) l. 573 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 505 Whilom in plente and now al in grevaunce! Allas, my fulle is derkyd in-to wane.

1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 149 Before the Full, and after the change, she shineth presently, the sonne being set.

1598 B. Yong tr. A. Pérez 2nd Pt. Diana in tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 309 The fuls and wanes of the Moone.

a1652 R. Brome Queenes Exchange (1657) ii. i. sig. C/1 The Bright Cynthia in her full of Lustre.

1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 131 The Moon was near the Full.

1754 R. Brookes Introd. Physic & Surg. 339 It [sc. yellow emetic mercury] may be given..afterwards at two or three Changes and Fulls of the Moon.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge i. 231 The moon is past the full, and she rises at nine.

1926 E. O'Neill Great God Brown Prol. 16 My mother used to believe the full of the moon was the time to sow.

1963 J. Maclean tr. J. M. Gironella One Million Dead xxxvii. 486 The moon above, pale and nunlike, was approaching the full.

2011 J. M. Greer Monsters (rev. ed.) ii. 80 The transformation happens by itself at the full of the moon.

b. More generally: the period, point, or state of the greatest fullness, strength, or intensity of something.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > state of or advanced condition > highest point

prickOE

heighta1050

full1340

higha1398

pointc1400

roofa1500

top-castle1548

ruff1549

acmea1568

tip1567

noontide1578

high tide1579

superlative1583

summity1588

spring tide1593

meridian1594

period1595

apogee1600

punctilio1601

high-water mark1602

noon1609

zenith1610

auge1611

apex1624

culmination1633

cumble1640

culmen1646

climax1647

topc1650

cumulus1659

summit1661

perigeum1670

highest1688

consummation1698

stretch1741

high point1787

perihelion1804

summary1831

comble1832

heading up1857

climacteric1870

flashpoint1878

tip-end1885

peak1902

noontime1903

Omega point1981

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 133 (MED) Þer is a stape huerinne is þe uolle of perfeccion [c1450 Bk. Vices & Virtues þe most parfiȝtnesse] of þise uirtue.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. vii. lxix. 435 On medycyne nediþ..in þe bygynnynge of þe euel, and oþir in þe fulle, and anoþir in passinge þerof.

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. l. 4422 Whan his noblesse was hiest at the fulle—I meene the fulle off his felicite—Ther folwed an ebbe off gret aduersite.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 203 [The] stones At the full of the flode [were] flet all aboue.

1551 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 2nd Pt. ii. f. cix^v Y^e Antichrist was now at y^e highest, & in the full of hys abhominable pryde.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. xxxi. 348/1 Empires..haue their risings, their fuls, and their fals.

1621 S. Ward Life of Faith xiii. 104 Whiles hee was..in the full of his prosperity.

1699 J. Edwards Πολυποικιλος Σοϕια II. xix. 637 We see Divine Knowledge and Learning have been continually in the Increase..and yet we are sensible they are not come to the Full.

1701 in J. Houghton Coll. Improvem. Husb. & Trade (1727) III. 187 That [oak] of England..arrives not at these dimensions, till it be come to, or rather is past the full of its strength.

1879 Irish Monthly 7 437 The deep feeling that has borne us thither is at its full.

1893 Current Lit. Dec. 560/1 The cheeks were red and seemed to belong to a man in the full of health.

1955 A. Olkhovsky Music Under Soviets 313 The great Soviet composers..always worked at the full of their creative powers.

1995 A. Norton in K. M. Massie-Ferch et al. Ancient Enchantresses 28 A man in the full of his strength, a man who drew all eyes when he strode in company.

c. Of a month or season: the height, the middle part. Now somewhat rare (chiefly literary in later use).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > [noun] > middle of a period

midtime1418

heart1523

holla1525

deep1530

waist1604

depth1605

full1658

howe1818

hollow1864

inside1890

1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner 143 The perfect season to sowe Melon-seeds, is in the full of February [Fr. en la Pleine Lune de Fevrier].

1855 R. Browning Another Way of Love i June was not over Though past the full.

1859 J. L. Motley Let. 18 Aug. in Corr. (1889) I. xi. 327 The highest circles of London in the full of the season.

1931 P. S. Buck Good Earth 280 On the day appointed by the geomancer in the full of the spring of the year Wang Lung called priests from the Taoist temple.

1992 J. Dickey Whole Motion 471 Gene, Dead in the full of July Ten years ago.

†4. A set of kettles or other vessels. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > cauldron or kettle > set of

full1466

1466 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 206 My mastyr payd..for iij. ketelles calde a ffulle, iij.s. vj.d.

1489 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Ld. Middleton (1911) 470 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 5567) XXVII. 1 Item a full of ketelles of brasse, brokyn..xxd.

c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxxx^v/2 Fullis off ketellis redy bownde the full at iij s' iiij d'.

1556 Surv. Calais in Archaeologia (1893) 53 App. iv. 379 Item of every fulle [printed fulte] of Kettles j^d.

1615 Edinb. Test. XLVIII. f. 224^v Ane kip and tua fullis of buistis, price of all fourtie schillingis.

1661 in J. R. Boyle & F. W. Dendy Extracts Rec. Merchant Adventurers Newcastle (1895) I. 202 Railph Fell..petitioned for a full of battery seized on.

1712 Boston News-let. 9 June 2/2 Iron Pots, and Kettles; Fulls of Brass Kettles.

5. With the and plural agreement: those who are full (in various senses), considered collectively. Also with singular agreement: that which is full.In quot. c1475: a person who is replete with food.

ΚΠ

c1475 Proverbs (Rawl. D.328) in Mod. Philol. (1940) 38 121 Lytill wote þe full [L. homo plenus] what þe hongre eylyth.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Esdras vii. C Vnto the full, plenty: and to the emptye, emptynesse.

1600 L. Thomas Demegoriai sig. N^v And therefore it is sayde, Woe to the full, for the full are apt to forget [printed sorget] God.

1665 R. B. Revelation of God To Rdr. sig. A5^v Therefore are the Rich afflicted, and the Full are given up into the Tormentors hands.

1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 128 Let the Doors..be right over one another, that the void may be upon the void, and the full upon the full.

a1840 D. Wheeler Mem. (1842) xxvi. 452 They shall be filled with good things, but the rich and the full are sent empty away.

1911 A. Mitchell tr. H. Bergson Creative Evol. vi. 298 Our life is thus spent in filling voids... We are constantly going from the void to the full.

2000 C. Bloch & C. Kronfeld tr. Y. Amichai Open Closed Open 23 She knew all about the physics of the empty and the full.

6. The main body of the hand or fist, usually as the means of grasping something (esp. the reins or harness of a horse). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [noun] > full grasp of

full1792

1792 Man. & Platoon Exercises 21 Officers are to stand..in their proper position; their swords held firmly in the full of the right hand.

1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. ii. 59 The bridoon rein..to be held in the full of the bridlehand.

1874 R. Henderson Barb & Bridle 31 The pupil takes the end of the bridoon reins between the finger and thumb of the right hand, and passes them over the full of the left.

1937 Man. Horsemastership, Equitation, & Animal Transport (War Office) iv. 150 The riding horse's rein is held in the full of the hand, the end hanging down between the first finger and thumb.

7. Poker. A hand containing three of a kind and a pair; = full house n. 2. Cf. full hand n. at Compounds 1b.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [noun] > type of hand

two bullets and a bragger1807

full1843

full hand1846

pat hand1865

blind hand1872

full house1879

blaze1880

tiger1889

kilter1895

drawing hand1910

bust1932

made hand1974

1843 J. Cowell Thirty Years among Players 94 Three aces, for example or three kings with my two of the other cards..is called a full.

1888 R. Kipling Abaft Funnel 7 Apr. (1909) 140 The beautiful artistic way in which he follows up a flush with a full.

1928 S. Lewis Man who knew Coolidge ii. 134 When Mack lays down an ace-high full, and I bangs down them four little jackses.

2009 J. McManus Cowboys Full vi. 51 No draws to better hands took place, and only quads, fulls, triplets, and pairs were recognized.

8. Chiefly Scottish. A herring charged with roe. Cf. sense A. 1c. Now historical.Earliest in crown fulls n. at crown n. Compounds 3a.

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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > herring

herringa700

white herring1469

meat herring1668

mattie1721

trash1749

Glasgow magistrate1833

crown fulls1854

full1854

fat herring1863

matjes herring1939

1854 Aberdeen Jrnl. 22 Feb. 5/4 The sale of a few hundred barrels of crown fulls from Lybster, at 20s 6d per barrel.

1856 Scotsman 22 Mar. New supplies of unbranded fulls began to reach our place.

1878 Rep. Herring Fisheries Scotl. 24 in Parl. Papers (C. 1979) XXI. 233 Branded fish are often refused as not good enough. This applies to branded matties as well as to branded fulls.

1906 38th Ann. Rep. Dept. Marine & Fisheries (Canada) 1905 p. cxiv All the various classes of ‘fulls’ recognized by the trade were represented in the catches, namely:— ‘Medium full’, ‘full’, and ‘large full’, that is, herring containing milt or roe, and of not less than 9½, 10½ or 11½ inches respectively.

1939 Scotsman 30 Aug. 5/3 Herring..quality excellent; autumn large and fulls prevailing.

a1967 C. Sandison Unst (1968) vii. 71 The gutting was a rather particular business as there would be two different qualities of herring in the catch: ‘fulls’ and ‘large fulls’, that is herring with roe under and over a certain length.

2006 J. Molloy Herring Fisheries Ireland 30 Each gutter was given four baskets into which the gutted fish were thrown according to their size—fulls; large fulls; small fulls and TBs (torn bellies).

C. adv. Used almost entirely as an intensifier, with relatively little literal sense of containment.

1. Very, exceedingly.

a. With adjectives of quality. Now archaic and regional.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > very

tooc888

swith971

wellOE

fullOE

rightc1175

muchc1225

wellac1275

gainlya1375

endlyc1440

hard?1440

very1448

odda1500

great1535

jolly1549

fellc1600

veryvery1649

gooda1655

vastly1664

strange1667

bloody1676

ever so1686

heartily1727

real1771

precious1775

quarely1805

murry1818

très1819

freely1820

powerfula1822

gurt1824

almighty1830

heap1832

all-fired1833

gradely1850

real1856

bonny1857

heavens1858

veddy1859

canny1867

some1867

oh-so1881

storming1883

spanking1886

socking1896

hefty1898

velly1898

fair dinkum1904

plurry1907

Pygmalion1914

dinkum1915

beaucoup1918

dirty1920

molto1923

snorting1924

honking1929

hellishing1931

thumpingly1948

way1965

mega1966

mondo1968

seriously1970

totally1972

mucho1978

stonking1990

OE Paris Psalter (1932) lxxxviii. 3 Ic..geworhte ful sefte seld, þæt hi sæton on.

lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl.) (2009) I. xi. 261 Manege beoð þeah ægðer ge full æðele ge full welige and beoð þeah full unrote.

a1200 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Trin. Cambr.) 75 in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 222 Heuene and erðe he ouer sihð his eien beð ful brihte.

c1330 (?a1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) p. 590 A swift ernand stede..His tire it was ful gay.

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 110 Þese boonys in oon partie ben ful hard.

a1440 Let. in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1940) 55 643 (MED) To ȝou full honurable Maistur and ful Worshipfull bretheron.

c1475 (a1400) Sir Amadace (Taylor) in J. Robson Three Early Eng. Metrical Romances (1842) 38 (MED) Sir Amadace toke leue atte alle, Vn-semand with fulle glad chere.

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) 1st Prol. 7 Praye for oure right poure & full wretched soulle.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. viii. sig. G8 Came hurtling in full fiers.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. i. 133 Anger is like A full hot Horse.

c1650 (a1500) Eger & Grine (Percy) l. 144 in F. J. Furnivall Percy Folio Old Eng. Ballads & Romances (1905) I. 209 To counter on ffoote he was full throe.

1669 Hist. Sir Eger 3 Thou was full blith, and light of late.

1721 G. Jacob Human Happiness 25 There on a Bier the lifeless Body's plac'd, Full Pale and piteous to the Mournful View.

1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 278 I'd sit fu' happy i' my lowly ben.

1810 J. Stagg Minstrel of North 25 Full lovely was the boy.

1869 J. Ingelow Lily & Lute ii. 104 O, full sweet, and O, full high, Ran that music up the sky.

1917 S. Sassoon Old Huntsman 67 I was so hideous that even Lazarus there..Beside me set had seemed full sweet and fair.

1922 J. Firth Reminisc. Orkney Parish 65 Their aged partners attempted all the freaks of the fantastic toe all the while encouraging the ladies..by such remarks as..‘Thoo're foo niff yet, Betty’.

a1973 J. R. R. Tolkien tr. Gawain & Green Knight (1975) i. 25 Far over the French flood Felix Brutus On many a broad bank and brae Britain established full fair.

1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 110/1 It's full 'eavy, this is.

b. With adjectives expressing indefinite quantity. Now archaic (in later use almost exclusively in full many).

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OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) i. Introd. 8 Full manega men wæron, þa þe onælað & getihtað þa bysna godra wera [swyðor þonne] þa lare to þære lufan þæs heofon[lic]an eðles.

a1275 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 22 Mi þonnc..werchet me ful muchel wo..bote-yef he wole me wende fro, ic wene myn herte breket atwo.

a1350 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 8 Ȝet comeþ budeles, wiþ ful muche bost: ‘greyþe me seluer to þe grene wax.’

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2487 Hure hornes þai gunne þo to blowe ful many at one blaste.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17288 + 39 Ful litel while it was þat he in ioy wald bee.

?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 131 In þat lond is full mochell wast.

c1475 (?a1440) B. Burgh Distichs of Cato (Rawl. C.48) l. 465 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1905) 115 314 (MED) Off woordis small is bred ful muche striffe.

a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) l. 157 Ful few clerkis.

1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes * ij a, Gen. Prol., f. Qiv^v Ful few are the pleasures which Princes enioy.

1635 T. Cranley Amanda xlv. 31 White prick seam'd Gloves of Kid full many a paire.

1698 J. Strype Life Sir T. Smith xv. 187 She knew his Lordships Mind full many times told her before.

1751 T. Gray Elegy xiv. 8 Full many a gem of purest ray serene.

1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 85 Old dames full many times declare.

1823 J. G. Lockhart Anc. Spanish Ballads 145 Full few will be her tears.

1905 G. H. Needler tr. Nibelungenlied vi. 50 She was in beauty matchless, full mickle was her might.

1914 P. MacKaye Thousand Years Ago ii. ii. 67 Full many noble youths before you Have made this trial; all have failed—and died.

1991 S. Lawhead Paradise War (1998) xxv. 267 Full many a day I have longed to journey through my realm and see for myself how [etc.].

c. Modifying an adverb. Now archaic and regional except in full well.

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eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) (2009) I. xxvii. 511 Þa men þe habbað unhale eagan ne magon full eaðe locian ongean þa sunnan.

OE Battle of Maldon (1942) 311 He ful baldlice beornas lærde.

lOE St. Giles (Corpus Cambr. 303) (1980) 107 Eala þu Godes man, nylle we na þas word gehyran, for þon we witon ful wel hwæt þu eart.

a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 29 Þa iuguleres and þa oðer sottes alle heo habbeð an þonc fulneh.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 72 Ubi amor ibi oculus. wite þe nu ful wel.

?a1300 (a1250) Harrowing of Hell (Digby) (1907) 88 Ihesu, welcomen þou be, Þat ful sore reweþ me.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Macc. vi. 62 The kyng..brake fulsone the ooth that he swore.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 1800 Allas! fule late þai þaim began.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 35 He thenne kyssed his childe alle bloody full often.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin ii. 25 (MED) Full euell haue ye sped that thus haue slayn youre kynge.

1529 J. Frith Pistle Christen Reader ii. sig. Mi Christ full lowlye and meakly wasshed his disciples feate.

1575 T. Churchyard in G. Gascoigne Posies sig. ¶¶¶.iij^v The horse full finely formde, whose pace and traine is true.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. viii. 310 Let them buie it full deerly.

1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 206 Full litle slept the Duke that night.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 536 Th' Imperial Ensign..full high advanc't Shon like a Meteor.

a1711 T. Ken Christophil in Wks. (1721) I. 523 Full well I know my Jesus present there.

1782 W. Cowper John Gilpin 79 Full slowly pacing o'er the stones.

1818 W. Wordsworth Had this Effulgence iv Full early lost, and fruitlessly deplored.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 198 Full meekly rose the maid, Stript off the case, and gave the naked shield.

1875 A. Helps Organization Daily Life in Ess. 73 Those who can seem to forget what they know full well.

1914 Vermonter Apr. 69/1 Memories Of weakness, toil and sorrow, undergone By most of us, though by the best of us..full bravely overborne.

1949 P. Wayne tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust: Pt. 1 52 Full soon in deepest hearts care finds a nest.

1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 110/1 It's full soon yet.

1997 J. Ryan Dismantling Mr Doyle xi. 153 But he knew full well that things had changed and might change even more.

a. Completely, entirely, fully, utterly, quite. Now chiefly somewhat archaic.With adjectives, adverbs, and adjectival and adverbial phrases, sometimes simply as an intensive or for emphasis.

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OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) iii. xv. 208 Hi..gedydon full clæne þara nædrena [L. mundum omnimodo a serpentibus] þa eardungstowe þæs halgan mannes.

lOE Distichs of Cato (Trin. Cambr.) lxxviii, in Anglia (1972) 90 15 Nan þincg nis ful good buton Gode anum.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 10355 Wiþþ all full openn spæche.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Josh. vi. 5 Þe wallys of þe cite sholyn fol doun falle.

a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) i. l. 378 Thus argumented he yn his gynnynge Ful vnauysed of his wo comynge.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. clxii. 200 Kynge Johan was that day a full right good knyght.

a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. i. sig. N.vi^v Though men shoulde neuer stande full out of feare of fallyng.

?a1550 Frere & Boye 134 in J. Ritson Pieces Anc. Pop. Poetry (1833) 40 Than drewe it towarde nyght, Jacke hym hyed home full ryght.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 27 It waxeth greater, and..is within fourtie dayes after ful ripe.

1601 W. I. Whipping of Satyre sig. C7^v You were a Linguisht since you were but yong, And haue the tongues full perfectly, I wotte.

1682 S. Gilbert Florists Vade-mecum 108 Gently sift some fine fresh earth over them, half a finger thick is full sufficient for this first covering.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 138 They liv'd, tho' perfectly conceal'd, yet full at large.

1752 E. Young Brothers iii. i To mount full rebel-high.

1833 H. Martineau Tale of Tyne vi. 116 Adam, as I told you, I saw full enough of.

1850 Reynolds's Misc. 17 Aug. 51/2 ‘You have conjectured the truth full accurately, senor,’ replied the maiden.

1918 Bellman 11 May 521/1 Mr. Schreiner pictures a Germany full bad enough to merit the enmity of the civilized world.

2001 J. Murphy Kings of Kilburn High Road ii, in Two Plays 41 (stage direct.) Maurteen is full back on the drink and has a glass of whiskey in his hand.

2014 L. Hunt Neverhome 141 My heart beating full hard enough to break the boards behind me.

b. As much as, the whole of; = fully adv. 2. Now somewhat archaic.

(a) With numerical and quantitative expressions. [Reflecting the Old English construction with the adjective in similar contexts (see sense A. 6a) reinterpreted as showing an adverb (probably originally in uninflected forms where the form is ambiguous as to part of speech). All of the Old English examples below could alternatively be interpreted as showing sense A. 6a.]

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eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) ii. vi. 50 Æfter þæm wæs an ger full [altered by a later hand to fullice; OE Tiber. fullice] þæt ofer eall Romana rice seo eorþe wæs cwaciende & berstende.

eOE Metres of Boethius (2009) xxvi. 17 Aulixes..sæt longe þær, tyn winter full.

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1087 Se cyng mid his here ferde æfter & besætt þone castel abutan mid swiðe mycele here fulle six wucan.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 11210 Recneþþ he þe kinn. Off cristess mennisscnesse. Þurrh weress, fulle fowwerrtiȝ.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 818 Fulle seouen nihte heo somenede cnihtes.

c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 44 Ase þer beþ of þe holy gost Ȝeftes ryȝt folle seuene, So þer beþ ordres folle seuene.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 9227 Siþ þis world bigon to be Is foure þousonde six hundride fol.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 5163 (MED) With Achilles cam fifti ful by noumbre.

1549 Forme & Maner consecratyng Archebishoppes sig. A.ij^v Full .xxiiii. yeres olde.

1590 R. Ferris Most Dangerous Aduenture sig. B There we were wether bound, and constrained to stay full seuenteene dayes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 399 Full fadom fiue thy Father lies.

1653 E. Nicholas Let. 4 Mar. in Papers (1892) II. 6 Being now not full 13 years of age.

c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 11 We were full an hour passing that hill.

1753 S. Foote Englishman in Paris ii. 30 Full fifteen Years, in Wedlock's sacred Bands, have I liv'd unreproach'd.

1812 Examiner 5 Oct. 634/1 New Beans are full 6s. per quarter lower: but old ones fully support their price.

1823 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 13 Sept. 643 A hill of full a mile high.

1884 C. Reade in Harper's Mag. Mar. 637/2 ‘I condemned it ten years ago.’ ‘Full that..,’ said Pierre.

1929 D. Das Diary in V. Mehta Mamaji (1979) v. 108 Bhagwan Das had rheumatic fever of a persistent type for full one month.

1957 G. Frick tr. ‘M. Yourcenar’ Coup de Grâce 140 He was full thirty years my senior.

2008 H. Bloom Sonnets 129 For full eighteen centuries the Metamorphoses led in the race among Ovid's works for popular favour.

(b) With comparative expressions, as full as (also so) —— (as). Now rare (poetic and regional).

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1527 Statutes Prohemium Iohannis Rastell (new ed.) f. xxxvi^v He shall pay to the kyng ful as much as he payd to the chapleyn.

1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. i. viii. f. 15^v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Anglesey is founde to be full so great as the Wight.

1600 S. Nicholson Acolastus his After-witte sig. H2 Diuine Aurora full as faire as she, Whose heauen-di'de face the Graces still admire.

1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. i. 52 Some Swans, but not full so large as ours.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 215 The Topaz is a Stone very hard, full as hard as the Saphire.

1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery ii. 18 Butter, put into the Dripping-pan, does full as well.

1764 S. Foote Lyar ii. 35 You will be full as useful to it by recruiting her subjects at home.

1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 92 To the English reader they are full as interesting as to Americans.

1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It xii. 99 I was full as much amazed as if I never had heard of snow in August before.

1903 A. Austin Flodden Field iii. 123 His breast is full as stout, His mind more domineering.

1939 E. Lanham Stricklands (2002) 56 I know a farm over toward Boggs full as good as this here.

1972 E. B. Daryush Sel. Poems 83 Here, full as comfortingly, dusk restores Tired flesh.

a. With verbs (frequently in past participle): fully, completely, entirely, quite, thoroughly. In later use frequently somewhat archaic.With participial collocations, cf. Compounds 2a(a).

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adverb]

fullyeOE

allesOE

fullOE

rightc1175

everydealc1300

wholec1300

whollya1325

finelyc1330

fairly1340

completec1374

gainlya1375

clearly1377

freelya1393

plaina1393

entire?a1400

entirelyc1400

oddlyc1400

sufficientlyc1440

expressc1475

totally1509

completely1526

finec1530

exactly?1531

sincerely1576

start1599

fillingly1611

circularly1618

solid1651

out-over1745

rotundly1775

roundedly?1802

whole hog1840

clear-away1883

whole cloth1917

righteous1948

OE Homily (Corpus Cambr. 419) in B. Assmann Angelsächsische Homilien u. Heiligenleben (1889) 140 On ðisse tide gif man ne ful fæst, man forgymð Godes agen bebod.

a1225 MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 61 Þa oðre weren fulfeste sone, þet ho ne mihten nefre mare misdone.

c1300 St. Francis (Laud) 222 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 60 (MED) Þis freres i-seiȝen fule þo þat an Aungel it was.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 107 Huer-by we ssolle by zuo uol dronke of þine loue þet alle oþre zuetnesses ssolle by ous bytere.

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. l. 3257 He was brouht foorth & recurid, And ful maad hool off his woundis sore.

a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. xiiii. sig. H.iii^v Than he feareth that he be neuer ful confessed nor neuer full contryte.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 7 You to me ful promist..That Roman famely should spring from the auncetrye Troian.

1611 Bible (King James) John vii. 8 My time is not yet full come.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 508 Our Reader..being before full cloyed with our tedious Narrations.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 105 When once he's broken, feed him full and high.

1728 A. Pope Dunciad i. 96 In each, she marks her image full exprest.

1863 J. T. S. Lidstone Ninth Londoniad 111 I full expected great things would entrance mine eyes.

1898 W. E. Tirebuck Meg of Scarlet Foot xxxiii. 371 She was made out of the darkness o' things afore the world was full-made, afore the world was full-saved.

1910 D. C. Nimmo Songs & Tales 128 Why are our thoughts so often but a fiction Though soul doth wait for truth to full express?

1997 R. Maxwell Secret Diary Anne Boleyn 55 ‘You are far too bold, Mistress Anne. You speak here to your King.’ ‘And you to a virtuous maiden who full intends to stay one.’

2015 G. Huggan & H. Tiffin Postcolonial Ecocriticism (ed. 2) i. i. 43 Saro-Wiwa's determination to confront a military regime that he full knew would probably respond by doing away with him.

†b. spec. With reference to suffering from an illness: severely; in its most extreme form. Obsolete.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adverb] > violently or severely

sorec1290

stronga1400

eagerly1553

virulently1632

acutely1651

raginglya1677

full1738

1738 in Rep. Rec. Commissioners Boston (1886) XV. 144 Doctor Douglass informs that One Jonathan Wilkins..has got the Small Pox very full, which has been out upon him Three Days.

1784 J. Woodforde Diary 27 May (1926) II. 136 Hambleton and George have the small Pox pretty full.

1859 H. Mudge Physiol., Health, & Dis. App. 108 I had the small-pox very full and was in bed two weeks.

4. With an adjective and following infinitive clause. Beyond what is normal or proper; excessively; too. Now archaic and rare.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > excessively

cruellyc1385

overa1400

fullc1400

parlouslyc1425

mortalc1440

perilousc1440

spitefulc1450

devilish1560

pestilently1567

spitefully1567

cruel1573

parlous1575

deadly1589

intolerable?1593

fellc1600

perditlya1632

excessively1634

devilishly1635

desperate1636

woundya1639

woundlya1644

desperately1653

wicked1663

killing1672

woundily1706

wounded1753

mortally1759

dreadful1762

intolerably1768

perishing1776

tremendously1776

terrifically1777

diabolically1792

woundedly1794

thundering1809

all-firedly1833

preponderously1835

painfully1839

deadlilya1843

severely1854

furiously1856

diabolish1858

fiendish1861

demonish1867

sinfully1869

fiendishly1879

thunderingly1885

only too1889

nightmarishly1891

God almighty1906

Christ almighty1945

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1945 Þis foule fox felle..is ful pore for to pay for suche prys þinges as ȝe haf þryȝt me here þro.

?1531 R. Whitford tr. Thomas à Kempis Folowynge of Cryste iii. xvi. f. lxxxi^v It is somtyme full harde to iuge whether a good spyryte or an euyll moueth the to this thyng or to that.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. vii. 6 The Legions now in Gallia, are Full weake to vndertake our Warres against The falne-off Britaines.

1741 S. Richardson Lett. Particular Friends xx. 33 I think she is yet full young to..imbark in the Cares of a Family.

1873 H. Cave Eighty Years Ago vi. 69 Perhaps, brother, it is full soon to bind oneself to a solemn engagement of that sort before we find out how my niece takes to us.

1922 Engin. Production 12 Oct. 358/3 Hundreds of men have been turned away as apparently it is yet full early to register names for the works force.

2011 P. Mcintosh Counterfeit Madam (Electronic ed.) I'll not ask the St Agnes women, they're full old to be heaving the likes of her around.

5. Of position or direction: directly, exactly, straight.

a. With reference to points of the compass, and the directions associated with them: due (see due adv. 1).

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the world > space > direction > [adverb] > straight or due > with reference to points of the compass

fulla1475

a1475 (a1447) O. Bokenham Mappula Angliae in Englische Studien (1887) 10 7 (MED) Þer-fro stant..Ireland fulle West.

1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 146 Untill she commeth to the Meridian Circle, and is full South.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 79 Before Zacynthus 35 miles full East, are the two Strophades.

1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy Pref. sig. A5^v A School that stands full South.

1708 Brit. Apollo 29–31 Dec. The..Wind is..Full East.

1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 163 The one [way] was to travel full West.

1786 M. A. Meilan tr. A. Berquin Children's Friend XXIV. 71 All along the wall, that looked full south, were peaches, nectarines, and grapes.

1862 G. Borrow Wild Wales III. vi. 61 Full to the west was a long hill rising up like the roof of a barn.

1879 G. MacDonald Paul Faber, Surgeon xxv. 84/1 The situation is charming,—and so sheltered!—looking full south.

1904 Maccabæan May 233/1 Involuntarily I turned about so that I stood facing full westward.

1924 Geogr. Jrnl. 64 356 With my compass I found that we were heading full north-east instead of south-west.

1974 Irish Times 15 Nov. 14/1 A shoal [of salmon] heading, say, south-east when still far from the Irish shore might turn north-east when close inshore, intending to go full east later on.

2008 P. Stewart tr. A. Poussin & S. Poussin Africa Trek 130 We are heading full north..along the edge of the high veld.

b. With prepositional phrases of position or direction. Cf. plumb adv. 1.Esp. with reference to direct impact, collision, confrontation, etc. (cf. full on adv. 2).

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the world > space > direction > [adverb] > straight or due

rightOE

rightlyOE

evenc1300

plata1450

plain1509

straight1512

directly1513

fulla1529

flat1531

due?1574

dead1800

slap1829

plunk1866

squarely1883

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > a straight course > [adverb]

forth847

righteOE

forthrighta1000

rightlyOE

anonOE

evenc1300

even-forthc1300

straight13..

streck13..

gainc1330

streckly1340

right fortha1382

straightly1395

evenly?c1400

outrightc1400

straightway1461

endlong1470

fair1490

directly1513

fulla1529

forth on1529

straightforth1530

directedly1539

aright?a1560

direct1568

endways1575

point-blank1607

progressivelya1716

unswervingly1805

straightforward1809

undeviatingly1812

undeviously1813

slap1829

arrow-straight1831

a1529 J. Skelton Ware Hawke in Certayne Bks. (?1545) sig. B.vi He gaue her [sc. a hawk] a bounce Full vpon the gorge.

1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias lxvii. 137 Our Ordinance beeing shot off, did all light full amongst the enimies.

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft ii. v. 26 [They] dare not looke a man full in the face.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vi. 248 An olde Arch of stone..standing ful in the high Way.

1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation iii. 188 Always..shoot..rather side-ways or behind the Fowl than full in their faces.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 25 For which the Winds served them well enough, though full in our Teeth.

1709 A. Pope Chaucer's January & May in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. 205 Full in the Center of this Spot of Ground, A Crystal Fountain spreads its Streams around.

1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxiv. 129 Trim's foot..getting into the cuvette, he tumbled full against the bridge too.

1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. x. 241 Full in his face the lightning-bolt was driven.

1832 H. Martineau Demerara ii. 16 With these principles full in his mind, he began to observe all that surrounded him.

1883 E. Ingersoll in Harper's Mag. Jan. 196/1 A sudden escape from curtaining oak branches brought us full upon the summit.

1910 S. E. White Rules of Game iii. ix. 217 ‘Mighty poor business,’ put in Bob quietly. Baker turned full toward him. ‘Think so?’

1971 tr. Y. Okura in Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 31 167/2 Passing Awaji, which lies Full opposite those lands,..we rowed along.

2006 W. Boyd Restless 309 The two blunt stubby barrels were aimed full at his face.

Phrases

P1. Phrases formed on the adjective or adverb.

†a. in (also mid, with) full will: quite ready or willing (to do something); readily, willingly. Obsolete.

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eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) (2009) I. xxv. 498 Hwæt wilt ðu þonne cweða[n], gif hwa..mid fulle willan forlæt ælc good & fulgæð ðæm yfle, and bið ðeah gesceadw[i]s.

?c1430 (c1383) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 22 Þei were..in fulwille to suffre..for þe loue of ihesu crist.

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 163 (MED) Whanne þou consentyst ful to þe dede of leccherie, wyth full wyll,..it is dedly synne.

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Impetus Beastes runne with full will and minde to pleasure.

1583 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (ed. 4) I. 472/2 His sinnes bene forgeuen of God, if he be sory with all his hart for them: and is in full wil to leaue them for euer.

1614 H. Nelson tr. G. Zanchi Speculum Christianum 212 They obey sinne..neither vpon perfect knowledge, nor intentiue cogitation of that which they doe, nor with full will, and full consent.

†b. full iwis: most certainly, for certain, assuredly. Frequently as one word. Also to full iwis (cf. to iwisse at iwis n.). Obsolete.

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OE Vision of Leofric in Rev. Eng. Stud. (2012) 63 549 Ða geseah he full gewisslice þæt he stod on middan þære flore aþenedum earmum mid mæsse[reafe] gescrydd.]

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2529 Þatt witt tu fuliwiss.

a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 47 (MED) Is hit god for to hiheren godes weordes and heom athalden? Ȝe, fuliwis.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13397 Ich wulle bitachen þe ful iwis [c1300 Otho foliwis] minne castel inne Paris.

a1300 (c1275) Physiologus (1991) 395 Fro ðe noule niðerward ne is ȝe no man like, Oc fis to ful iwis mið finnes waxen.

c1330 (c1250) Floris & Blauncheflur (Auch.) (1966) l. 259 (MED) Now þourt him neuere, ful iwis, Willen after more blisse.

a1400 (a1325) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Trin. Cambr.) (1887) App. G. 795 (MED) Þeos tutes þou soke ylome brenni, la voliwis.

†c. full and whole: entirely, completely; = whole and some at whole adj., n., and adv. Phrases 1. Obsolete.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > that is all or the whole [phrase] > in all or altogether

by numbera1375

in numbera1375

in allc1380

first and lastc1390

all wholea1393

in companya1393

in sum1399

full and whole1402

in great1421

whole and somec1425

in (the) whole1432

one with another1436

in (the) hale1437

all in great1533

up and down1562

one and other1569

in (the) aggregate1644

all told1814

1402 in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1932) 8 261 Wat hende that frome and ȝe Makȝ with hym ful and hol I wol stonde þerto.

c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 33 (MED) Þilk ful and hool bileeue whiche is tauȝt bi crist.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 281^v His souldiours full & whole salutyng hym with the title of Emperour.

1555 J. Ponet Apologie sig. G3^v These doings of the pope agre full and whole with the heretiques called Montanists, Cataphrygians, [etc.].

1614 J. Budden in tr. P. Ayrault Disc. Parents Honour sig. I8^v The Fathers assembled in Councell..prooued full & whole, that it was an act far more Christianlike and Religious, to worship and loue our parents..than so to serue God, as thereby to [etc.].

1654 P. Goodwin Dies Dominicus Redivivus 7 God would have him [sc. Adam] full and whole to set himself one day in seven to serve him.

d. Nautical. full and by: close-hauled but with all sails full and drawing. Also figurative.

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c1500 Piers of Fulham (Trin. Cambr.) in C. H. Hartshorne Anc. Metrical Tales (1829) 129 What worde to sey, he [sc. the loodsman] is in doute, Eyther warae the lof, or ells full and by.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 32 Than the master cryit on the rudir man, mait keip ful and by.

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 42 Fill the sailes, keepe full, full and by.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. i. 4 We set in the Lee-braces..and hawl'd over the Missen Tack to Windward, and kept her full and by as near as she would lye.

1835 United Service Mag. Feb. 217 ‘Shall I bring her to the wind, Sir?’ ‘Yes, luff her up, boy! full-and-by.’

1881 W. C. Russell Ocean Free-lance I. vi. 265 They held on after us nevertheless, sailing full and bye.

1902 ‘Q’ White Wolf 101 He jogged along steady, keeping her full and by, and letting her take the seas the best way she liked them.

1930 New Statesman 5 July 412/1 And, take it full and bye, it is one of the very few things to be honoured in our nature.

1972 Motor Boating & Sailing Jan. 44/1 The technique of going to weather by half boards is a matter of sailing full and by, fore reaching into the wind.., and then bearing away on the original tack.

2001 S. McGrail Boats of World ix. 343/2 With a foul wind, the boat was sailed full and by, and estimates made of the deviation from the direct track.

e. Phrases with full of.

(a) full of oneself: thinking only of or about oneself; (in later use chiefly) having an exaggerated sense of self-worth, self-important, arrogant.

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a1628 J. Preston New Covenant (1629) ix. 42 While a man is vnsoundhearted, while he is full of himselfe, (as euery man is till he be regenrate, till his heart bee changed).

1633 G. Herbert Church Porch in Temple 11 Mark what another sayes: for many are Full of themselves, and answer their own notion.

1650 E. Marbury Comm. Habakkuk (new ed.) (i. 11) 91 As we read of Alexander, that after his many victories, he was so full of himselfe as to suffer himself to be flattered with that high appellation [sc. of a god].

1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. ii. 79 These Sort of Petit Maitres are so full of themselves, that they reject all wise Counsel.

1788 J. Wesley Let. 7 Nov. (1931) VIII. 103 Off all the men I have conversed with..I think you have the most pride, you are above measure self-conceited and full of yourself.

1817 M. Edgeworth Ormond in Harrington & Ormond II. viii. 5 The heroine's perpetual egotism disgusted him—she was always too good and too full of herself.

1863 Standard 5 Oct. 7/1 The lady is young enough to learn, and we feel assured not too full of herself to receive a well-meant and friendly hint.

1939 D. C. Fisher Seasoned Timber v. 70 Other people get impatient with her because her being so full of herself gets in the way of their being full of themselves.

1966 P. Larkin Let. 28 Apr. in Lett. Monica (2010) 358 I've never met a man so full of himself.

2005 R. Bean Harvest 89 Every single one of my daughters has upped and offed to university and become so bloody full of themselves that I never see them.

(b) colloquial. to be full of it.

(i) To be fully preoccupied with, or consumed by interest in, something implied by the context. In later use also: to be full of excitement, energy, vivacity, etc. Now somewhat rare.

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1774 C. Dibdin Waterman i. 15 You and your mother are the laughing stock of the whole place; I never pop my head into the Black Raven, to get my pennyworth in a morning, but all the folks are full of it.

1778 J. Hutton Let. 4 Mar. in B. Franklin Papers (1987) XXVI. 41 Our..Coffee Houses and Bet-makers are full of it, that some Treaty was signed.

1898 R. E. Gale & R. M. Baker Bachelor Hall ii. 40 It's funny, I'm not a bit nervous, now. (Puts down rouge and powder.) There! I look as well as ever. Oh, I'm just full of it, now! (Dances a step or two.)

a1916 H. James High Bid i, in Compl. Plays (1949) 571 Yule. Who in the world's there? Chivers. (Coming down, full of it.) A Party!

1961 D. de Jong Tree & Vine iii. 41 We were making vacation plans; Erica was full of it.

1976 L. Thomas Dangerous Davies (1980) vi. 61 ‘I don't know about her virginity, I'm sure. They used to keep it longer in those days, didn't they... But they were all full of it. You know..flirty.’

(ii) Originally U.S. euphemistic = to be full of shit at Phrases 1e(c).

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1964 Tulane Drama Rev. 9 ii. 65 If you feel something's wrong with the scene, and the director says ‘Don't worry, it's fine’—he's full of it.

1998 Melody Maker 14 Nov. 20/4 We're so full of it. We agree to do things and then halfway through doing them we're just wrecks.

2006 H. O'Neill Lullabies for Little Criminals 34 When another kid in the foster home would ask me if I thought Linus was full of it, I would say, ‘No way! He's the real thing!’

(c) slang (originally U.S.). to be full of shit (also crap, etc.): to lack credibility; to talk nonsense; to lie or make unfounded claims. Also (euphemistic) .

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1915 Anaconda (Montana) Standard 28 Nov. iii. 4/6 ‘He said I was full of bull.’ ‘Why, that's just an expression we use here in America.’

1932 Amer. Speech 7 332 Full of crap,..expression of disbelief or contempt. ‘Nonsense.’

1934 H. Roth Call it Sleep (1977) 247 ‘Aa, yuh full o' shit!’ sneered the second lieutenant angrily.

1962 H. S. Thompson Let. 6 June in Proud Highway (1997) 341 The people at the Embassy and the USIS are so full of shit that the stench floats down to the street and disrupts traffic.

1968 I. Horovitz Indian wants Bronx 20 Murph. What the hell kind of story's that? Joey. It's a true one, that's all. Yours is full of crap.

1984 T. McClenaghan Submariners in Gay Plays I. 39/1 Housey: You're full of shite Roach.

2002 C. von Ziegesar Gossip Girl 68 ‘You're so full of shit, Dan,’ Jenny Humphrey told her brother.

2013 Pittsburgh Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 30 Sept. (Sports section) d1 They're the ones who are going to have to..decide if this old guy knows what he's talking about or he's full of crap.

f. colloquial (originally Australian and New Zealand). the full shilling: in full possession of one's mental faculties; (occasionally more generally) in accordance with requirements or expectations. Frequently in negative constructions. Similarly the full quid, two bob, etc..Cf. short of a —— at short adj., n., and adv. Additions.

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1913 E. W. Howe Trav. Lett. N. Z., Austral., & Afr. 112 ‘I don't believe,’ said Mr. A. today, ‘that he is a full shilling.’ Meaning, ‘I don't believe he has good sense.’

1944 Austral. New Writing 36 He'll back down; I said he wasn't the full quid, just a skite.

1960 N. Hilliard Maori Girl iii. vi. 213 Not that she was simple in the sense that she was short of the full quid.

1969 Private Eye 23 May 14 P'raps old Eric's idea was the full two bob after all!

1971 C. Eagle Hail & Farewell ii. 100 He described her as ‘a good old lady, but..she's just not the full shilling, you know what I mean.’

1979 Bulletin (Sydney) 11 Sept. 20/2 R. Gough's quite unprovoked personal attack on me..is so wildly off-beat that one can't help wondering if he is the full two bob.

1982 W. H. Oliver Poor Richard 24 Or they say he isn't quite the full pound though useful enough in the front row.

1991 J. Kelman Burn (1992) 141 There's that way you can tell when somebody isn't very bright..and that nephew was a bit like that, I don't think he was the full shilling.

2001 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 20 Oct. (Spectrum section) 2 It's already obvious from her weirdly prosaic thought processes..that Minty's not the full quid.

2011 G. O'Donovan Priest (2012) 301 Mulcahy knew how scared and confused a man could get in police custody, especially a man like Byrne, who clearly wasn't the full shilling to start with.

P2. Phrases formed on the noun.

†a. by (the) full: to the greatest possible extent, in full, fully, completely. Obsolete.Only in Old English.

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OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 289 grammaticvs is, se ðe can ðone cræft grammatican befullan [OE Julius befullon].

OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) xl. 65 We þa geðafunga þæs drynces on þa wisan doð, þæt þær næfre seo fyl be fullum ne weorðe.

OE Poenitentiale Theodori & Capitula d'Acheriana (Corpus Cambr.) in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws & Instit. of Eng. (1840) II. 228 Gif hwylc man hine wið fæmnan forlicge, fæste III gear, oþþe II be þam fullan.

†b. all the full: in all its fullness; fully, completely. Obsolete.

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c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 8423 (MED) Þou se al þe fulle, Wiche socour don we schulle.

c. to the full (formerly also †to full): to the greatest possible extent, completely, fully, quite; †to the point of satiation or repletion (obsolete).

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > in full or to fullest extent

to the full1340

at the fulla1375

at one's righta1425

in (the) wholea1475

every (each) whit1526

full due1574

in gross1606

in full habitudea1661

to capacity1958

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 156 Þe sergons..nome steues and byete þane asse riȝt to þe uolle.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. l. 948 (MED) I ne mai noght to the fulle Atteigne to so hih a lore.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xiv. l. 178 (MED) Þo creatures þat..selde soupen to þe fulle.

?a1425 Constit. Masonry (Royal 17 A.i) l. 682 in J. O. Halliwell Early Hist. Freemasonry in Eng. (1844) 37 The angele Gabryelle, Wol kepe hem to the ful welle.

c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 134 Oure lorde Jesu multiplied a fewe loues of brede and therwith fedde many thowsandes of men to the fulle.

c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (1901) l. 4560 (MED) Ther is no man this day so wys That to the fulle kan yive aprys Of hir myght.

?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. ix. sig. I.iij^v One of Satanas officers, that usest..so many chosen meates to the ful, bulkyng out capons.

1574 St. Avstens Manuell in Certaine Prayers S. Augustines Medit. sig. Ti^v Although I cannot do it to the full in this lyfe: yet let me profite from day to day untill it may come to the full.

1611 Bible (King James) Exod. xvi. 3 When we did eate bread to the full .

1629 J. Gaule Panegyrick 60 in Practique Theories Christs Predict. Done, Done to full, whatsoe're he came to doe.

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xxi. 190 We thought our money had satisfied them..to the full.

1701 W. Penn in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1870) IX. 53 I must expect my right to the full.

1798 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1893) XIV. 73 To keep them out of it; or which is to the full as likely, to direct them into another course.

1855 Harper's Mag. July 209/1 Clive..shared to the full his sire's antipathy against his cousin.

1885 Liverpool Daily Post 1 June 5/4 The University match promises to illustrate to the full the delightful uncertainty of cricket.

1918 Times 16 Dec. 9/2 Saturday showed that women realize to the full their new position in the State.

1955 R. Kee tr. H. H. Kirst Revolt Gunner Asch 46 The relatively small garrison town was hardly an ideal place in which to enjoy one's leisure to the full.

2002 C. C. Jones Year Russ. Feasts (2003) 47 Everyone is free to enter and imbibe to the full.

2013 Smith Jrnl. Winter 39/2 Living life to the full wasn't something Ralph Izzard had ever struggled with.

d. at (the) full.

(a) Fully, completely; at full length, in full; to the full extent. Now somewhat rare.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > advancing or progressing [phrase] > at the highest point

at the fulla1375

at the height1487

at float1594

in the (its, etc.) heighta1616

in float1797

at its height1839

the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > in full or to fullest extent

to the full1340

at the fulla1375

at one's righta1425

in (the) wholea1475

every (each) whit1526

full due1574

in gross1606

in full habitudea1661

to capacity1958

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 4325 Þann were spacli spices spended al a-boute, fulsumli at þe ful to eche freke þer-inne.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. cxxvii. 801 A penne may nouȝt wryte atte fulle þe preisynge of þis kyngedome.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 4008 But who so god helpe wol May sauely go at þe fol.

a1425 (?c1384) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 347 Lord! where he were not chargid at þe fulle, as apostlis weren?

a1500 (c1380) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 464 (MED) Men shulen loue in staat of blis, for þere shal loue be at þe fulle.

1556 Trewe Mirrour sig. A.iii Ye know they haue been disputed withall at ful, so largely as they coulde wishe or desier, but nothynge can preuayle.

1614 C. Brooke Ghost Richard III Ep. Ded. sig. ❧3^v That the comfortable and nourishing flame of it [sc. love], can neuer want fuell to maintaine and keep it euer at full.

1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 35 Eight Foote in length, being at full the space which the Horse doth possess when..he lyeth stretcht on his Litter.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 641 His Regal State Put forth at full .

1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 22 Nov. Giving his Reasons at full.

1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fifth 51 He drops his Mask, Frowns out at full.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 66 The power of the house of commons..is..great; and long may it be able to preserve its greatness..at the full .

1810 Edinb. Rev. Aug. 272 Putting forth that strength at full, which has, without effort, accomplished so many wonders.

1824 C. Swan tr. Gesta Romanorum I. xxi. 107 She..gradually removed the waxen covering and exhibited the legend at full.

1892 Messenger of Math. 21 104 This stigmatic series, though too long for printing at full in the restricted space of this Journal, is given later on in a condensed tabular form.

1899 C. G. Harper Bath Road xxxvi. 215 It is while wheeling such hills and such road-metal that one appreciates at the full the pluck and endurance of those early cyclists.

1905 Mich. Alumnus Nov. 77/2 Tom Hammond has played at full in the majority of the games.

1965 T. Gunn in Encounter Aug. 25 You must, If you can, pause; and..Turn out toward others, meeting their look at full.

(b) Of the moon or (occasionally) another celestial object: fully illuminated; = sense A. 6b. Also figurative.

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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xiii. xxi. 668 When þe mone is fourtene daies olde and atte þe ful.

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 361 Thanne shal she [sc. the moon] been euene at the fulle alway.

a1500 in G. Henslow Med. Wks. 14th Cent. (1899) 76 (MED) A leche xal take kep of þe mone, wanne he is atte þe full.

1566 J. Barthlet Pedegrewe Heretiques f. 64 The Euening..sodaynly became so bright..as that the Moone which then was at the full, was altogether vnapperceyued.

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 150 He made an Instrument to know If the Moon shine at full, or no.

1676 R. W. tr. J. Drexel Spiritual Repository x. 237 In so doing we resemble the Moone, each month, each weeke, nay every day we are decreasing or increasing, we are either at the full or in the wane.

1763 J. Bell Trav. from St. Petersburg I. xi. 59 The festival of the new year..is always when the moon is at the full.

a1818 M. G. Lewis Jrnl. W. India Proprietor (1834) 28 She is to be at her full to-morrow.

1919 H. Maxwell Memories of Months 6th Ser. 260 By the time the hunter's moon is at the full he [sc. a stag] will be as proudly attired as ever.

1994 Times of India 18 Apr. 14/3 The moon was at the full but so dense was the vegetation that..the surrounding area was swathed in mysterious shadows.

1998 S. S. Tepper Six Moon Dance xviii. 141 Three of the biggest moons were out when the ship left, one almost at full.

e. With in.

(a) in the full.

†(i) = in full at Phrases 2e(c)(ii). Obsolete.

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the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [adverb] > in detail or fully

in the full1552

1552 J. Caius Bk. against Sweatyng Sicknesse f. 4 A woorke of Erasmus..I dyd geue..not in the ful as the authore made it, but abbreuiate.

1658 Contention for Truth 31 This was the Henrician Heresy in the full: They who did condemn and excommunicate these Men, were the Pope, his Cardinalls, and Councell; and Bernard, the fairest flower among them.

(ii) = at (the) full at Phrases 2d(b). Now rare.

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1561 G. Gilby tr. J. Calvin Admon. against Astrol. Iudiciall sig. A.viii To know..wherfore the moone is in the full or in the weane according as shee either draweth from the sonne or draweth nere.

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. E3 Court humours like cutting of haire must either bee obserued when the Moone is new or in the full, or else [etc.].

1624 Weekely Newes 24 Nov. 19 The King of France..whose power as it is not yet in the full, so yet it is not in the Wayne.

1659 J. Harwood Ministers Office sig. A2 A Sect whose Faith is in the full, their Charity in the wayne.

1677 J. Seller Atlas Cælestis 63 When the Moon is in the Full, then the shadow of the Moon shews the true Hour of the Night.

?1755 Court & Country 2 He was so big with prophecy, he said he was like the moon in the full.

1832 W. Irving Alhambra I. 281 They still, according to her account, may be seen occasionally when the moon is in the full.

1938 N.Y. Times 10 Sept. l33/3 The moon, in the full, rises today at 7:24 P. M.

†(iii) (So as to be) plump, swollen, or well rounded. Obsolete.In quot. 1593 figurative.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > [noun] > types of

spindle-shank1570

in the full1593

trapstick1680

mill-post1739

spider-leg1765

leglet1821

pin leg1862

pipestem1872

piano leg1894

scissor legs1920

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 34 His Spite like a poysonous toade, swelleth in the full.

1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iii. sig. E4 I haue a good head of haire..a legge, faith, in the full.

(b) in full of: in full discharge or settlement of (a debt, obligation, etc.). Now somewhat rare.

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society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > [adverb] > in full discharge of (bill or debt)

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in full of1622

1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo i. xiii. 103 A receit made of the said eight pound, expressing that is [sic] was in full of his part.

1652 Declar. & Instr. Revenue & Stores Ireland 8 To Pay unto A.B. the Sum of [blank] for his Salarie..or (in full of the within-written Bill) for Work don..for the States Service.

1693 G. Baillie Househ. Bk. (1911) 1 To said Coptain in full of all acct. betwixt him and me ather by bill or otherwise except what he has my bond for.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 368 To assign her Five hundred Pounds, in full of all her Demands upon her Family.

1754 D. Hume Hist. Great Brit. I. 262 A regular contribution of 850 pounds a-day, in full of their subsistence.

1836 D. Maclaren Hist. Resistance to Annuity Tax (ed. 2) 23 The six ministers had agreed to accept of 15,000 merks, in full of their claims against the Annuity and other Ecclesiastical revenues.

1864 A. Trollope Can you forgive Her? I. xiii. 98 We took Mr. Grimes' receipt for three hundred pounds... Not on account, but in full of all demands.

1951 Jrnl. Accountancy 91 861 L promises to accept during the remaining four years $400 each month in full of the rental.

1991 Garden Hist. 19 147 £100 was paid to Mr Ellis in full of the first payment concerning the building.

(c) in full.

(i) With reference to payment, receipt of money owing, etc.: to the full amount.Cf. earlier in full of at Phrases 2e(b).

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society > trade and finance > payment > [adverb] > to full amount

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1641 Great Discoverie Plot Scotl. sig. A4^v Money for pay, you shall have in full, as wee agreed.

1704 J. Pitts True Acct. Mohammetans iv. 23 The Cause..may be for not paying in full to two or three Shillings.

1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 222 A satisfactory receipt in full.

1845 Western Luminary 15 Mar. 87/3 The following have paid in full for the current volume.

1879 in Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. (1885) 14 814 A sufficient sum to pay the trade-creditors of my aforesaid sons in full.

1910 Carpenter Aug. 29/1 A candidate failing to present himself for initiation within the time of four weeks, after his initiation fee had been paid in full.

1967 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 21 Apr. 19/2 Under the law all purchased life annuities are taxable in full.

2012 Steam World Aug. 62/2 (advt.) I wish to purchase whole or part collections of Railwayana... Payment is always prompt and in full.

(ii) With reference to a statement, text, etc.: at full length, in extenso; without abbreviation or abridgement; so as to include the full text or particulars.

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1656 S. Hunton Golden Law 8 As for his Right, it hath in part been answered at §16. and see in full §75.

1658 T. Bradley Præsent for Cæsar sig. A3^v I have made bold to..present unto your Highness own hand and view, in short, and yet in full too, the whole substance of the matter.

1790 T. Wilkinson Mem. Own Life I. 190 The landlord..informed them [sc. his neighbours] in full of this unfortunate alledgement of his Grace.

1839 Boston Morning Post 4 July She made a remark, which, if reported in full, would make one of O.F.M. [= Our First Men] feel decidedly striped.

1885 Manch. Examiner Nov. 3/2 Reproducing in full instead of simply summarising the..documentary material.

1908 R. Bagot Anthony Cuthbert xxi. 261 The address..was there in full, and she noticed that it was also stamped on the envelope.

1977 J. Esherick in S. Kostof Architect 251 (in figure) The program is so brief that it is worth quoting in full.

2008 New Yorker 10 Mar. 122/3 Here, in full, is Turin's review of Lancôme's Tresor.

Compounds

C1. Compounds of the adjective.

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(i) Parasynthetic.Some of the more established compounds of this type are treated separately.For similarly constructed compounds formed on the adverb, to which some of the instances given here may belong, see Compounds 2a(c).

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1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxvi. 116 The large, and goodly full-flockd Oulds [= Wolds].

a1644 F. Quarles Solomons Recantation (1645) vii. 19 Full clusterd Vineyards.

1682 London Gaz. No. 1768/4 A white grey Roan Gelding..well Crested..full gascoign'd.

1839 T. Miller Fair Rosamond III. xi. 228 Lest I cram thy curses down thine own throat, and send thee full-mawed to Sathanas.

1845 C. Mathews Big Abel & Little Manhattan vi. 52 They were now setting toward the Tombs, and passed on their way a rusty, full-chopped fellow, in charge of an officer.

1880 Times 2 Nov. 4/6 No cub is he, but a full-brushed, high conditioned, dog-fox.

1903 ‘Shubael’ Dark Strain xii. 110 He was a tall, handsomely proportioned man..broad shouldered and full chested, as well as full abdomened.

1968 J. Cheever Jrnls. (1991) 246 There is something intensely interesting about the three-finger squeeze, the full-fisted yank.

2015 ginnungagaps.blogspot.co.uk 23 Sept. (O.E.D. Archive) An hour later I emerge [from the supermarket], full trolleyed, and the car park is heaving.

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full-bagged adj.

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1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xiv. 227 The full-bagd Cow.

1630 J. Taylor Wks. 15 No full bag'd man would euer durst haue entered.

1839 Farmer's Monthly Visitor 15 July 106/1 We were the little driver of the full-bagged cows from pasture.

1980 D. Ackerman Twilight of Tenderfoot xx. 214 One day, we had to milk a full-bagged heifer into a Seven-Up bottle.

full-banked adj.

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1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxviii. 143 Many a full-bankt Flood.

1875 C. McKnight Our Western Border i. 2 The fierce and untamed savages, who..paddled their birchen barks on the full-banked streams.

1997 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 6 Dec. a11 A 10-man diving team was scouring the full-banked, swift-running river for the murder weapon.

full-bearded adj.

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1715 T. Brereton George 21 In the Golden Season of the Year, When the tall Grain full-bearded does appear.

1880 Harper's Mag. July 308/2 The full-bearded and mustached and finical artist whom we were accustomed to see.

1929 A. Shaw Abraham Lincoln II. xiv. 131 Tall, full-bearded and sharp-featured gentleman who has now become the standard type.

2002 N. Lebrecht Song of Names ii. 21 A portly, full-bearded personage of obvious self-importance.

full-bellied adj.

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1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xx. 351 Ful bellied drunkards are no better then traytors in this spirituall warre.

1681 London Gaz. No. 1638/8 Stolen..a dark Brown Nag..pretty full-bellied, and reasonable fat.

1831 Examiner 16 Jan. 37/1 A sound resembling that which an active full grown bee..makes in the interior of an empty full-bellied pitcher.

1937 N. Coward Present Indicative viii. 333 A full-bellied roar of laughter.

2008 T. Sabine Tsantsa x. 104 If you wish to grow old..do not sleep full-bellied at night.

full-bloomed adj.

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1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xxxvi. f. xlix^v Whan it [sc. broom] is full blomed, with a hedgynge byll cutte the stalkes halfe a yarde aboue the erthe.

1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 21 Lo! a mouth, whose full-bloom'd lips At two deare a rate are roses.

1888 Young Folks Paper 22 Sept. 189/3 I sat and watched the magnificent scenery; the tall, full-bloomed bushes, the towering trees, the silvery rivers.

2011 D. Lodge Man of Parts iii. iii. 167 Her beauty was already at its full-bloomed, voluptuous perfection.

full-blossomed adj.

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1614 J. Cooke Greenes Tu Quoque sig. K3^v I must thrust out into the world againe Full blossomd with a sweete and golden Spring.

1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. xi. 26 (heading) Vpon the sight of a Tree full blossomed.

1843 H. W. Longfellow Spanish Student i. iii. 28 The full-blossomed trees Filled all the air with fragrance.

2004 R. Daly tr. N. J. Ringdal Love for Sale v. 81 The scent of lilies and other flowers wafted forth, full-blossomed and fragrant.

full-bosomed adj.

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1603 M. Drayton To Maiestie King James sig. A 4 The fruitfull, and ful-bosom'd Spring.

1832 J. K. Paulding Westward Ho! I. xv. 135 Who can contemplate her..full-bosomed hills, and cloud-capped mountains, without a feeling of awful recognition of Infinite Power?

2012 F. E. Lamca Gypsies & Devil Hound 18 His alcohol-induced thoughts often returned to Florica, the full-bosomed Gypsy woman.

full-bowed adj.

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1747 Fool (1748) II. 300 Full-bowed Ships, in what the Seamen call a Head-Sea, will make better Way through the Water.

1883 Harper's Mag. Aug. 376/2 The full-bowed schooners lean over on the beach at low tide.

2008 Newcastle (New S. Wales) Herald (Nexis) 15 Feb. 33 It's quite a trick for a full-bowed, high-volume hull to ride so well.

full-brained adj.

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1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. B7^v Whose full-braind temples deck't with laurell crowne.

1860 G. W. Thornbury in All Year Round 28 Apr. 59/1 A full-brained, but sorrowful, simple-hearted, honest Mussulman.

2010 E. O. Wilson in New Yorker 25 Jan. 57/2 The..future Queen of the Trailhead Colony, full-brained and powerfully muscled, hurried to find shelter.

full-busted adj.

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1854 Sharpe's London Mag. Jan. 356/1 The slim girl..had grown into the full-busted woman.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 30 Her full-busted figure-head Stared o'er the ripple feathering from her bows.

2003 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 27 Sept. m4 She had a very good figure—full-busted and thin-waisted.

full-buttocked adj.

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1649 ‘Mercurius Elencticus’ 1st Pt. Last Wil & Test. Philip Earle of Pembrooke sig. A3^v A great Flanders jade, too ful buttock'd for him.

1672 London Gaz. No. 657/4 A Bay Mare..with..a black List down the Buttock, and full Buttockt.

1898 W. C. Russell Romance of Midshipman iii. 50 The full-buttocked smacks rolled lightly upon their own black shadows.

2010 S. Stern Frozen Rabbi (2011) 353 Mr. Womack hoisted his full-buttocked bulk from his chair and blew his nose.

full-cheeked adj.

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1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida i. sig. B4 A full cheekt gallant, with a bouncing thigh.

a1711 T. Ken Preparatives for Death in Wks. (1721) IV. 92 It chanc'd, just as the full-cheek'd Moon Reach'd her nocturnal Noon.

2006 G. A. Knoblock Hist. Burial Grounds New Hampsh. Seacoast 60 (caption) This simple gravestone, with its round-faced, full-cheeked angel, was made by John Stevens of Newport, Rhode Island.

full-chested adj.

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1641 T. Heywood Life of Merlin xiv. 117 This Prince..was somewhat high-coloured, but of a good aspect, and pleasant countenance, fat, full chested, and low of stature.

1681 London Gaz. No. 1620/4 A black brown Gelding..short Neck, full Chested.

1999 Cincinnati Mag. Sept. 136/2 Until recently, Hamilton says full-chested women often ended up ‘fashion losers’ because designers never bothered to pair the necessary support with the latest styles.

full-eared adj.

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1621 J. Vicars in J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) sig. A6^v All thy full-ear'd Harvest-Swathes.

1845 C. Norton Child of Islands 107 Whose mass of full-eared sheaves the reapers bind.

1998 H. C. Brichto Names of God iv. 151 The wind..is used here to flatten—as a scythe the high and full-eared grainstalks—the crests of the presumptuous swells.

full-flanked adj.

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1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion iii. 46 Many a plump-thigh'd moore, & ful-flanck't marsh.

1897 Chapman's Mag. May 97 Hay-wains break up the monotony of the glowing roads, with full-flanked horses sedately striding in front.

2015 Queensland Country Life (Nexis) 22 Jan. 72 Pattinson displays a lot of depth of body, heavy fleshing, softness of cover and is full-flanked.

full-fleshed adj.

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1598 L. A. tr. M. Martínez Seuenth Bk. Myrrour of Knighthood xx. sig. Gg4^v His colour was white: and his face full flesht & well proportioned.

1832 W. Motherwell Poems 59 In full-fleshed pride, Bright roses burst in June.

2004 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 20 Mar. d22 He is as full-fleshed and physical as any character in literature.

full-foliaged adj.

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1794 R. Southey in Morning Chron. 18 Sept. The Church-yard Elm, whose wide-embow'ring boughs, Full foliag'd, half conceal'd the House of God.

1807 Salmagundi 2 June 219 The whispers of the full-foliaged grove, fall on the ear of contemplation.

2012 Sunday Mail (Queensland, Austral.) (Nexis) 19 Aug. 63 Modern propagation techniques..have resulted in varieties with..a more compact growth habit, making for an even more attractive, full-foliaged pot plant.

full-formed adj.

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1655 S. Hartlib Reformed Common-wealth Bees 22 Others like to a white Maggot,..others now almost shaped like a Fly, others full formed, and able to crawle.

1691 E. Taylor in J. Behmen's Theosophick Philos. 67 Those greater Kinds of Fishes which bring forth young, large full-formed Fishes.

1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xx. 201 The feeling..of which he had had some old foreshadowing in older times..was full-formed now.

2012 G. Tononi Phi xxviii. 280 I saw the trace of a man's effigy at the embryo's earliest stages, ready to unfold into a full-formed person.

full-fortuned adj.

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a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. xvi. 25 Th' Imperious shew Of the full-Fortun'd Cæsar.

1900 G. C. W. Warr tr. Aeschylus Agamemnon in Oresteia 15 Troy..is humbled 'neath the heavy yoke Of our full-fortuned worthy, elder heir Of Atreus.

1940 S. O'Casey Star turns Red iv. ii. 148 They're all full-fortuned that are stirring now.

full-haired adj.

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1689 London Gaz. No. 2513/4 A grey Mare..only gallops and trots, and a full haired bob Tail.

1888 S. Lockwood Animal Mem. I. xx. 256 The rabbit, like the guinea-pig, brings forth its little ones full-haired and open-eyed.

2003 C. Elliott Better than Well v. 109 Television advertisements showed a handsome full-haired young man looking into a mirror.

full-handed adj.

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c1570 J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1830) 162 The King of Ingland..thocht best to remane fulhandit, and thairfore refuset to deliver the said schippis.

1643 J. Angier Lancashires Valley of Achor 35 Mercies..have been granted..with full-handed favours.

1880 Harper's Mag. June 109/2 Mirth and full-handed hospitality held carnival in its stately halls.

2006 N. Burkes No Small Miracles i. 34 ‘Swing me! Swing me!’ she said, seizing my fingers with a full-handed grip.

full-haunched adj. now rare

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1685 London Gaz. No. 2019/8 Stolen..a brown bay Nag..full Haunched, and small Bodied.

1854 H. H. Wilson tr. Rig-veda II. 124 The full-haunched, slender-waisted, high-spirited, and celestial coursers (of the sun), gallop along like swans.

1964 G. Farwell Last Days Paradise xvii. 179 These buxom, full-haunched creatures, with their wild black manes and smudged crimson lips.

full-headed adj.

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1705 J. Stevens tr. ‘A. Fernández de Avellaneda’ Contin. Don Quixote v. viii. 295 The full headed Trees afforded a pleasant Shade.

1839 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 30 May The full leaf and rye full-headed speak the mute language of Summer.

2004 Evening Standard (Nexis) 21 Dec. 12 Linda buys a bunch of full-headed white florists' roses.

full-hipped adj.

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1820 T. Hamilton tr. Antar IV. xxxiv. 228 Amarah, leave alone the beautiful, full-hipped damsels.

1882 E. O'Donovan Merv Oasis I. 343 The..slovenly-looking full-hipped tunic.

2011 R. Merullo Talk-Funny Girl v. 46 My aunt was strongly built, full hipped and full breasted.

full-jointed adj. now rare

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1688 London Gaz. No. 2355/4 A dapple grey..full jointed in both his hinder Legs.

1893 M. E. Kennard Sporting Tales 98 His fore legs..were round, full-jointed, covered with blemishes, and tottered and shook.

1953 Billboard 5 Dec. 106/4 (advt.) Beautiful walking doll with washable Saran Hair. Made of plastic, full jointed and walks when led by hands.

full-licensed adj.

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1836 Manch. Times 13 Aug. (advt.) To be let, with immediate possession, a full licensed public-house.

1883 Goole Weekly Times 14 Sept. 5/3 To be let, the ‘Royal Oak Inn’.. a full-licensed House.

1903 Econ. Rev. 13 165 The justices had previously only had control over the full-licensed houses.

2013 Taranaki (N.Z.) Daily News (Nexis) 3 Sept. 3 Parnell's decision to drive without a full-licensed driver..had led to an accident involving multiple victims.

full-limbed adj.

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1659 T. Porter Compend. View World 80 The People are..for the most part full limb'd and tall.

1844 F. Lloyd Hampton Court III. vi. 114 That picture there, embodies this full-limbed commanding daughter of Eve.

2007 A. Roberts View from Attic Window vii. 44 The trees throughout the town were old, tall, and full-limbed, permitting only glimpses of the houses and buildings.

full-lipped adj.

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1637 N. Whiting Le Hore di Recreatione 126 Pray mother, gainst the young mon doe not rage, Sayes full-lipt Maudge.

1859 W. Bagehot in National Rev. 9 383 Lancelot, the great knight of many exploits and full-lipped enjoyment.

1932 E. Hemingway Death in Afternoon ix. 244 He had a full-lipped face.

2012 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 14 Dec. e4 One of those full-lipped beauties who populate every corner of France, if you believe its cinema.

full-measured adj.

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1645 King Charles I Let. 5 Mar. in Kings Cabinet Opened 7 My Commissioners have offered, to say no more, full measured reason.

a1711 T. Ken Hymnarium 114 in Wks. (1721) II. God oft makes Thunder, Lightning, Storm, Hail, Snows, Pour on full-measur'd Sin, full-measur'd Woes.

2002 S. Letter & W. M. Letter Affirmative Action in Antidiscrimination Law & Policy iv. 134 Helping protected minorities achieve full-measured participation in American life.

full-minded adj.

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1628 O. Felltham Resolves (new ed.) 113 To be poore, is to be made a pauement for the tread of the full-minded [1628 (earlier ed.) full-mined] man.

1826 J. M. Sherer Notes & Refl. Ramble Germany 118 My companion proved a most agreeable, full-minded man, with a well-thumbed Euripides in his pocket.

2011 Pittsburgh Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 20 Dec. (Arts & Entertainment section) 14 For him, full-minded, full-bodied attention is the basis of morality.

full-natured adj.

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1823 C. Lamb in London Mag. June 678/1 Those full-natured angels tended it by turns.

1964 N.Y. Times 11 Oct. (Book Review section) 44/2 How can an intelligent, full-natured man live a complete life in such a madhouse?

2009 E. E. Brown Compl. Tassajara Cookbk. 33 When food is always fancy or elaborate,..we forget the plain, full-natured, actual taste of things.

full-necked adj.

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1667 Duke of Newcastle New Method to dress Horses 96 That Colt..shall have a great Fleshy-Head, and Thick and Full Neckt.

1863 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 19 Dec. 10/5 Though rather stout and full-necked, he is a young man of gentlemanly appearance.

2014 M. B. Baptiste Altitude Adjustment iii. 9 I peered at the regal, full-necked animals.

full-paunched adj.

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1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 344^v Now ye see hym ful paunched, as lyons are.

1614 J. Cooke Greenes Tu Quoque sig. I2^v Such food As..Children, nay sometimes full paunched Dogges, Haue ouerlickt.

1779 T. Horde Pretended Puritan i. i. 8 A full-paunched sneaking alderman servilely thanking a minister of state for the honour of his company.

2003 E. Hay Garbo Laughs x. 67 He was..a full-paunched graduate student with bushy hair and beard.

full-personed adj.

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1855 G. R. Gilmer Sketches First Settlers Upper Georgia i. 21 Mary Peachy, the oldest daughter of Peachy R. Gilmer, was a round-faced, full-personed, black-eyed brunette.

1873 W. D. Howells Chance Acquaintance i. 14 The full-personed good-humored looking gentleman.

2009 P. E. Martin Relig. Conversion 24 The ‘act’ of conversion requires a full-personed response.

full-plumed adj.

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?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xvi. 249 They giue their wings their full-plum'd Law.

a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 54/2 With full plum'd Wing thou Faulkon-like could fly.

1861 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 58 He will be a full-plumed Royal Academy Student.

2010 D. Trussoni Angelology 45 His mother's wings were gorgeous, shimmering, healthy, full-plumed.

full-powered adj.

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1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 22 To-day is Yesterday return'd..Full-power'd.

1884 Whitaker's Almanack (Advt. section) 20 These large, highest classed and full-powered Steamships..are fitted up in the latest and most approved fashion.

2010 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 19 Feb. (Life & Leisure section) 7 Applications run more or less as they would on a full-powered desktop PC.

full-proportioned adj.

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1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 762 Two full proportioned figures in brasse.

1828 N.Y. Mirror & Ladies' Lit. Gaz. 30 Aug. 68/1 Her fine and full-proportioned form had shrunk up into the likeness of age and sorrow.

2014 L. Marshall Doctor for Keeps iii. 61 She'd let her hair down and wore a colorful dress that..clung to her full-proportioned body.

full-rayed adj.

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1823 Rejected Addr. New Theatre Philadelphia 43 These full-rayed stars of patriot pride.

1858 Fraser's Mag. July 92/2 Their canvas sails are painted in radiant colours; and from the centre the Greek cross or the full-rayed sun blazes in gold.

2012 R. Olmstead Coldest Night (2013) xxvi. 177 The full-rayed sun had become a diffusion of reds and violets.

full-sailed adj.

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1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. B Mercenarie attendants on his ful-saild fortune.

1608 G. Chapman Conspiracie Duke of Byron ii. sig. D2^v A full-saild Argosea.

1807 J. Barlow Columbiad i. 50 The fullsail'd ship..Dash'd into fragments by the floating rock.

2012 Irish Times (Nexis) 1 Sept. (Weekend section) 16 Full-sailed wooden boats crowding the wharfs.

full-shouldered adj.

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1684 R. Johnson Enchiridion Medicum iii. xx. 253 If the Woman be little, and her Husband big and full shouldred, then there is a great Child, which will cause tough work.

1893 Table Talk Jan. 29/2 The sole trimming on the full-shouldered sleeves are similar buttons set along the inner seam.

2001 M. Ryan Hope (2003) vi. 87 The boy who had left them was now a man, full-shouldered, moustached.

full-sized adj.

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1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 28 As priest Laocoon by lot to Neptun apoyncted A bul for sacrifice ful sizde dyd slaughter at altars.

1665 Recs. Gen. Court 12 Oct. in J. H. Trumbull Public Rec. Colony Connecticut (1852) II. 25 Porke, 3£. 10s. p^r Barrill ful sized.

1787 J. Ledyard Jrnl. 16 Aug. in Journey through Russia (1966) 156 The size [of the fruit] is that of a full-sized pea in France.

1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. xxxviii. 31 A full-sized wine-bottle, carefully corked.

2008 Independent 10 Mar. 10/2 The pygmy hippo grows to about half the height of its full-sized cousin.

full-skirted adj.

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1679 London Gaz. No. 1456/4 A large Hogskin saddle, full skirted.

1828 Episcopal Watchman Feb. 364/3 He appeared in a long, full-skirted, collarless coat.

1999 Vanity Fair Apr. 302/3 This dress..was everything it should be: snug-bodiced, wasp-waisted, full-skirted, ankle-skimming.

full-souled adj.

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1689 E. Howard Caroloiades ii. 38 Which frontless guilt when well the King compar'd With such, full-Soul'd with Duty, him rever'd.

1838 Amer. Biblical Repository Apr. 513 As an essayist, terse, pungent, witty, ironical, full-souled, playful, and old English, we hardly know his equal.

2003 K. Kachtick Hungry Ghost i. 1 A drowsy, full-souled smile.

† full-speeched adj. Obsolete

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1692 London Gaz. No. 2809/4 Timothy Phillips..a Country-like Man, full speech'd, in a light grey Cloth Suit, a sad-colour'd riding Coat, and a black Hat.

full-statured adj.

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1640 J. Jackson Key of Knowl. Pref. sig. A9^v There are three sorts, or rather degrees in Religion, First, Beginners or probationers, Secondly, Proficients, or growers, and lastly growne and full statured Christians.

1663 J. Mayne tr. Lucian Part of Lucian sig. F 2^v She is grown handsome, and full statured of a suddaine.

1844 E. B. Barrett Lady Geraldine's Courtship in Poems I. 236 And my soul..sprang, full-statured in an hour.

2006 F. H. Wagner Yellowstone's Destabilized Ecosystem x. 200 There was a major decline..in the area of the northern range occupied by full-statured willow shrubs.

full-stomached adj.

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1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. vii. f. 52 The squemish and full stomacked Reader.

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 63 Grosse full-stomacht tautology.

1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) ii. sig. D2^v The full-stomack'd Sea.

1846 H. Bacon in S. C. Edgarton Rose of Sharon 184 The sound..of a full-stomached idler sucking his teeth.

1993 M. Richard Fishboy (1994) 175 I remember feeling the cook's popularity spread among the full-stomached men seated at the galley table.

full-streamed adj.

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1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 38 b Hearing riche London was the full-streamed wel-head.

1806 J. Grahame Birds Scotl. 72 And joins, with opened banks, the full-streamed Clyde.

1955 P. M. Dunne tr. J. Sedelmayr in Jacobo Sedelmayr 20 He crossed the full-streamed Río de la Asunción, and he saw that the Gila receives its waters.

full-toned adj.

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1696 J. Lead Fountain of Gardens sig. *G4 Shouts of Victory the Skies shall rend: With full-ton'd Acclamation-Anthems clear.

1827 J. Keble Christian Year II. xciii. 168 Mild As evening blackbird's full-ton'd lay.

1911 Strad Jan. 344/1 (advt.) 'Cello for sale, very full-toned instrument.

2000 Times 11 Jan. 36/6 Full-toned, freely projected, his voice rang out heroically and brilliantly.

† full-tushed adj. Obsolete

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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Miré,..long-tusked, full-tushed, as a full-growne Boare.

1905 R. A. Bennet For White Christ ii. vi. 291 The fox, the adder, and the full-tushed boar.

full-tusked adj.

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1772 S. Pegge tr. W. Fitz-Stephen Descr. London 50 Hogs full tusked, intended to be converted into bacon.

1874 T. Frost Old Showmen 370 There was a spirited competition for the two elephants, ending in the magnificent full-tusked male..being knocked down to Mr. Jennison for six hundred and eighty pounds.

1992 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 25 Oct. (Sunday Life section) a2 Lucas is neutered and will not grow to be a full-tusked boar.

full-uddered adj.

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1660 Don Pedro de Quixot (single sheet) The full udder'd pursed Kine.

1727 J. Thomson Summer 24 The full-udder'd Mother lows around The chearful Cottage.

2011 R. Coleman Kingdom of Childhood xxi. 244 The cow, large-eyed and full-uddered, swished her tail at Judy.

full-voiced adj.

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1640 J. Gower tr. Ovid Festivalls i. 14 She, when her brest with heavenly fire was fill'd, From full-voic'd mouth true prophesies did yield.

1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 43 There let the pealing Organ blow, To the full voic'd Quire below.

1816 M. Hodson Margaret of Anjou v. 219 The carol of the full-voic'd thrush.

1990 Opera Now May 24/4 The baritone's high notes in Verdi and Puccini are normally there to serve a full-voiced, resonant climax.

full-weighted adj.

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1773 London Evening-Post 16 Nov. Such numbers of base full-weighted guineas are now circulating.

1888 Daily News 5 Oct. 5/2 The Bank of Germany does not refuse full-weighted gold to those who can demand it.

2003 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 13 Apr. vii. 14/4 The star..is proud of her size, calling herself ‘full-weighted’ instead of ‘overweight’.

full-whiskered adj.

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1832 N.-Y. Mirror 24 Nov. 161/1 A short, thickset, plump, full-whiskered, middle-aged, English-looking man, briskly whirling round a corner.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xvii. 158 Such a..full-whiskered dashing gentlemanly man.

1994 M. Riebling Wedge xiii. 260 It was nothing new for CIA officers to come home full-whiskered from postings in Asia and Africa.

full-wombed adj.

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1630 M. Drayton Noahs Floud in Muses Elizium 90 The full-womb'd Women, very hardly went Out their nine months.

1883 G. Massey Nat. Genesis II. ix. 79 The primitive type of female beauty was the deep-bosomed woman, or full-wombed cow.

2003 C. Hamilton Celtic Bk. Seasonal Medit. 229 The great and glorious ocean..full-wombed and magnificent.

(b) Complementary.Mainly with past participles.Some formations of this type may now be interpreted as compounds of the adverb (see Compounds 2a).

full-built adj.

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1616 F. Rous Medit. of Instr. lxxxiii. 441 Lanched forth like a full built ship into the world.

1709 London Gaz. No. 4510 The Hoy Burthen 9 or 10 Tun, very full built forward.

2014 G. A. Knoblock Amer. Clipper Ship, 1845–1920 i. i. 11 The early China trading vessels ran the gamut from large and full-built ships to small and fast schooners.

full-charged adj.

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1596 J. Harington Apol. sig. M When I had..in mine owne fantasie very sufficiently euacuated my head of such homely stuffe, of which it might seeme it was verie full charged.

1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. ix. sig. H Canst thunder cannon oathes, like th'ratling Of a huge, double, full-charg'd culuering?

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. ii. 3 I stood i'th' leuell Of a full-charg'd confederacie.

1898 Pharmaceut. Jrnl. 3 Sept. 264/1 [The pressure] in a full-charged [gas] bottle is about eight times the amount employed in a modern locomotive.

2012 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 12 Mar. 6 Each full-charged battery will fuel about 100 miles of driving.

full-crammed adj.

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1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. i. sig. G2 The chub-fac't fop Shines sleeke with full cramm'd fat of happinesse.

1613 G. Wither Abuses Stript ii. ii. sig. P Emptying their full cram'd bags.

1879 T. H. Huxley Hume i. 56 Unknown to this full-crammed and much-examined generation.

1947 M. S. Douglas Everglades i. 52 The full crammed tropic of the south.

† full-farced adj. Obsolete

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1578 T. Tymme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Genesis 189 The place..so full-farssed and stuffed up.

1662 J. Donne, Jr. Satyr 6 When this all-devouring Glutton puts More offas [i.e. morsels] in his full farc'd foul fat guts.

full-fed adj.

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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > fed or nourished > filled with food

fullOE

full-feedinga1382

repletea1400

satiate1440

full-fed?1530

full of bread?1570

strut1577

full-mouthed1610

crop-full1645

?1530 R. Whitford Werke for Housholders sig. E.iv^v The full fedde gloton is apte vnto no good werke or labour.

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. F1^v The full-fed Hound, or gorged Hawke,..Make slow pursuite.

1732 J. Thurston Fall ii. 33 Not twelve sleek chaplains could have read the page, Twelve full-fed chaplains of our modern age.

1887 Spectator 5 Mar. 320/1 We..have a notion that full-fed authors do bad work.

2010 New Yorker 13 Sept. 68/3 Full-fed, ale-colored cattle watch us from fields of grass so vivid..that each blade looks hand-tinted.

full-flowering adj.

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1761 I. Mauduit Occas. Thoughts Present German War 54 The same sentiment dressed out in bold poetical phrases, beautiful allusions, full flowering metaphors.

1781 S. Fullmer Young Gardener's Best Compan. 216 Some of the largest off-sets may be planted in beds and borders, among the full-flowering bulbs.

1820 J. Keats Lamia i, in Lamia & Other Poems 5 The taller grasses and full-flowering weed.

2003 Pasadena (Calif.) Star-News (Nexis) 18 Apr. Los Angeles has received 15.33 inches of rain..meaning greener grasses, full-flowering plants and lots of pollen.

full-flowing adj.

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?1548 J. Bale Image Bothe Churches (new ed.) iii. sig. Oo.viii^v He shall geue them drinke out of the full flowynge ryuer of hys eternal pleasurs.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xxiv. 73 Lady I am not well, els I should answere From a full flowing stomack.

1832 Ld. Tennyson Œnone in Poems (new ed.) 54 From his lip, curved crimson, the fullflowing river of speech Came down upon my heart.

2013 A. J. Erickson et al. Optimizing Stormwater Treatm. Pract. ix. 148 Measuring discharge in a full-flowing conduit with a weir or flume is not recommended.

† full-fraught adj. Obsolete

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1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry f. 80^v Ill huswiferie bringeth, a shilling to naught, good huswiferie singeth, her cofers full fraught.

1607 F. Beaumont Woman Hater i. ii. sig. A4^v His tables are full fraught with most nourishing foode.

1715 Rise & Growth Fanaticism 11 Knox..return'd to his native Country, full fraught with democratical Principles, and an utter Aversion to the Government of Women.

1879 E. Dowden Southey iv. 81 He grew stronger, calmer, more full-fraught with stores of knowledge.

1919 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Mar. 147/2 The book is full fraught with examples of incompatibility.

† full-freight adj. Obsolete

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1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. vi. vi. §3. 623 If yee be ful freight, and haue stoare sufficiente of your owne, yet maie you diuide them emonge your poore Louanian Brethren.

1694 L. Echard tr. Plautus Epidicus iii. iii, in tr. Plautus Comedies 103 I'll teach her how t' act..and send her full-fraight with my Tricks.

1740 W. Somervile Hobbinol iii. 356 A full-freight Ship, Blest in a rich Return of Pearl, or Gold.

1777 J. Price 5 Lett. Free Merchant Bengal iv. 185 Had all the tonnage in India, come to Bengal full freight with grain.

full-freighted adj.

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1599 T. M. Micro-cynicon i. iii. sig. B7 The appointed caruer carefully Dischargeth them of their full freighted hands.

a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo xi, in Wks. (1721) III. 319 His full-freighted Thought, Back on his Tongue, Hymn and Heroick brought.

1852 Sailor's Mag. June 686/2 When the full freighted ship flies before the fierce gale.

1990 J. Maraniss tr. A. Benítez-Rojo Sea of Lentils vii. 32 He'd return once more to Cape Verde or to Guinea, and from there, his holds full freighted, he would cross the ocean in a single stroke.

full-gorged adj. now rare

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1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia v. sig. I2^v Death that sees the Nobles blood so rife, Full-gorged triumphes, and disdaines my lyfe.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. i. 177 She [sc. my Faulcon] must not be full gorg'd, For then she neuer lookes vpon her lure.

1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 167 The full-gorged savage.

1866 Daily News 29 Jan. 2/2 The loathsome and full-gorged serpents which crawl out of crevices in the accursed banks.

1930 O. Lattimore High Tartary ii. 21 Full-gorged at last, I rolled up in my coat, with my legs stretched out as far as I could stretch them.

full-packed adj.

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1706 Act 6 Anne c. 29 in Statutes of Realm (1821) VIII. 622 A Debenture..verified..as to the Quantity of Herrings actually shipped and that the same were well cured and merchantable and full packed.]

1758 Rep. Comm. Weights & Meas. (House of Commons) 22 By the Statute 2 Henry 6, the Barrel of Herrings, full packed, was to contain thirty Gallons.

1798 Rep. Brit. Fisheries (House of Commons) 41 It would be most desirable that the Buss Barrel Bounties be given upon the full-packed Barrels.

1840 Scioto (Ohio) Gaz. 26 Nov. Crowded pavements, thronged passages, full-packed rooms and creaking timbers, have been the order of the day here for some weeks.

1905 Daily Chron. 1 Sept. 8/3 These swift-passing, full-packed moments.

2006 N. Symington Healing Conversat. vi. 118 Although she has a full-packed life, she feels that she is ‘missing out’.

full-resounding adj.

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1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. i. 16 Dryden taught to join..the full resounding [in some later edd. full-resounding] line.

1788 Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 1787 1 Polite Literature 76 Teach the full-resounding chords, To speak the wonders of thy proud domain.

1848 Ainsworth's Mag. 14 125 The tumultuous swell and full-resounding streams of music ceased.

1927 Classical Weekly 11 Apr. 172/2 The huge round stone, as Pope says in a wretched travesty of my full-resounding verse,..thundered impetuous on.

2015 www.cvneweng.org 21 Dec. (O.E.D. Archive) A flute and harp duo..performed a remarkably full-resounding ‘Histoire du Tango’ by Astor Piazzolla.

full-stuffed adj.

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1529 J. Frith Pistle Christen Reader sig. C.v And live them silf with full stuffed belies, idle, riche, mighty.

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xiv. 230 When twixt their burly Stacks, and full-stuft Barnes they stand.

1979 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 99 106/2 He lies on the bed like a full-stuffed sack.

full-swelling adj.

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1606 J. Hind Eliosto Libidinoso 57 Her soft cheekes, her full swelling pappes.

1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. 297 Each spacious room was one full-swelling bed.

1959 H. Trevelyan tr. H. von Kleist Penthesilea xv, in E. Bentley Classic Theatre II. 380 Weak women, hampered still By the full-swelling bosom.

(c)

(i) With nouns, forming phrases used attributively, or (occasionally) as predicative adjectives, most commonly in the sense ‘having (what is denoted by the second element) full’ or ‘containing or involving the full amount of (what is denoted by the second element)’. Cf. high adj. and n.² Compounds 2.Some of the more established compounds of this type are treated separately.

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1852 Meanderings of Memory I. 79 Where full-dug foragers at evening meet In Cow-bell concert.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. iii. 46 I have manufactured a full-draught pipe for our smoky stove.

1877 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 27 Nov. 918/2 A full-bust corset provided with means for drawing the upper and lower portions of the bust toward each other.

1906 Times Engin. Suppl. 22 Aug. 267/3 The use..of a large full-voltage battery for regulating purposes.

1947 Billboard 21 June 44/3 She was in good voice... Wound up with I'll Be Seeing You giving it a full voice treatment that paid off handsomely.

2013 Independent on Sunday 10 Nov. 21/1 I had 75 per cent full-thickness third-degree burns.

(ii)

full-hand adj.

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1511 in J. Robertson Illustr. Topogr. & Antiq. Aberdeen & Banff (1857) III. 107 It war gud to tak it [sc. the teind] at him and to be full hand and win with him.

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 22 The..profuse sacrificatory expences of ful-hand oblationers.

2014 S. Gupta ElectriSense iv. 93 The user was asked to first perform a five-finger touch, followed by a full-hand touch.

full-plate adj.

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1817 Supporter (Chillicothe, Ohio) 21 Oct. (advt.) Full plate curb Bitts.

1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 108 A full plate watch has a top plate..of a circular form.

2012 Platts Metals Week (Nexis) 28 May Premiums for full-plate cathodes were said to be around $100/mt.

full-power adj.

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1842 Trans. Inst. Civil Engineers 3 393 The full power steamers, as now built, are bad sailers, their spars and rigging being very inefficient.

1872 Jrnl. Royal United Service Inst. 15 659 Let us get a good and effective result for a full-power trial with as high a speed as we can possibly obtain.

1916 Boston Daily Globe 30 Dec. 14/5 The four-hour full-power run scheduled for tomorrow will complete the Allen's tests.

2009 New Yorker 11 May 114/2 Speed and strength—a hail of full-power punches—drive through an opponent's defenses.

full-size adj.

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1772 St. James's Chron. 15 Dec. (advt.) A full Size Billiard Table, at a low Price.

1787 World 6 Nov. (advt.) Three full-size Window Curtains.

1888 P. N. Hasluck Model Engin. Handybk. (1900) 41 The Figs. are reduced from full-size drawings.

1957 Times Surv. Brit. Aviation Sept. 7 A full-size mock-up of the Vanguard's cockpit.

2006 Art Bull. 88 277/2 Transforming a small model into a full-size sculpture..was not something easily achieved.

full-tank adj.

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1877 J. A. Jones in Papers relating to Water-supply Schemes India (1889) 16 The cylinder would be provided with valves at various depths below the full tank level.

1927 W. H. Todd Tiger, Tiger! 25 The water..had already reached to within a foot or so of the designed full-tank level.

2014 Times of India (Nexis) 11 Aug. I pray, the city gets so much rain that the lake attains its full-tank level.

full-throttle adj.

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1909 Motor Boating Aug. 49/1 Under full throttle conditions, both sections of the devices act together.

1933 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 4 July 2/3 (caption) Jimmie Mantz is performing a full-throttle power dive, a trail of smoke showing his course.

1991 Esquire Oct. 193 (advt.) A rip-snorting, full-throttle novel that mixes bikers, murder, a blood-curdling prison riot, and a powderkeg murder trial.

2011 N.Y. Times 15 May (Late ed.) (Automobiles section) 1/5 At 3,583 pounds, the A5 coupe isn't light... So full-throttle acceleration is subdued.

full-top adj.

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1723 London Gaz. No. 6206/9 He is..pale fac'd, a full-top Wig.

1854 North Amer. & U.S. Gaz. (Philadelphia) 13 Sept. (advt.) Full-top gloves.

1946 Bradford (Pa.) Era 11 Apr. The silhouette [of the coat] focuses on dropped, rounded shoulder lines, deep cut armholes, full-top sleeves and rounded hips.

full-value adj.

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1820 Morning Post 18 Feb. Gold and silver can never long be both together current with us, in full value coins.

1896 Daily News 31 Mar. 9/3 Any full-value gold pieces in circulation will have to be called in.

2002 Internat. Jrnl. Middle East Stud. 34 241 The established regime was still ineffective and did not provide..for a full-value taxation system.

full-voice adj.

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1927 V. McNabb Catholic Church & Philos. iii. 119 The full-voice assertion of the rights of reason to reason.

2013 Jrnl. Musicol. 30 118 Both move without pause into rhythmically identical full-voice homophony.

full-weight adj.

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1737 London Mag. Feb. 58/2 Our new coined full-weight Guineas.

1866 A. Crump Pract. Treat. Banking x. 234 The Bank..would supply new and full-weight coin.

2013 D. Rugg & J. D'Agnese Blind Spot i. 13 Learning how to fight with a full-weight saber was dangerous.

b. Some of the uses listed here may belong at Compounds 2c.

full bastion n. Fortification (a) a bastion, the interior surface of which is level with the rampart; = solid bastion n. at solid adj. Compounds 5 (now rare); (b) a bastion having two faces and two flanks, as opposed to a demi-bastion or half-bastion, having only one (cf. demi-bastion n., half-bastion n. at half adj. Compounds 2).

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1711 tr. Abbé Du Fay in J. T. Desaguliers tr. J. Ozanam Treat. Fortification App. 202 The whole Bastion is a full Bastion.

1810 W. Duane Mil. Dict. 174/1 Full bastion,..when the level ground within is even with the rampart; that is, when the inside is quite level, the parapet being only more elevated than the rest.

1869 Times 12 Oct. 8/5 The citadel has four full bastion fronts and one half bastion.

1970 Post-Medieval Archaeol. 4 15 The flank of the demi-bastion and one flank of the full bastion.

1993 Proc. Meeting French Colonial Hist. Soc. 17 27 The defences..were to consist of two full bastions, two half-bastions, and three connection curtain walls.

† full-belly n. Obsolete a person who has or makes a point of having his or her belly full (cf. fill-belly n. at fill v. Compounds).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [noun] > gluttony > glutton

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eat-all1598

engorger1598

guts1598

guller1604

gourmandist1607

barathrum1609

eatnell1611

snapsauce1611

Phaeacian?1614

gutling1617

overeater1621

polyphage1623

tenterbelly1628

gut-head1629

stiffgut1630

gobble-guts1632

gulist1632

polyphagian1658

fill-paunch1659

gype1662

gulchin1671

stretch-gut1673

gastrolater1694

gundy-gut1699

guttler1732

gobbler1755

trencher-hero1792

gorger1817

polyphagist1819

battenera1849

stuff-guts1875

chowhound1917

gannet1929

Billy Bunter1939

guzzle-guts1959

garbage can1963

foodaholic1965

1536 T. Revel tr. F. Lambert Summe Christianitie xii. f. 44^v To gyue cappes, gloues, or make greate coste of feastes, to ryche men, and full belyes.

1537 M. Coverdale tr. Original & Sprynge of all Sectes f. 10 Paul fasted, but they [sc. members of the Pauline order] are fulbelyes: he was poore, but they are rych.

1637 R. Humfrey tr. St. Ambrose Christian Offices i. 30 Lazy lubbers, and full bellyes, drowned in worldly delights.

1653 Bp. J. Taylor XXV Serm. xvi. 207 An intemperate man, whose sin..is..applauded by fooles and parasites, full bellies, and empty-heads, servants and flatterers.

full belt adv. colloquial (chiefly British and Australian) at maximum speed, power, or volume; with full force; also in at full belt. [Apparently an alteration of full pelt at pelt n.² 3a; perhaps compare belt n.⁴ or belt v. 10b.]

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1895 E. Rydings Manx Tales 30 The organ and the singin' was goin' at it full belt.

1931 F. D. Davison Forever Morning xix. 206 There are some men who can go at full ‘belt’ from daylight to dark.

1987 T. Winton Blood & Water (1993) 164 He..locks the door, turns the shower on full belt, and cries.

2016 Yorks. Post (Nexis) 23 Mar. I used to sing it full belt to my infant daughter in the car.

full bleed n. Printing an image, photograph, etc., that is printed or trimmed so as to extend up to the edges of the support material, leaving no margin; = bleed n. 2; frequently attributive.

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1940 Amer. Printer Feb. 30/2 A second form of outline pages in full bleed size, printed in color over the above black form, shows the size and position of a full form of bleed pages.

1994 Computer Reseller News 18 July 24 The printer prints full bleeds and includes an autotrim feature.

2011 G. Allen Artists' Mag. iv. 95 Texts and photographs cascading across the page, full-bleed images alternating with spare, white pages.

full-body adj. (a) (esp. of clothing) that covers most or the whole of the body; (b) that is for or involves the whole body.

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1930 Iola (Kansas) Daily Reg. 23 Dec. 1/4 Katharine Ronsick..has returned from a Kansas City hospital in a full body cast.

1975 Port Arthur (Texas) News 7 May 33/8 The Nautilus Spa is an advanced body-building area that takes but 18 minutes of time and gives you a full-body workout.

1982 Offshore (Nexis) Dec. Volunteer subjects wore..full body deck (survival type) suits while floating in a cold-water research tank.

2012 Atlantic July 48/2 The suit he wore was one used by high-altitude pilots, a painfully uncomfortable full-body costume known as a ‘partial pressure’ suit.

2013 M. Zailckas Mother, Mother (2014) 40 Will leaned forward to crack his window and had a full-body pins-and-needles sensation.

full-breasted adj. having a full breast (in various senses); also in extended use.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > breast or breasts (of woman) > [adjective] > types of

milky1557

milkful1589

full-breasted1611

liberal?1624

milkless1636

busty1867

bosomful1870

pneumatic1910

bosomy1928

top-heavy1934

breasty1937

well-endowed1951

chesty1955

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vi. xxi. 226 He was of an honorable and Maiesticall presence, strong of body, large and full breasted.

1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. ii. xv. 125/1 A prouident, and full-brested mother.

1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 120 Our Wheat is large, full-brested, and thin-rined.

1842 E. J. Morris Notes Tour through Turkey I. xi. 216 The high cap, full breasted jacket, camese, and gaiters, answering for the helmet, breastplate, mailed shirt, and greaves of the ancient warrior.

1904 W. Gilbey Poultry-keeping i. 3 An Indian Game cock..gives very full-breasted and rapidly-growing chickens.

1999 A. Arensberg Incubus ii. vi. 53 Her beauty was full-breasted and womanly.

full-bred adj. (of a domestic animal) bred from parents of the same breed or variety; pure-bred.

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1742 Daily Advertiser 8 Oct. (advt.) A full-bred bay gelding.

1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin 221 ‘She's a well-bred one, that's clear.’ ‘Nearly full-bred; the least bit of cocktail in the world.’

1912 Scotsman 7 Aug. 12/7 Mr T. L. Anderson, Damside, excelled with some full bred cattle, carrying off the challenge cup.

2003 Budget Living June 18/3 There was the backlash against BL 's beloved miniature mascot because of his pricey, full-bred pedigree.

full-brimmed adj. (a) full to the brim, brimful, overflowing; (b) (of a hat) having a large and full brim.

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the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > full to the brim

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chockc1850

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1614 A. Gorges tr. Epitaph in tr. Lucan Pharsalia sig. B3^v When wonders come, I make them slide Like to a full-brim'd swelling tide.

1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxix. 153 Two faire and full-brim'd Floods.

1811 W. Saint Mem. John Fransham 117 This jacket, however, in hot weather, he would hang across his arm, and he would carry his large full-brimmed hat in his hand.

1825 T. Hood Friendly Epist. to Mrs. Fry in Odes & Addr. Great People 29 I like the pity in your full-brimm'd eye.

1926 Times 23 July 17/4 Most of the women's hats were large..and full-brimmed.

2006 J. Lindbergh Thrall's Tale 334 Full-brimmed sacks of rough-ground grain.

2015 S. Kuehn Delicate Monsters i. 5 He wore his knee socks rolled up and a full-brimmed hat.

full-butt adv. [ < full adj. + butt n.³] now rare squarely, head-on; full-tilt.

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c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 5247 Galathin smot first Guinbating Wiþ his sword ful but.

c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 1112 (MED) Full butt in þe frunt, the fromonde he hittez.

a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) l. 4587 (MED) He..smote Darel..In middes of the sheld ful butt.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes i. f. 27 Socrates mette full butte with Xenophon, in a narrowe backe lane, where he could not stert from hym.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. ii. xix. 56 Tarquinius Superbus..ran full but against him.

1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 30 I..met full-but with my Comrade.

1702 J. Savage Compl. Hist. Germany 188 Count Walbourg..immediately drew, and ran at Otho full butt.

1752 H. Fielding Amelia III. viii. i. 108 Before he arrived at the Shop, a Gentleman stopt him full Butt.

1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow (ed. 2) I. vi. 60 The corporal..ran full butt at the lieutenant.

1873 C. Camden Hoity Toity iii. 51 Hoity Toity steered a beetle stem-on against Benjie's nose, just as before..he had sent one full-butt against Benjie's spectacles.

1905 Western Gaz. 23 Dec. 2/3 The Salamander took a post at full-butt sending me over her head into the deep snow beyond... There is a kind of Providence who cares for bobbers.

1913 A. Conan Doyle Poison Belt ii. 60 Makin' a week-end visit and finding you've run full butt into the Day of Judgment.

1941 J. Pinckney Hilton Head xxiii. 209 The ship's bluff bows came full butt against a comber and tons of water swept aft.

full-cell adj. (attributive) designating a method of timber treatment in which the greatest possible amount of preservative is injected; frequently in full-cell process.Cf. empty cell adj. at empty adj. and n. Compounds 2.

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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > seasoning or preserving

beathing1591

seasoninga1642

natural seasoning1856

impregnation1872

Burnettizing1885

fuming1893

haskinization1899

Rueping1904

full-cell1909

Powellizing1913

pressure treatment1914

pressure-treating1924

fixation1968

boucherizing-

1909 W. F. Sherfesee Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric. No. 78. 14 Each of these classes may be further subdivided into the ‘full-cell’ and ‘empty-cell’ processes.

1935 J. D. MacLean Man. Preservative Treatm. Wood by Pressure 105 The full-cell treatment of low-density species like the spruces.

2000 B. Ridout Timber Decay in Buildings ix. 104/1 This pressure is commonly about one-tenth of that used in the full cell process.

full character n. [after Chinese shízì ( < shí full + zì character, single-character word)] (with reference to Chinese) a character used to denote a full word (see full word n. and adj.).

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > [noun] > content word > specifically in Chinese

full word1854

full character1863

1863 J. Edkins Gram. Chinese Colloq. Lang. (ed. 2) ii. iii. 105 They call significant words..full characters, while the auxiliary words or those which are non-significant, they term..empty characters.

1975 tr. G. Wiet et al. Great Medieval Civilizations ii. i. vi. 374 There appeared the notion of empty characters (hiu tseu) and full characters (che tseu).

full-charge v. rare transitive to charge fully (cf. full-charged adj. at Compounds 1a(b)).

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electric charge, electricity > charge [verb (transitive)] > to capacity

full-charge1768

saturate1901

1768 Philos. Trans. 1767 (Royal Soc.) 57 89 I now..several times full-charged her with the electric matter.

2012 T. Kawakami & S. Takata in M. Matsumoto et al. Design Towards Sustainable Soc. 404/1 Although this method is effective, it cannot always be used to full charge the batteries.

full choke n. a gun or gun barrel with the maximum amount of choke-boring.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > barrel > types of

pistol barrel1663

rifle barrel1766

stub-barrel1833

twist barrel1833

stub1853

full choke1876

1876 Country 12 Oct. 330/2 The gun of the future for pigeon shooting will be a modified choke in the right barrel and a full choke in the left.

1990 Amer. Rifleman Feb. 30/2 The gun can be ordered with a fixed full choke or with special choke tubes of proper diameter for the big barrel.

2002 Outdoor Life Feb. 16/1 Most single-shot shotguns come with full-choke barrels.

full-colour adj. (esp. of a picture or photograph) having the full range of colours; all in colour.

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1886 Sat. Rev. 27 Feb. 301/1 ‘Ship on Fire’..is interesting in drawing and grouping, though it is not intended to produce a full-colour effect or present a logical scheme of tone.

1934 Amer. Home Mar. 233 (advt.) It is a beautifully illustrated book with 32 full-color plates and hundreds of illustrations direct from actual photographs.

1987 J. Saltman Mod. Canad. Children's Bks. 22 Ann Blades's Mary of Mile 18 was the first full-colour picture-book published by Tundra Books.

2008 Independent 21 Feb. (Extra section) 2/3 Featuring alfresco recipes alongside full-colour photographs of British plants and fungi in London's gardens.

full committal n. Law (a) a hearing at which a bench of magistrates consider a prosecution case in full (including witness testimony) so as to decide if there is a case to answer; cf. committal hearing n. at committal n. Compounds 2; (b) Scots Law the second appearance in court for an accused person remanded in custody at an earlier committal.A full committal is usually heard in private and is held to confirm whether the accused should stand trial.

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1844 Justice of Peace 27 July 509/2 There is no legal mode of bringing up a prisoner after full committal on one charge, to undergo a preliminary examination on another.

1847 Bankers' Mag. Nov. 590 All doubts as to the truth of these rumours have now been dissipated by the full committal of Mr. Edward Owen Bishop..to take his trial at the next quarter sessions on a charge of embezzlement.

1960 Univ. Pennsylvania Law Rev. 108 295 In Scotland in 1957, in proceedings in the higher courts after full committal, out of 431 persons convicted of housebreaking only 36 had no prior convictions.

2005 J. J. McManus & L. D. G. Thomson Mental Health & Scots Law in Pract. ii. 25 If the person is in custody, the indictment must be served within 80 days of full committal and the trial must commence within 110 days.

2008 C. Moisidis Criminal Discov. ix. 201 Committals were described as opportunities for abuse by defendants because they did not have to give reasons for requiring a full committal and could use the process to cross-examine witnesses at length in the hope of formulating a defence.

full-contact n. and adj. (originally and chiefly in martial arts) (a) adj. designating a (form of) sport in which significant physical contact is allowed for within the rules; of or relating to such a sport; (b) n. sport of this kind.

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1966 Black Belt Apr. 63/1 I only wish more of the meets were held like these full contact matches.

1972 Winnipeg Free Press 24 Oct. 51/5 The first Canadian open full contact Gung-Fu championships in Edmonton.

1992 Martial Arts Illustr. 2 July 34/1 Going back to your own training, you've done traditional wado-ryu karate, freestyle and full contact very successfully.

2009 Independent 19 Dec. (Mag.) 39/3 (advt.) Lorna..fell in love with Roller Derby (a fast-paced, full-contact sport played by two teams on skates) two years ago.

full count n. and adj. Baseball (a) n. a count of three balls and two strikes against a batter; (b) adj. of or relating to such a count.

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1940 Princeton Alumni Weekly 1 July 807/2 Just once in the four times Jones was up at the plate did the Yale pitcher get up to three balls on his Princeton opponent and then, with the full count on Jones, he bore down with a third strike that Umpire McDevitt had no hesitation in calling.

1946 Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Indiana) 27 Apr. 6/4 Gibson hit a full count pitch back into the mound.

2005 N.Y. Times 26 June viii. 1/3 After..Henn..tried an off-speed pitch on a full count, Floyd pounced, launching it deep into..right field.

2014 Toronto Star (Nexis) 4 June Vogt drilled a full-count pitch into the right-centre gap.

full-court adj. Basketball relating to or involving the use of the whole court.

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1940 Bradford (Pa.) Era 1 Mar. 14/6 The Owls experienced a full-court scrimmage yesterday for the first time since early in the campaign.

1981 J. Lehane Basketball Fund. v. 186 Constant drilling on making the transition from offense to defense is a requirement for effective full-court man-for-man pressure.

1993 Chicago Tribune 29 May ii. 3/2 The Bulls prefer a full-court, run-and-shoot, up-tempo offense, they like to play a fast style of basketball using the entire court.

2005 S. K. Fields Female Gladiators iv. 59 Colleges preferred players who grew up playing full-court basketball.

full-court press n. Basketball a defensive strategy in which intense pressure is applied to the opposing team over the entire length of the court (cf. press n.¹ 11f); (also in extended use) a vigorous and concerted effort or campaign.

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1947 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 3 Mar. 3/1 They shifted from an inept zone defense to a full court press that proved extremely troublesome to the Thunderbolts.

1967 Los Angeles Times 13 June c12/3 Nothing so embarrassing as humor which doesn't come off, and John Godey's actor mistaken for a gangster doesn't in spite of a full court press.

1992 Forbes 7 Dec. 236/2 It can..put a full-court press on the Federal Reserve to gun the money supply.

2000 N.Y. Times 20 Sept. s3/6 Coach Rudy Tomjanovich quickly sicced a full-court press on the defiant Italians with less than nine minutes left.

full cousin n. a child of the brother or sister of either of one's parents, a first cousin; (in later use spec.) a child of the full brother or sister of either of one's parents, a cousin with whom one has two grandparents in common; also figurative.

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1663 C. Hoole tr. Terence Andria iv. vi, in Six Comedies 70 Is not this Crito, Chrysis her full cosin [L. sobrinus]?

1787 A. Kincaid Hist. Edinb. App. i. 238 The lady to whom he was married was his full cousin.

1883 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 1 Feb. 4/5 A newspaper man in Richmond has been found to be a full cousin of Oscar Wilde.

2004 L. L. Cavalli-Sforza et al. Consanguinuity, Inbreeding, & Genetic Drift in Italy i. 9 The case of half-cousins (descending from only one common ancestor) is less frequent than the normal case of full cousins.

full-cream n. (of milk) unskimmed; (of cheese or other dairy products) made from unskimmed milk; cf. full-fat adj.

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the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [adjective] > relating to milk > whole or full-cream

whole1527

full-cream1855

1855 Keokuk (Iowa) Disp. 7 June Full cream cheddars.

1878 Pacific Med. & Surg. Jrnl. May 566 The cheese made from full cream milk was seen to be of close texture.

1881 Chicago Times 16 Apr. The full-cream cheese manufactured in the states of Wisconsin and Illinois.

1929 Punch 8 May p. viii Fresh, full-cream milk.

1970 Guardian 14 Apr. 10/3 We needed full cream milk powder for the babies.

2014 Irish News (Nexis) 14 Jan. 17 We renounced streaky bacon, lamb shanks, full-cream milk and butter and became obsessed with our cholesterol levels.

full disclosure n. (esp. in legal cases, business transactions, etc.) the disclosure of all relevant information, without the withholding of significant facts which may bias a decision.

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1827 C. T. Swanston Rep. High Court Chancery 3 477 There must not only be good faith and honest intention, but full disclosure; and without full disclosure, honest intention is not sufficient.

1917 D. F. Burnett Cases on Law Private Corporations 367 If there be not an independent board, there must be unanimous consent of all the shareholders, given after full disclosure.

1959 Earl Jowitt & C. Walsh Dict. Eng. Law II. 1797/1 Contracts of suretyship and partnership..are..such as to require full disclosure and the utmost good faith.

2011 J. Madrick Age of Greed 210 The SEC [= Securities and Exchange Commission] demands full disclosure and a complete registration statement when new equity is issued.

full duplex adj. †(a) designating an air compressor featuring two individual compressor pumps on a single tank (obsolete rare); (b) Telecommunications of or relating to a method of telecommunication in which two signals can be transmitted in opposite directions simultaneously; designating a communications device capable of this.

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1893 Mining Jrnl. 12 Aug. 897/3 At the Wemmer Mine the new Ingersoll-Sergeant piston inlet full duplex Corliss air compressor..has been fixed.

1916 Telegr. & Telephone Age 1 July 326/2 It should not be used when working full duplex as it would kill the receiving leg on set used.

1963 Electr. Engin. (U.S.) 82 45/3 Each of the relay satellites would have 12 one-way channels and be capable of handling six simultaneous full duplex transmissions.

2014 M. W. Graves Digital Archaeol. xiv. 308 Cell phones are full-duplex devices, which means two people can speak at the same time.

† full eld n. Obsolete (a) old age, the closing years of life; (b) adult or mature age; = full age n.¹

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the world > people > person > adult > [noun] > adulthood or maturity

full eldOE

agec1275

douthc1275

full agec1390

maturitya1475

years?1532

just age1541

just years1541

consistencea1613

grown years1645

legal age1658

adultness1663

adultagea1670

muttonhood1841

adulthood1850

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxxii. 277 Se cyning Eglippus leofode his lif on eawfæstre drohtnunge, and on fulre ylde ferde to Gode.

OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) iv. i. 202 Pueritia, adholescentia, iuuentute, senectute : cildhad, cnihthad, geþungen yld, fulre yld.

a1300 Woman of Samaria l. 4 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 84 (MED) Þo he..wes to ful elde icumen, he venk to prechie.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 259 (MED) Þe ilke þet heþ uolle elde and leueþ ase a child.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Isa. lxv. 22 Þe werkis of þer hondis my chosen vn to ful elde shal vsen.

c1400 Life St. Anne (Minn.) (1928) l. 412 (MED) Als þe lagh and custom walde, All þe vergyns þat ware In þe temple at þat full elde Suld take þam husbandes þam to welde.

a1500 Ratis Raving (Cambr. Kk.1.5) l. 887 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 25 Quhen þow art ful eild cumyne to, and þow can knaw quhat þow can do.

full employment n. the state of affairs in which virtually every individual in the labour force of a particular country, economy, etc., who is able and willing to work is employed or is readily able to find work (see also quot. 1948).

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society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [noun] > absence of idle labour or capital

full employment1758

1758 Universal Mag. June 299/2 All political writers lay it down as a maxim, that numbers of people without employment are a burden and disease to the body politic; and, where there is full employment, there the people multiply of course.

1835 M. Loudon Philanthropy 107 If the self same cause which gives cheap food, gives full employment to labour [etc.].

1940 Economist 20 Jan. 88/1 Optimistic assumptions of the effect that the attainment of ‘full employment’ will have on the revenue.

1948 G. Crowther Outl. Money (ed. 2) v. 138 ‘Full employment’ does not necessarily mean that every man and woman has a job. It means only that there are no more supplies of idle labour or idle capital of the sorts that are actually being demanded.

2001 Times 19 Nov. 23/1 The suggestion that the UK was anywhere near full employment was always wide of the mark.

full English n. [short for full English breakfast n.] = full English breakfast n.

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1985 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 20 Nov. 20/4 Breakfast is available from 7 a.m.—full English (juice, two eggs, bacon or sausage, toast or muffins, coffee or tea, $6.95).

2000 M. Barrowcliffe Girlfriend 44 i. 19 Saturday morning would normally have seen him trying to remember some office girl's name while she rustled him up a full English.

2011 Independent 21 May (Traveller section) 3/2 Cross the road to St Pancras station, where the magnificent Booking Office restaurant serves a fine full English with flair.

full English breakfast n. a substantial breakfast including hot cooked food such as bacon and eggs, esp. as contrasted with Continental breakfast at continental adj. 2; cf. English breakfast n. (a) at English adj. and n. Compounds 1c.

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1950 Times of India 2 Dec. 2 (advt.) Two single bedrooms airy and well furnished..at Malabar Hill. Only morning tea and full English breakfast will be provided.

1990 Yankee May 92/2 On Saturday mornings Peter produces a full English breakfast—that rib-sticking starter-upper consisting of fried eggs, bacon, sausages, grilled tomatoes and mushrooms, and bread fried in bacon fat.

2003 J. Hegley in M. Hardee & J. Fleming Sit-down Comedy 132 The Morris dancers opposite are tucking into their full English breakfasts.

full-eyed adj. (a) having full or large eyes; wide-eyed; †(b) perfectly visible; seen in the front (obsolete).

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] > clearly visible

senec1175

well seenc1175

naked?c1225

well isenec1275

bremec1340

evidenta1382

apparent1393

palpable?1435

open1478

pointablea1555

faira1568

full-eyed1581

unmasked1590

eyeful?1611

plain1613

prospecta1640

unovercloudeda1658

intuitive1801

unmystified1822

shroudless1841

unforeshortened1846

trenchant1849

focusable1889

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > by size, shape, etc. > having

goggle-eyedc1384

well-eyed1483

pink-eyed1519

hollow-eyeda1529

small-eyed1555

great-eyed1558

bird-eyed1564

out-eyed1570

large-eyed1575

full-eyed1581

bright-eyed1590

wall-eyed1590

beetle-eyed1594

fire-eyed?1594

young-eyed1600

open-eyed1601

soft-eyed1606

narrow-eyed1607

broad-eyed?1611

saucer-eyed1612

ox-eyed1621

pig-eyed1655

glare-eyed1683

pit-eyed1696

dove-eyed1717

laughing-eyed1784

almond1786

wide-eyed1789

moon-eyed1790

big-eyed1792

gooseberry-eyed1796

red-eyed1800

unsealed1800

screw-eyed1810

starry-eyed1818

pinkie-eyed1824

pop-eyed1830

bead-eyed1835

fishy-eyed1836

almond-eyed1849

boopic1854

sharp-set1865

bug-eyed1872

beady-eyed1873

bias-eyed1877

blank-eyed1881

gape-eyed1889

glass-eyed1889

stone-eyed1890

pie-eyed1900

slitty-eyed1908

steely-eyed1964

megalopic1985

1581 J. Maplet Diall Destiny f. 45^v Whither his eyes be eyther hollowe and deepe within, or whether he be ful eyed and often fiery coloured in the same.

1603 T. Powell Vertues Due sig. B6 No change, no liberty, no ful-eyde pleasure Could bring deuotions musike out of measure.

1633 G. Herbert Glance in Temple iii What wonders shall we feel when we shall see Thy full-ey'd love.

1742 Britannia in Mourning 47 A middle-aged Man, pale-faced, and full-ey'd, what the Vulgar call gogle-ey'd.

1842 K. Thomson Widows & Widowers III. xii. 207 A light-haired, lazy, full-eyed young lady, with the smallest possible proportion of intellect, and the largest possible of obstinacy.

1848 ‘Peter Lely, Younger’ Visions of Night 81 Think of my wonder, then—my full-eyed stare—When a dim, long, and lofty hall descrying!

1913 B. Tarkington Flirt 26 Cora..threw him a look over her shoulder: a full-eyed shot of frankest hatred.

1935 M. Sandoz Old Jules ix. 174 She had two daughters, tall, full-eyed girls, with ready laughter and kind hearts.

2006 Evening Standard (Nexis) 13 Oct. (Mag.) 28 His unsettling, full-eyed blue gaze never seems to dim or waver.

full-feathered adj. = full-fledged adj. (literal and figurative).

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the world > animals > birds > young bird > [adjective] > fledged

fledge1398

full-feathered1533

flush1561

full-fledged1579

1533 T. More 2nd Pt. Confut. Tyndals Answere vii. p. cccxvi When our yonge egle Tyndale lerned to spye this pray fyrste, he was not yet full fethered, but scantly comen out of y^e shell.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xi. 240/2 Summed, or Somed, full summed, is when a Hawk is in her Plums or Feathers: full Feathered, the Feathers and Quills at the full groath.

1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London II. xi. 254 Barton is a full-feathered pigeon.

1835 E. Shore Jrnl. 11 June (1891) vi. 104 In a fortnight the young ones [sc. coal-tits] were full-feathered, and flew away.

1906 Poultry Success Aug. 5/2 (advt.) Bucknam's largest and best ‘Mammoth’ light and ‘full-feathered’ imported English Dark Brahmas.

1994 J. Barth Once upon Time 334 Not an unusual state of affairs for a fledgling in any art, but disconcerting to a full-feathered mid-careerist.

full-featured adj. (a) (of a person) having full or broad facial features; (b) (of computers, software, electronic equipment, etc.) having a wide or complete range of features; technologically up-to-date.

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1787 St. James's Chron. 11 Oct. Arthur Harris..light grey eyes, full featured, with a fresh set Colour in his Countenance.

1838 Ladies' Compan. (N.Y.) Oct. 255/2 Joel Thrasher Esq., was a short, thick-set, full-featured man.

1926 School Bull. (Minneapolis Public Schools Board Educ.) 20 May 7/1 She is a bright-eyed, full-featured woman, of 28.

1955 Rotarian Oct. 2/1 (advt.) Mister, you need a Smith-Corona..the lowest-priced, full-featured adding machine in America.

1972 Sewanee Rev. 80 575 She seems to be looking out, full-featured and pensive, Dedalic in character, slightly Asiatic, like the Lady of Auxerre in the Louvre.

2006 F. Wilczek Fantastic Realities 2 Actually World 6.0, the full-featured latest version, is a real kluge.

full-feeding n. and adj. (a) n. the state or fact of feeding, or being fed, to the point of satiation or excess; repletion; (figurative) the full satisfaction of all want; (b) adj. tending to feed to satiation or excess; well-fed.

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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > fed or nourished > well fed or nourished

fatc893

well-nourishedc1300

full-feedinga1382

well-feda1398

feasted1440

well-nurturedc1450

home-fed1573

corn-fed1576

stall-fed1589

repleted1592

well-feasted1611

high-fed1612

succulent1673

corn-fed1787

the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > fed or nourished > filled with food

fullOE

full-feedinga1382

repletea1400

satiate1440

full-fed?1530

full of bread?1570

strut1577

full-mouthed1610

crop-full1645

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [noun] > state of being overfed, gorged, or sated

overfilleOE

fullnessc1350

full-feedinga1382

repletionc1405

fulsomeness?a1425

saturitya1500

satiety1528

glut1594

overfullness1617

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. xli. 21 Oþer seuen oxen..the whych..no mark of full fedyng [a1425 Corpus Oxf. fulfedyng, L. saturitatis] ȝeuen.

a1500 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Pierpont Morgan) (1966) 16 Tasteþ hem and knoweþ..suche wedis. Sauoureþ hem not for ful fedynge, for perilously þei worche.

1556 J. Olde tr. R. Gwalther Antichrist f. 125^v God..calleth him self our God, our full feding, & the perfite sufficience of al thinges.

1574 St. Avstens Manuell in Certaine Prayers S. Augustines Medit. sig. Nvij^v The place of fulfeedyng by the plentifull runnyng streames.

1618 M. Baret Hipponomie ii. 32 Feed him [sc. your horse] with such food as is best agreeing to his nature..yet if it be somewhat rough, it is not much materiall, (especially for a full feeding horse).

1741 D. Watson in tr. Horace Odes, Epodes, & Carmen Seculare 87 Lasciva Licentia, wanton Idleness, Full-feeding.

1868 R. Noel Beatrice 283 Yon pompous beadle, visaged like an ox, Clad in gold lace, full-feeding, orthodox.

1896 Rep. Kansas State Board Agric. 31 Mar. iii. 198 Raising and growing cattle is one thing, and full-feeding is another.

1965 Poultry Sci. 44 704/1 Chicks were randomized into restricted (R) and full-feeding (FF) treatment groups.

2009 Beef (Nexis) 1 Apr. 50 To make full-feeding of stockers economically sensible,..you've got to be flexible.

full-figured adj. (a) (of a person) having a full or large figure; (now esp. of a woman) having a plump or curvaceous body; (b) (of women's clothing) designed for women with a full figure; designating a large size; cf. plus-sized adj. at plus prep., n., adv., and adj. Compounds.

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?1796 Taylor's Compl. Guide xii. 159 It is very irksome to us either to meet or follow any of those full figured gentlemen, for their garments are generally so preposterously cut.

1896 Scribner's Mag Nov. 304 What was Coralie, with her pink silk, her golden hair and slender limbs, beside this magnificent, full-figured Cleopatra?

1906 T. Hardy Dynasts: Pt. 2nd iv. i. 147 The Archduchess, a fair, blue-eyed, full-figured, round-lipped maiden.

1986 Health Jan. 37/1 (advt.) For years, I'd been the ‘good sport’ who had to shop for ‘full-figured’ clothes. But I'd never even looked at swimsuits.

2005 M. H. Smith Delicious xi. 143 Jack turned and saw a cocktail waitress, a full-figured Latina with a thick Sinaloan accent, bending over him.

2011 Mercury (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 26 Aug. 13 Full-figured bras are essential to every plus-size wardrobe.

full-flavoured adj. having a full or strong flavour; also figurative.

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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [adjective] > strong-tasting

strongeOE

stithc1000

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high?c1430

lecherous1474

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brusque1601

valiant1607

pertish1635

haut-goût1645

full-flavoured1736

lively1770

gamey1820

ory1854

zestful?1855

robust1873

tangy1875

stewy1895

1736 London Daily Post 21 Aug. Such fine strong and full flavoured Brandy and Rum.

1833 Ten Minutes Advice choosing Cigars 18 The strong or full-flavoured Cigars are much darker in their appearance, and seldom so thick in the middle as the mild Cigars.

1891 S. J. Duncan Amer. Girl in London 231 A very frank and full-flavoured criticism.

1913 C. F. Langworthy & C. L. Hunt Mutton & its Value in Diet 12 Such meat..is..even more suitable than the tenderer portions for making full flavored soups, broths, and stews.

2002 Cigar Aficionado Jan. 126 Years ago it was believed that a non-Cuban smoke could never equal the full-flavored power of a Havana.

full-fledged adj. having a full growth of feathers; (more usually) figurative fully developed or qualified; having the fullest set of credentials or qualifying characteristics (cf. fully-fledged adj. at fully adv. Compounds 2).In quot. 1579 as part of an extended metaphor.

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the world > animals > birds > young bird > [adjective] > fledged

fledge1398

full-feathered1533

flush1561

full-fledged1579

the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adjective] > that is completely what is specified

perfectc1387

just?1537

full-fledged1579

thorough1719

1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Ep. Ded. sig. ¶.iij So flew Theocritus, as you may perceiue he was all ready full fledged. So flew Virgile, as not yet well feeling his winges.

1641 E. R. in T. Shelton Tachygraphy sig. A3 Still may that full-fledg'd pen with moisture spring.

1769 St. James's Chron. 28 Nov. There is now at Coxwold..a Rook's Nest with full-fledged young ones therein.

1772 S. Paterson Joineriana II. 105 ‘Where then shall we look for them [sc. orators]?’ In the world—in ripe and full-fledged manhood.

1811 Edinb. Rev. Feb. 431 Though still in the vigour of life, he has been a full-fledged and industrious author for nearly twenty years.

1874 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 758/1 Mr. Dudley Buck comes before us again with a full-fledged cantata for solos, chorus, and orchestra, following close upon the heels of the performance of his Forty-Sixth Psalm.

1908 Daily Chron. 31 Jan. 3/3 When she came back from her first journey still hale and happy, she was accepted as a full-fledged Nigerian.

1964 Times of India 13 Sept. 8/5 The full-fledged chick jerked out of the old nest and..revealed itself to be anything but a respectable crow.

1976 Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry 133 38/1 At times..he experiences some stomach discomfort, weakness, and sweating, but he has never had a full-fledged withdrawal syndrome.

2002 New Yorker 25 Nov. 102/2 He..became, at the age of seventeen, a full-fledged crime reporter on the New York Evening Graphic.

full forward n. †(a) Association Football = centre forward n. at centre n.¹ and adj. Compounds 3 (obsolete rare); (b) (in Australian Rules football, Gaelic football, and hurling) each of the group of three players who constitute a team's forward line, esp. the central player of this group; the position occupied by such a player.The use of the term to refer to the flanking members of the forward line is more commonly retained in Gaelic football.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > Australian football > [noun] > players or positions

goalkicker1871

full forward1880

rover1887

ruck1889

position player1900

centreline1911

1880 Glasgow Herald 24 Apr. 3/2 With many a joke they..jumped into the field, young M^cCorkindale, who played full forward, shouting..‘It's all the go at Balmulyeuch.’

1889 Sydney Morning Herald 19 Aug. 3/4 The teams were placed as follows:— Sydney:..half-forwards, Graham, Jepson, and H. K. Wilson; full-forwards, Pike, James O'Meara, and Faust.

1891 N.Y. Times 16 Nov. 8/7 A game of Gaelic Football... The men played in positions as follows..Kearnes: Goal keeper..Dolan: Full forward.

1928 G. Moriarty Teaching Game of Football by Post iii. 4 The full forward is your goal kicker; shepherd him and play to him.

1933 Irish Times 8 Nov. 10/7 Walsh, as full forward, though light, seems the man for Martin Kennedy's place.

1969 Sun-Herald (Sydney) 13 July 48/1 Hawthorn full-forward Peter Hudson kicked five goals although heavily guarded by Essendon's defenders.

2001 Irish Times (Nexis) 28 Sept. 19 Denise McDonagh and Marcella Heffernan switch positions, with the latter now lining out at full forward.

2011 F. Parrett Past the Shallows (2012) 100 It was Gary Bones standing there. Gary Bones. The big full forward who took hard marks and broke grown men.

full-frame adj. designating a camera designed to use 35mm film, or (in later use) a digital camera whose sensor is the same size as one frame of 35mm film; of, relating to, or produced by such a camera.

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1950 Jrnl. Soc. Motion Picture & Television Engineers May 617 30 users were interested in the future development of a 35-mm full-frame, high-speed motion picture camera.

1987 Sun (Lowell, Mass.) 8 Feb. h9/4 We used a full-frame fisheye lens to document our veal in white sauce, the wine bottle on the starkly white tablecloth and our friendly dinner partners.

2003 HWM Feb. 20/1 We feel that full frame digital cameras are impractical due to the price.

2015 N. Fancher Studio Anywhere Introd. p. xii The 5D has a full-frame sensor and 21 megapixels; it's an all-around badass piece of equipment.

full function adj. (a) that offers a complete range of services or functions; (b) able to fulfil a specific function or perform a designated role wholly or completely; fully operative.

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1931 Wholesale Distribution 1930: 15th Census U.S. (U.S. Dept. Commerce) 21 Wholesale merchants, sometimes designated as service wholesalers or full-function wholesalers, perform all of the principal wholesale functions.

1936 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 4 July 12/1 Full function power of the wrist was regained in one week after the removal of the plaster splint.

1960 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 28 June e45/1 (advt.) The most simplified, full-function accounting machine made.

2004 Seguin (Texas) Gaz. Enterprise 21 Nov. 11 (advt.) Robosapien [toy]... Fast dynamic walking and turning. Full function arms with grippers.

2014 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 17 Sept. b12/3 (advt.) Blue Star stables... Full function gated facility.

2016 Fair Disclosure Wire 21 Apr. In February..we announced plans to close 33 in-store branches.., and replace them with full function image-enabled ATMs.

full gainer n. Diving a dive in which a complete backwards somersault is performed before entering the water feet first.

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1918 Alton (Illinois) Evening Tel. 8 Aug. 1/5 For diploma in advance swimming and life saving, the following events must be successfully completed: Swimming—Crawl stroke, spiral stroke,..and..one of the following six events: Full one-half gainer, full gainer, [etc.].

1974 Ebony Oct. 54/1 He [sc. Rick White] was the first ever to do a full gainer off the cliffs in Acapulco.

2003 J. D. Miller Greek Summer xvii. 182 One of the Marines, that guy who used to do full gainers off the low board.

full-grain n. and adj. (a) n. a leather grain which has not been sanded, buffed, etc., and shows the natural markings of the animal skin; (also) a leather skin with such a grain; (b) adj. designating leather with a grain which shows the natural markings of the animal skin.

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c1872 Cassell's Techn. Educator IV. 88/1 The French have the pre-eminence in the species of levant skins..which are..marked with a handsome full grain.

1913 Boot & Shoe Recorder 15 Oct. 65/1 He contends that..only full grain leathers should be used in the manufacture of shoes likely to meet with rough usage.

1918 Chem. & Metall. Engin. 18 98/1 These splits are then embossed and given the appearance of a full grain.

1950 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 12 Oct. 3 (advt.) A wonderful selection of cordovans, saddle leathers, cow-hides and full grains.

1972 Materials & Technol. V. xii. 398 Nappa is a soft textured and full-grain leather made from unsplit sheep, lamb, or kidskins tanned with either alum or chromium salts.

2006 Hi Life Issue 5 54 Made from denier polyamide and with full-grain cowhide leather accents and chrome finishing, this Samsonite duffel bag is the perfect travel companion.

full hand n. Poker = full house n. 2.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [noun] > type of hand

two bullets and a bragger1807

full1843

full hand1846

pat hand1865

blind hand1872

full house1879

blaze1880

tiger1889

kilter1895

drawing hand1910

bust1932

made hand1974

1846 Spirit of Times 3 Oct. 380/3 Full Hand, consists of three of equal value, and one single pair.

1950 Hoyle's Games (ed. 20) i. 118 With Full Hands the higher threes win, e.g. 3 threes and 2 fours are better than 3 twos and pair aces.

1998 P. Grace Baby No-eyes (1999) xxxiv. 254 People banged down their pairs and flushes, their full hands, their bluffs, their straights and ace-highs.

full-line adj. designating a type of store, brand, etc., which offers or includes many different products and services, esp. the complete selection of goods and services available.

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1933 Burnet (Texas) Bull. 1/1 (advt.) The full line store. Yes, we have it, if it's to be had in any first class drug store.

1946 Fortune Aug. 178/2 The project is powered by thirteen West Coast processors and one Florida freezer, each of whom produces only a few items and wants the protection of a full-line brand.

1991 Sci. Amer. Feb. 27/1 ‘We are a full-line insurer,’ he explains, and that means the Winterthur covers the territory from casualty to life to reinsurance.

2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 13 July c4/1 That person will oversee all of the company's existing full-line stores in the United States and its recently announced expansion of off-mall stores.

full lock n. the state or position of being turned as far as possible in one or other direction; cf. lock n.² 19.

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1851 Illustr. London News 31 May 493/3 The carriage is shewn on the ‘full lock’ by fig. 2, when the bolt A has been moved down the full length of the groove B.

1881 J. W. Burgess Pract. Treat. Coach-building ix. 92 When on the full lock the wheel will stand 4 inches from the position it would occupy if the bed were straight.

1926 C. T. B. Donkin Elem. Motor Vehicle Design 211 For a cross arm angle of 67-7° with external connections the maximum error is 0-7°, and steering is correct at full lock.

1947 Terminal Res. Rep. Artif. Limbs (Nat. Res. Council (U.S.)) 73/2 A hydraulic device should..provide a full lock at any point of knee flexion as and when desired.

2013 Nottingham Post (Nexis) 18 Oct. (Motoring Post section) 7 Look out for damaged wheel-arch liners, usually the result of reversing the car on full lock.

full-made adj. [compare earlier full-make vb. at Compounds 2b] now somewhat rare fully or perfectly realized, consummate, perfect; (also) made in such a way as to be full or sumptuous; well filled out; well-built.

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?1527 L. Andrewe tr. Noble Lyfe Bestes i. sig. aiij/1 The Man..is also the moste perfitest and full made thinge of all leuynge creatures that euer god created.

1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. G Hee's noe full-made Courtier, nor well strung, That hath not euery ioynt stucke with a tongue.

1790 J. Hawkins & J. Richardson Polit. Miscellanies 58 With full-made sleeves and pendant lace.

1829 La Belle Assemblée Aug. 67/2 Drawing himself up—he was a full made majestic man—he demanded of Don Alvarez thus.

1871 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 206 He was attired in [a] shabby velvet coat, with very full-made trousers.

1915 J. London Jerry of Islands (1917) xii. 184 To trespass into the sacred precinct of the full-made, full-realised, full-statured men of Somo.

1985 Grand Street 4 60 At that, I am a thief, full-made.

full man n. (a) a man whose mind is richly stored with knowledge (chiefly after Bacon's use: see quot. 1597); †(b) Nautical a crew member receiving full pay (see quot. 1867) (obsolete).

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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] > sailors of lower ranks or classes

foremast man1626

seaman1702

guinea pig1748

foremast seaman1793

full man1860

lower deck1874

1596Full man [see sense A. 2e].

1597 F. Bacon Ess. f. 1 Reading maketh a full man.

1821 S. C. Wilks Correlative Claims & Duties ii. 420 This practice..will have great effect in making him what Lord Bacon calls ‘a full man’.

1850 R. W. Emerson Shakspeare in Representative Men 155 He was a full man who liked to talk; a brain exhaling thoughts and images.

1860 G. J. Williamson Ship's Career 11 I left her to go on board a brig; on whose books I was first placed as half-man, but I soon got the pay of a full man.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Full man, a rating in coasters for one receiving whole pay, as being competent to all his duties; able seaman. [Also in later dictionaries.]

1932 C. T. Goode Byron as Critic ii. 34 To add a third [asset], a desire to know,..was to make the Baconian ‘full man’, in his [sc. Byron's] instance, an assured product.

2002 Spectator (Nexis) 2 Nov. 38 I..despair at ever being what Francis Bacon called ‘a full man’.

full-motion adj. (attributive) designating the reproduction of moving images in a realistic way, without jerkiness, and typically so as to fill the screen displaying them; displayed by or involving such a process.

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1971 H. Ohlman Communication Media & Educ. Technol. ii. 45 Any system for transmitting still-picture television programs should be compatible with full-motion television.

1993 D. Shay & J. Duncan Making of Jurassic Park 134 Composited into the Hawaii background plate would be a full-motion CG brachiosaur.

2003 BusinessWeek 20 Jan. 73/1 It's likely to be years before most Americans have the broadband ‘pipes’ into their homes that can support the delivery of full-motion TV-style ads.

full-motion video n. moving images of television quality (at least 25 frames per second) reproduced on a computer or television screen, and typically involving digital compression techniques; abbreviated FMV.

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1978 Sci. Amer. Apr. 26/1 Using a satellite to transmit data, voice, full-motion and freeze-frame video, and facsimile documents..Satellite Business Systems (SBS) has undertaken a pace-setting experiment in advanced communications.

1994 CD-ROM World Apr. 18/3 There are very few CD titles on the market that use MPEG encoding for full-motion video.

2002 Times 13 Mar. 6 (advt.) NEC technology that brings high-speed internet access and full-motion video to your mobile phone.

full name n. a person's whole name, including his or her first name and surname, and often any middle names.

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1607 ‘W. S.’ Puritaine iii. sig. F2^v Maister Edmund Pius, is my full name at length.

1701 W. Wotton Hist. Rome 166 (notes) Herodes Atticus's full Name was Tiberius Claudius Herodes Atticus.

1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 446/2 Parties applicant are expected to send their full name and address, for the purpose of identification.

1910 O. Johnson Varmint 27 ‘What's your full name?’ ‘John Humperdink Stover, sir.’..‘Well, Rinky Dink, you've got a rotten name.’

2007 A. L. Best Representing Youth ii. vi. 168 She called the roll using each student's full name and assigned class number.

full-orbed adj. chiefly literary (a) (esp. of the moon) having its disc completely illuminated; also figurative; (b) consisting of or having the form of a complete sphere.

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the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > phase > [adjective] > full

fulleOE

high-fullc1300

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plenilunary1646

plenilunar1767

full-sphered1832

plenilunal1882

1638 T. Nabbes Covent Garden iii. iv. 36 The full orb'd Moone Borne on nights dewie wings.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 42 Now reignes Full Orb'd the Moon.

1717 J. Bulkeley Last Day i. 6 The full-orbed Sun shall wast His golden Showers.

1843 H. B. Stowe Mayflower 146 Bright golden squashes, and full-orbed yellow pumpkins.

1871 R. B. Vaughan St. Thomas of Aquin II. 644 The steady full-orbed revelation of Jesus Christ.

1909 A. C. Benson Ode to Japan in Poems 47 The pointed bud outbreaks the full-orbed flower.

1986 D. Carey Battlestations! xi. 244 Behind them, other vessels appeared, all different—claviform, turnip-shaped, biform, full-orbed.

2001 R. H. Shickler & E. M. Eveland Lake Trout ii. 45 Instead of a darkened new moon, a brilliant full-orbed satellite illuminated the land and waterscape.

2014 J. Read Catherine Booth viii. 205 This chapter argued that Catherine's ordo salutis represented a full-orbed scheme of salvation in which [etc.].

full-orbedness n. rare the quality or state of being full-orbed (chiefly figurative).

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1891 Good Words Jan. 645/2 This incident is an excellent illustration of the full-orbedness of Christ's nature.

1948 R. P. Shuler Inq. Nietzsche's Critique Christian Ethos ii. 144 He was to accept this suffering as one of the expressions of true life in its full-orbedness and over-flowing richness.

2008 H. Yung in D. C. Marks Shaping Global Theol. Mind viii. 66 The Social Gospel..lacked the full-orbedness of the Bible's message.

full-page adj. occupying the whole of a page (in later use esp. of an advertisement or feature in a newspaper or magazine).

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1839 Morning Post 2 Dec. 6/4 There is a full page steel etching under the taking title of ‘Limnings from Life’.

1889 Spectator 14 Dec. 849 We may select for notice the full-page illustrations of ‘Dundee’ and ‘Stirling’.

1898 W. C. Brann Brann the Iconoclast I. 417 The Republic gave it [sc. the wedding] a full-page ‘spread’.

1911 A. Bennett Card xi. 245 The only hotel in the Five Towns seriously pretending to be ‘first-class’ in the full-page advertisement sense.

1954 M. Rickert Painting in Brit.: Middle Ages iv. 81 The few uncoloured full-page miniatures which precede a copy of the gospels.

1989 W. Taubman & J. Taubman Moscow Spring (1990) 198 A full-page exposé entitled ‘“Conspiracy” in the Red Army’.

2008 Independent 26 July 41/3 I discovered that The Times had run a full-page ad for East Germany's nuclear plant at Dresden.

full pay n. the full amount of a person's salary or wages (see also quot. 1867); frequently contrasted with half pay n. 1.

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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > sailor's pay > types of

address1562

full pay1579

river pay1708

flag-pay1719

port pay1758

allotment1766

portage1809

1579 G. Gates Def. Militarie Profession 28 The Commander Don Lewes de Requezes the new lieuetenant..set downe an order for the soldiers full pay.

1647 Addit. Ordinance Parl. for Indempnity Officers & Souldiers 3 The Common Souldier both of Horse and Foot of Sir Thomas Fairfax his Army shall have their full pay upon their Disbanding or ingaging for Ireland.

1698 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 333 Six dayes full pay to each private trooper and non commission officer of the horse and dragoons.

1764 J. Boswell Let. 26 Dec. in Mem. & Papers Sir A. Mitchell (1850) II. xv. 357 The Lieutenant is on half-pay... Surely it would be no very hard matter to get him put upon full-pay.

1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 65 Officers upon the Half-Pay who are desirous of being employed upon Full Pay, are to report their wish to the Military Secretary.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Full pay, the stipend allowed when on actual service.

1920 Michigan Technic May 109/2 This commission grants to its employees thirty days' vacation on full pay every year.

1951 Jrnl. Criminal Law & Criminol. 41 675 It has remained for police departments to lead the way toward liberal sick leave with full pay.

2003 H. Hoel et al. in S. Einarsen et al. Bullying & Emotional Abuse in Workplace 156 At this stage the alleged offender was suspended on full pay.

full pitch n. and adv. Cricket = full toss n. and adv.In quot. 1825 perhaps referring to a delivery of full length.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [adverb] > motion of ball

full pitch1825

uppishly1904

1825 New Monthly Mag. 13 498 I..admired the dexterity of the block at hand, which frustrated the perilous three-quarter ball, and anticipated the success of the stroke which sent it from the full pitch to the utmost limits of the long fag's range.

1836 J. H. Pratt Math. Princ. Mech. Philos. 184 The ball flies from him [sc. the bowler] with the velocity acquired, and (supposing he delivers the ball full pitch) after moving in a curve..is received upon the bat.

1843 ‘Wykhamist’ Pract. Hints Cricket 16 The player being enticed to play to it as to a full-pitch.

1895 H. G. Hutchinson Peter Steele, Cricketer i. 29 One or two [balls] went over the wicket altogether, and were taken, full pitch, by the wicket-keeper.

1929 Morning Post 17 June 16/2 Off the next ball—a full-pitch—he only just failed to carry the ring.

1996 Observer 9 June (Sportsweek section) 4/4 He bowled a full pitch to Ward that on another day would have cost him four.

2000 Times of India 26 Dec. 18/1 The first delivery either full pitch on the toes or a short, fast and furious one hammering straight into the face.

full-pitched adj. Cricket (of a delivery) pitched right up to the batter, or (in early use) reaching the batter without bouncing; cf. short-pitched adj. at short adj., n., and adv. Compounds 1a, good-length adj. at good adj., n., adv., and int. Compounds 1c.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [adjective] > types of delivery or ball

wide1827

shooting1833

full-pitched1834

bumping1851

overpitched1855

hand over head1862

bumpy1864

right arm1877

breaking1881

fast-breaking1893

leg-breaking1896

hittable1898

off-breaking1904

inswinging1920

underpitched1927

outswinging1929

1834 Bell's Life in London 28 Sept. The ball did not chance to hit the bat, notwithstanding their opponent accommodated them by sometimes throwing a full pitched ball.

1867 Notts. Guardian 16 Aug. 7/4 Jackson drove Oscroft for two, but the next ball, a full-pitched one, clean bowled that batsman.

2008 Irish Times 30 Dec. 29/8 Symonds edged a full-pitched ball from Steyn to Jacques Kallis at second slip.

full powers n. documentation issued by a government authorizing a person or body of people to conduct treaty negotiations on its behalf.

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1692 W. Temple Mem. Christendom ii. 186 The French Ambassadors soon after my coming, demanding an audience, came to make us the offer of exhibiting their Plein pouvoirs into our hands. [margin] Full Powers.

1698 E. D'Auvergne Hist. Campagne Flanders 1697 29 In this first Conference the Ambassadours produc'd their full Powers which were reciprocally communicated, and authentick Copies deliver'd.

1855 E. Grenville Embassies & Foreign Courts x. 120 Both full powers and credentials are given to an ambassador; for although the full powers may be included in the credentials, it has not been the recent practice to unite them in the same document.

1908 T. H. S. Escott Story Brit. Diplomacy viii. 183 These men [sc. the plenipotentiaries] meet and show each other their full powers.

1968 Internat. & Compar. Law Q. 17 278 Each [member of the delegation] was armed with Full Powers.

2013 J. Klabbers Internat. Law 46 Sometimes the full powers may include authority to sign; in other cases it may be limited to negotiating.

full price n. and adj. (a) n. the normal or stated price at which something is offered for sale, as opposed to a reduced or discounted price; (now esp.) the recommended retail price; (b) adj. designating goods for sale at the full price or a retailer who sells goods at such a price.

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1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 591 The very same plot of ground whereon hee was encamped, happened at the same time to be sold: not underfoot, but at the full price.

1785 Beauties of Brinsleiad 20 How half-pay captains paying, ah! full price, Mix'd with loud laughing peals, alternated sighs, 'Twould cost five shillings more to see it twice.

1815 Rep. Comm. Laws Manuf., Sale, & Assize Bread 81 in Parl. Papers 1814–15 V. 1341 The Bakers would be enabled to charge more where credit is given by them, than they are now enabled to charge; there is no distinction between ready money, at a full price shop, and credit.

1918 Iowa Homestead (Des Moines) 17 Jan. 11/2 B can keep the property, even though there be a flaw in the title, but if he does keep it he must pay the full price.

1989 Holiday Which? Jan. 41/1 This [sc. card] gives reductions of up to 50% on the second and any subsequent full price rail fares in 17 countries.

1992 New Hampsh. Sunday News (Manchester, New Hampsh.) 5 July 4 b/1 The practice..of manufacturers and full-price retailers cooperating to keep products off the shelves of discounters who would drive prices down.

2011 Guardian 11 June (Weekend Suppl.) 35/1 A planet of obsessive dealseekers, addictively chasing the next bargain, never prepared to pay full price.

full professor n. originally and chiefly U.S. a professor of the highest grade in a university or college.

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society > education > teaching > teacher > university or college teacher > [noun] > professor

professorc1400

Doctor of the Chair1528

professoress1744

associate professor1812

adjoint professor1828

full professor1852

1852 H. P. Tappan Disc. Inauguration Chancellor Univ. Michigan 21 The best graduates as tutors or assistants, under the full professor, may teach the lower classes in College.

1882 Ann. Rep. Pres. & Treasurer Harvard Coll. 1881–2 29 There are now six full professors in the Divinity Faculty against three twelve years ago.

1934 J. W. Burgess Reminisc. Amer. Scholar iii. 42 The faculty of the college was at that time a strong body of teachers, most of them being full professors of long experience and high standing.

1971 Nature 4 June 275/1 Even Berkeley is only able to boast that two per cent of its full professors were women in 1970.

2003 Isis 94 182/2 This wunderkind who failed during his first year of studies at MIT progressed from instructor to full professor at Harvard University at the age of 33.

full professorship n. originally U.S. a professorship constituting the highest ranking position on the teaching staff of a university or college.

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1902 Princeton Alumni Weekly 13 June 607/1 Changes in the faculty made at this meeting of the Trustees included the promotion of Dr. Fred Neher '89 to a full professorship in analytical and organic chemistry.

1982 C. H. Page Fifty Years in Sociol. Enterprise iv. 123 (note) These sentiments were reinforced when, with no prewarning, the news of my promotion to a full professorship appeared in the local newspaper.

2015 E. Balbachevsky in M. Yudkevich et al. Young Faculty in 21st Cent. ii. 31 In all public institutions, the only position with a restricted number of places is the full professorship.

full ride n. North American Education colloquial a grant funding the total cost of attending a university, including tuition and other expenses; a fully subsidized course of study at a university; cf. free ride n. 1b.

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1936 Sat. Evening Post 3 Oct. 36/2 Before his final high-school season had ended, scouts came from many colleges... Most of them offered a full ‘ride’, which meant that he would receive board, room, tuition, fees and books.

1949 Sat. Evening Post 19 Nov. 133/2 On the present fifty-five-man squad, the great majority have scholarships or job assistance, or both. Five get a full ride because of their high scholastic standing.

1956 Chicago Tribune 1 Aug. iii. 1/4 All Big Ten schools..gave ‘full ride’ scholarships to one or more football players.

1986 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 27 Sept. c8 I had a full ride there but it meant I couldn't play any football, just track eight months of the year.

2004 U.S. News & World Rep. (Electronic ed.) 6 Sept. 72 Jones..had a 3.8 GPA.., not good enough for a full ride to his first-choice school.

full score n. Music a score in which the parts for all voices and instruments are given on separate staves; cf. short score n. at short adj., n., and adv. Compounds 6a, vocal score n. at vocal adj. and n. Compounds 2.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > [noun] > score > type of score

full score1786

vocal score1819

short score1876

compressed score1877

open score1899

condensed score-

1786 Public Advertiser 2 Mar. (advt.) Six select Oratorios of Handel... Elegantly and correctly engraved, with the Choruses in Full Score.

1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 191/2 Full score, a score in which all the parts for voices and instruments are displayed.

1946 Penguin Music Mag. Dec. 15 Purcell never saw an Italian opera... He may just possibly have read a full score—we know that Pepys possessed one.

1991 Music & Lett. 72 119 Berlioz presents a more familiar image in conducting from a full score with a baton.

full-screen adj. (a) Film and Television (of an image or shot) that fills the entire screen; (b) Computing (of an application) that uses all (or nearly all) of the available space of a display; relating to or involving such applications.

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1954 Audio Visual Comm. Rev. 2 107 The full screen close-up and the zoom into a full-screen close-up.

1978 Computerworld 13 Mar. 58/1 (advt.) Edit with full screen capability.

1997 E. Pearce Windows NT in Nutshell ii. 7 Hit ALT-ENTER to toggle between full-screen mode and window mode.

2011 R. Nelson Stephen Poliakoff on Stage & Screen 114 A full-screen shot of the bath water infused with the grey particles of plutonium.

2013 Pocket-lint.com (Nexis) 17 Oct. If you like full-screen applications, or watch a lot of Netflix, then the whole thing is great.

full snipe n. British (now rare) the common snipe, Gallinago gallinago.Cf. half-snipe n., double snipe n. at double adj.¹ and adv. Compounds 1.

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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > genus Gallinago > galinago gallinago (common snipe)

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heather-bleater?1590

jack snipe1664

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shad-bird1879

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1824 P. Hawker Instr. Young Sportsmen (ed. 3) 241 The ‘old hand’ therefore keeps the jack for his own eating, and sends the fine looking full snipe to his friend.

1913 H. K. Swann Dict. Names Brit. Birds 90 The Common Snipe is also sometimes termed Full Snipe to distinguish it from the Jack (or Half) Snipe.

1965 Jrnl. Lancs. Dial. Soc. Jan. 15 Snipe,..full snipe, scape snipe: Heywood.

full-spectrum adj. (of lighting, light sources, colour, etc.) having all visible wavelengths present in the proportions that constitute white; (in extended use) covering an entire range or set.

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1902 F. E. Ives in H. Jenkins Man. Photoengraving (ed. 2) vii. 131 The fact that the white of a color print is ordinarily a full spectrum white instead of a white made by mixing red, green and blue-violet spectrum rays, introduces a new factor.

1958 R. L. Sorenson & F. S. McKnight in R. H. Brown Illumination & Visibility of Radar & Sonar Displays i. 37 Full spectrum illumination best meets the needs for most work positions.

1992 C. Willis Doomsday Bk. i. v. 53 Ms. Engle has had full-spectrum antivirals and T-cell enhancement.

2010 Wall St. Jrnl. 23 Oct. a14/3 The U.K. has nevertheless emerged..as a full-spectrum military power.

full-sphered adj. literary, now rare (a) of, relating to, or involving the whole sphere (of the sky, of human existence, etc.); (b) fully perfected (cf. sphere v. 2b); (c) (of the sun or moon) showing its full globe (= sense A. 6b).

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the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > phase > [adjective] > full

fulleOE

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1832 Ld. Tennyson Palace of Art lvi, in Poems (new ed.) 84 Not the less held she her solemn mirth, And intellectual throne Of fullsphered contemplation.

1862 W. M. W. Call Manoli in Cornhill Mag. Sept. 350 The true, noble life that passed away, To round their labour to full-sphered success.

1883 J. D. Hylton Heir of Lyolynn 352 The full sphered moon its lustre shed.

1902 Frank Leslie's Pop. Monthly Nov. 2/2 The sun..has scarcely risen full-sphered above the sky-line before it sinks again.

1917 Hist. Class of 1910 (Yale Coll.) II. 10 Knowledge full-sphered of deeds and men Our roving dreams have sought.

1986 J. W. McClendon Ethics I. viii. 218 A Lord's supper that focused exclusively on solidarity or on redemption would be untrue to full-sphered Christian morality.

full suit n. chiefly Surfing a wetsuit that covers the full length of the arms and legs.

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1964 Dive June 5/1 A full suit fulfills several functions. It protects against coral, barnacles and other underwater hazards.

1990 Surfer Aug. 180/2 Overhead sets, water temps in the sixties and air in the eighties had surfers at North Carolina's Frisco Pier shedding their fullsuits in favor of springsuits and even vests.

2011 Orange County (Calif.) Reg. 6 Nov. (Travel section) 5/6 The water is chilly here; pack a full suit.

full-suspension adj. designating or relating to a (mountain) bike which has suspension on both wheels.In quot. 1977 with reference to a moped.

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1977 T. Arthur MoPed Handbk. 26 I've ridden rigid frames over the same route as I've ridden full suspension models and the trip seems twice as long on the rigid frame.

1992 Bicycling May 148/1 This season's line of full-suspension, hydraulic-damped bikes..is new from the knobbies up and vastly more refined.

2003 Newsweek (Nexis) 26 May 73 Single-track mountain biking is exploding in popularity thanks to butt-friendly full-suspension frames that soften rocky trails.

full-text adj. Computing that searches or uses the whole of a database, text corpus, or other source; (of a database, source, etc.) that comprises the full text of a document or documents.

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1960 Science 21 Oct. 1100/2 The development of techniques for automatic full-text search and retrieval is prerequisite to automatic indexing.

1979 Columbia Law Rev. 79 269 Under the ‘full text’ method, the text of each document is coded into the data base... Every word of the document can serve as an index for the identification of relevant documents.

1989 Lit. & Ling. Computing 4 271/2 So far 2,000 full-text sources containing 9 million word-tokens have been processed.

1993 Computer Shopper July 478/1 The Viewer application adds some electronic niceties such as full-text search capabilities.

2000 Wired July 123 [The database] features SGML full-text versions of nearly 600 lit classics.

full-thickness adj. Surgery Medicine affecting, involving, or consisting of the entire thickness of a layer of tissue or a structure, esp. the skin or the wall of the intestine.

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1916 A. B. Johnson et al. Operative Therapeusis V. 561 When the scar to be removed is extensive.., the surgeon has recourse to skin transplantation. For this purpose, to avoid recurrence of contraction, full thickness grafts must be used.

1949 Lancet 29 Oct. 804/2 Partial-thickness burns showed diminished pain sensibility, whereas full-thickness burns were completely or almost completely anæsthetic.

1993 S. J. Ettinger Pocket Compan. Textbk. Vet. Internal Med. lxxxvi. 462 The greatest risk in full-thickness surgical biopsy of the intestines is dehiscence of the enterotomy incision.

2013 Independent on Sunday 10 Nov. 21/1 I had 75 per cent full-thickness third-degree burns and two gunshot wounds to my right leg.

full toss n. and adv. Cricket (a) n. the delivery of a ball which does not touch the ground in its flight between the wickets; (b) adv. (of a delivery) so as to reach the batter without first touching the ground.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball

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1826 Manch. Guardian 5 Aug. 4/3 Barker, the Nottingham bowler,..so far lost his temper, as to give a full toss, as we thought, at the face of the player, instead of his wicket.

1861 Notts. Guardian 4 Apr. 8/2 The first of V. Tinley's was hit by Clarke for 4, it being a full-toss.

1864 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 16 June 4/2 The balls were pitched full toss, so as to give chances to the wicket-keeper and the field.

1906 A. E. Knight Compl. Cricketer iii. 113 Over-pitch the ball and it presents the easiest of full tosses.

1961 Times 19 Aug. 3/1 Harvey was busy using his feet before being leg-before to Flavell, the ball hitting him full toss on the toe.

2006 Daily Tel. 3 July 19/4 He..returned bristling to his mark before following up next ball with a lightning full toss.

† full-trussed adj. Obsolete (apparently) having full hindquarters (cf. trussed adj. 1b).

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > having strong or broad hind-quarters

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1683 London Gaz. No. 1846/4 A full trust Nag, a good Trot, short Rack.

full veil n. (with the) a garment worn by some Muslim women which covers the head and face, such as the niqab, or whole body, such as the burka.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > veil > types of

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1937 Washington Post 24 Oct. b4/ The announcement that Farida would wear the full veil ended widespread speculation.

1957 Marriage & Family Living 19 340/2 The full veil has seldom been worn by the villagers and never by the nomads except for the wives of the sheikhs.

2015 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 Feb. a7/4 ‘[France]..imposes all these things on you’—unemployment.., a ban on the full veil.., a paucity of mosques and a pervasive sense of being ‘écarté’, or rejected.

full wave adj. (a) designating a rectifier (rectifier n. 4) that converts the entirety of the waveform of an alternating current into one of constant polarity; (also) designating such rectification; (b) designating an aerial or antenna that is the same length as the wavelength of the signal it is intended to receive.In both senses, frequently contrasted with half-wave n. at half adj. Compounds 2.

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1916 Electric Vehicles Oct. 144/2 The principles already briefly discussed are applied equally well to half-wave or full wave rectifiers.

1923 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Electr. Engineers 42 644/2 In a number of comparisons the full wave antenna has always shown noticeably better stray ratios than an antenna half the length.

1951 Pop. Sci. Jan. 214/1 For electroplating, hum-free relays, and other applications that need full-wave rectification, you can hook up the disks in two ways.

1987 G. Walker Astron. Observ. (1989) iii. 78 The 22 MHz..T-shaped array at Penticton, British Columbia, consists of 624 full-wave dipoles.

2015 H. J. Pain & P. Rankin Introd. Vibrations & Waves xi. 247 The accompanying circuit denotes the potential of an applied full wave rectifier.

full-way adj. Mechanics designating a valve in a pipe that when fully open provides no obstruction to the flow; designating a pump employing such a valve.Cf. clearway n. Compounds.

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1873 Minutes Inq. Supply Water to Metropolis 172/1 in Parl. Papers (C. 679) XXXVIII. 1 The three-eighths one [sc. screw-down stop-valve], by Underhay, was a full-way one, a good one.

1953 D. G. E. Axford Low Pressure Hot Water Heating i. vi. 51 Type of pump. Whether it be fullway or centrifugal as the two types mainly employed.

1993 Collins Compl. DIY Man. (new ed.) viii. 356/4 The pressure may be so low that you will have to fit a full-way valve to the WC cistern to get it to fill quickly.

full-winged adj. (of a bird) having large or full wings, or wings that are not clipped; (of a mayfly) having fully developed wings, as when fully adult.

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a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. iii. 21 The full-wing'd Eagle.

1786 North-country Angler 51 The May Fly lives but a little while, after she is full-winged.

2013 T. Fox & A. Whiteley in M. D. Irwin et al. Zookeeping v. 321/1 It may be desirable to render a full-winged bird flightless. Birds..can have their wings clipped to prevent them from flying off.

full-witted adj. in full possession of one's wits (frequently in contrast to half-witted).

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1841 J. F. Cooper Deerslayer I. x. 177 ‘Why nobody want to marry you?’ ‘I am not full-witted, they say.’

1842 Examiner 26 Nov. 758/1 Mr Hudson had the half-witted vanity of Tattle, and Mr Selby the full-witted impudence of Jeremy [in Congreve's Love for Love].

1912 R. Kauffman & R. W. Kauffman Latter-day Saints ii. 23 The young people of the town considered him not quite full-witted and..made him the butt for their practical jokes.

2002 L. McClendon Sweet & Lowdown 117 Ah, but one English half-wit was as good as most full-witted Americans.

full word n. and adj. Linguistics (a) n. a word that has an independent meaning, as distinct from a function word (originally spec. with reference to Chinese grammar; cf. empty word n. at empty adj. and n. Compounds 2); (b) adj. consisting of a complete word. [Originally after Chinese shízì (see full character n.); in later use after Chinese shící ( < shí + cí word, term), which is now the preferred term.]

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > [noun] > content word

full word1854

object word1876

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content word1940

lexical word1963

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > [noun] > content word > specifically in Chinese

full word1854

full character1863

1854 F. M. Müller Let. to Chevalier Bunsen on Classif. Turanian Langs. ii. §6 131 The Chinese themselves distinguish between full words (shi tsé) and empty words (hiu tse).

1892 H. Sweet New Eng. Gram. I. 22. §58 When a form-word is entirely devoid of meaning, we may call it an empty word, as opposed to full words such as earth and round.

1934 R. C. Priebsch & W. E. Collinson German Lang. iii. 249 Other full-word suffixes are -bar, -haft.

2000 P. Baldi & C. Dawar in G. Booij et al. Morphologie I. 968 (heading) Full word suffixes.

2013 G. L. Campbell & G. King Compend. World's Langs. (ed. 3) 1770 The Chinese distinction between ‘full words’ (shící) and ‘empty words’ (xūcí) can be usefully applied to Vietnamese.

C2. Compounds of the adverb.

(a) With present and past participles (cf. Compounds 1a(b), to which some of these might be referred; cf. also sense C. 3a).Some of the more established compounds of this type are treated separately.

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OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) lxxiii. 133 Þara gemen and gehealdsumnes gelæt mannan to fulþungenre fulfremednesse [a1225 Winteney fullþungenre fremednesse; L. ad celsitudinem perfectionis].

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1083 Hi comon into capitulan on uppon þa munecas full gewepnede.

a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) i. l. 182 She stood..With ful assuryd lokyng and manere.

1590 A. Prowse tr. J. Taffin Of Markes Children of God f. 31 Not a little or halfe saluation, but the full accomplished saluation of eternall life.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 494 The full descending blow Cleaves the broad Front, and beardless Cheeks in two.

1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. i. 6 This is..staring, with a full-levelled eye, the great luminary of spirits in the face.

1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xx. 459 Th' impatient Steel with full-descending Sway Forc'd thro' his brazen Helm its furious Way.

1735 R. Moncrieff Magnanimity 21 When thus she shews Her full-exerted Influence, who can hide The raptur'd Admiration of his Soul?

1744 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons (new ed.) 167 The full-adjusted Harmony of Things.

1757 J. Dyer Fleece iii. 92 Sinewy arms of men, with full-strain'd strength, Wring out the latent water.

1824 Oriental Herald & Colonial Rev. Sept. 29 The victor now, with full accomplished vows, Departed pleased along the sacred strand.

1836 J. Poole Paul Pry's Jrnl. Resid. Little-Pedlington i. 29 Some whose manners, whose acquirements, or whose genius may fail to satisfy my full-strained expectation.

1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 215 The full-assured faith.

1851 W. W. Lord Christ in Hades viii. 167 On his mighty shoulders lay..his huge spear, inclined, But not full-levelled.

1863 Dundee Courier & Argus 26 Feb. The piles were full driven, and were fourteen feet below low water.

1906 W. Hall Via Crucis 45 Full-assured, in his shrewd cunning, that thy trust hath been misplaced.

1922 I. S. Cobb Sundry Accts. i. 27 He slept..in the full-lighted room of a house which was all aglare with lights from cellar to roof line.

2002 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 7 Nov. 71 (advt.) San Diego, CA. Academic wants to exchange well-located, full-furnished 2 BR SD apartment for furnished Manhattan apartment.

2004 U. Pietsch et al. High-resolution X-ray Scattering (ed. 2) xiii. 321 The uniform strain relaxation of the wires leads to a shift of the wire Bragg peaks with respect to the full-strained lattice.

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full-armed adj. [armed adj.¹]

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a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 3686 (MED) This worthi kniht of Grece Ful armed up at every piece.]

?a1563 W. Baldwin Royall Elegie (1610) sig. B2^v If this Winter time thou maiest him marke, To ride all day full arm'd about the Parke.

1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad i. 31 Full-arm'd they came, for brave defence prepared.

1868 J. T. Nettleship Ess. Browning's Poetry 219 The full-armed, full-muscled god will be ready to do battle.

2000 B. Ramthun Earthquake Games (2001) xv. 165 He was settling into a full-armed firing position.

full-assembled adj.

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1735 J. Thomson Rome: 3rd Pt. Liberty 260 Her full-assembled Youth innumerous swarm'd.

1808 J. Fitchett Alfred ii. 71 Let him conduct Back to our camp his full-assembled train.

1999 J. Hansen & D. Cook Econ. Growth with Equity vi. 27 The company is exporting the full-assembled cars from Korea to a neighboring country.

full-beaming adj.

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1703 tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Cassandra ii. i. 113 Is it possible thou shouldest appear in thy full beaming Luster without a Cloud.

1735 W. Somervile Chace ii. 142 Had not her Eyes, With Life full-beaming, her vain Wiles betray'd.

1876 Jrnl. Bath & West of Eng. Soc. 8 111 The mild, serene, placid countenance and full-beaming, expressive eye.

2000 M. J. Eberhart Ten Million Steps (2007) v. 498 The young lady comes over and with a full-beaming smile says, ‘That's a great article about Chief Buffalo Tiger, isn't it?’

full-bearing adj.

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1717 W. Sutherland Britain's Glory: Ship-building Unvail'd 56 This is in full bearing Vessels.

1718 S. Switzer Ichnographia Rustica II. 251 The full-bearing Buds of the Pear-Tree appear very visible in November, when the Leaves are off.

1896 Daily News 17 June 4/5 The thousand acres is never all full-bearing altogether.

2012 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 30 May 42 Growing global demand for Australian almonds makes this a good time to invest in a well-established, full-bearing orchard.

full-digested adj.

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1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. ii. 113 We shall..partake in the expertness and full digested remembrance belonging to that.

2005 C. L. Moore Grounded Hebrew Semantics iii. 165 Metaphorically speaking, the coveted wealth of the wicked person never makes it to the full digested product which would satisfy him.

† full-distended adj. Obsolete

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1722 J. Wainewright Anat. Treat. Liver 94 I might farther deny..that the bilious Ducts are always employ'd in their full distended Capacities.

1728 J. Thomson Spring 12 The full-distended Clouds Indulge their genial Stores.

a1820 J. Woodhouse Life Crispinus Scriblerus vi, in Life & Poet. Wks. (1896) I. 118/2 With strong blasts, from full-distended mouth.

a1872 E. Atherstone Pelopidas ii. ii. in Dramatic Wks. (1888) 31 Each full distended grape Glow'd like an amethyst in the bright sun.

† full-driven adj. Obsolete

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c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 522 This bargayn is ful dryue, for we ben knyt.

full-extended adj.

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1684 T. Beverley Great Line Prophetical Time iii. 22 in Scripture-line of Time Each Community hath its just share in the intimate and full extended Time of this Line.

1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 176 The long lines of full-extended war In bleeding fight commixt.

1833 Gardener's Mag. Apr. 166 Operating as so many breezes for wafting them with full-extended sails along the tide of improvement.

2006 G. Morgan in B. Schick et al. Adv. Sign Lang. Devel. xiii. 337 For the full-extended uses of signed language to develop..further learning about discourse construction may have to come from literacy-based activities.

full-glowing adj.

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1792 Morning Chron. 30 Nov. Then lift up the song, and with spirit advance, The full-glowing glass to the Genius of France.

1842 I. Williams Baptistery I. i. 77 The Sun..Blending them in the golden blazonry Of his full-glowing orb.

1910 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 11 20 It seems easy..to trace in the rich, full-glowing nature of Isabel Hampton, the unison of qualities at once progressive and conservative.

2015 L. Saintcrow Trailer Park Fae xxvi. 177 Full-glowing now, her lips were a sweet curve, redder than any red.

† full-greased adj. Obsolete rare

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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Deut. xxxii. 15 Ful made fat [altered to fulfat maad] ys þe loued & aȝeyn wynsed: fol fattyd folgrecyd [L. impinguatus] out larged.

1909 A. M. Thomas Plain Econ. Facts 387 The inevitable result must be to expose..a grinning expenditure of fulsome falsehoods for a future full greased palm.

full-knowing adj.

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1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion To Rdr. sig. A2 What the Verse oft, with allusion, as supposing a full knowing Reader, lets slip.

1854 E. O. P. Smith Bertha & Lily 156 A mature man, a full-knowing man, a calm, self-poised man.

2007 Tax Advisor 38 549 FIN 48 asks that state and local income tax positions be analyzed from the point of view of a full-knowing tax auditor.

† full-known adj. Obsolete

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1387–8 Petition London Mercers in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 34 Nichol Brembre..with stronge honde, as it is ful knowen..was chosen Mair.

1603 G. Estey Certaine Godly & Learned Expos. ii. f. 58 Not wraying full known sinnes.

a1675 B. Whitelocke Notes uppon Kings Writt (1766) II. xcviii. 339 It is a full knowne trueth, that both the king, and the house of lords, and the house of commons have each of them a negative vote.

full-nerved adj.

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1800 M. L. Weems Life G. Washington 25 Full-nerved with patriot rage, he rushes upon the murderers of his countrymen.

1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 86 Dare, with fullnerved arm the rage of all.

a1918 W. Owen Compl. Poems & Fragments (1983) I. 158 Are limbs, so dear achieved, are sides Full-nerved, still warm, too hard to stir?

1984 L. Gordon Virginia Woolf xii. 233 She re-created members of her circle as prime specimens, not necessarily the best of their kind but the most full-nerved.

full-opening adj.

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1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 146 The pack full-opening, various.

1827 B. Maund Bot. Garden II. iii. No. 120 Flowers of various formation; some quilled and some flat petalled, double and semidouble, full-opening and tasselled.

1992 Oil & Gas Jrnl. (Nexis) 30 Nov. 51 The pipelines must be equipped with full-opening valves.

full-pulsing adj.

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1869 Beloit College Monthly May 190/1 Let them feel this glow of health, this tingling of the full pulsing blood.

1878 J. Morley Carlyle 189 No feeling for broad force and full-pulsing vitality.

1967 Anniston (Alabama) Star 4 June 10 c/8 Hemingway was very much an ‘immediate’ sort of man, as the full-pulsing course of his novels bears out.

full-ripened adj. [compare Old English full-rīpod fully mature]

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1656 A. Cowley Pindarique Odes 62 in Poems The..bloody battel now begins, The plenteous Harvest of full-ripened Sins.

1878 J. T. Trowbridge Guy Vernon in G. P. Lathrop Masque of Poets 214 Brings to northern shores full-ripened tropic fruits.

2009 Food & Beverage Close-up (Nexis) 11 June Our fruit is full-ripened, ready-to-eat and bursting with farm fresh flavor.

† full-thriven adj. Obsolete

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective]

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c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 5130 Swa fullþrifenn þatt itt nohht. Ne maȝȝ na mare waxxenn.

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 868 (MED) Þe Loumbe hym stande On þe mount of Syon ful þryuen and þro.

full-trimmed adj.

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1735 C. Coffey Merry Cobler vi. 16 A full-trimm'd Suit in Cucumber-time.

1755 Connoisseur No. 100 (1756) 602 I was equipped..in a tye-wig, full-trimmed coat and laced-waistcoat.

1826 W. Scott Malachi Malagrowther ii. 59 A full-trimmed suit of black silk, or velvet.

2011 Telegraph (Kolkata) (Nexis) 20 Feb. Tiretta once danced in a full-trimmed suit of rich velvet at the height of the Calcutta summer on the King's birthday.

full-tuned adj.

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1790 Coll. Hymns & Sanctuses 56 in Select Portions Brady's & Tate's Version of Psalms Happy nations..let your full tun'd praises flow.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Love & Duty in Poems (new ed.) II. 85 When thy low voice, Faltering, would break its syllables, to keep My own full-tuned.

1954 Memorial Bk. (N.Y. Bar Assoc.) 16 Up to the last moment he had been ‘like a full tuned fiddle string, then snapped.’

† full-waxen adj. [compare Middle Dutch, Dutch volwassen , Middle Low German vulwassen , German †vollwachsen (Old High German follawahsan , Middle High German volwahsen ), Old Icelandic fullvaxinn ; in quot. 1874 after Old Icelandic] Obsolete

ΚΠ

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) iii. 19 Iohannes..ferde ða to westene, and ðær wunode oð þæt he fullweaxen wæs.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 10890 He wass full waxenn mann.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 74 I haue thre ful waxen children which ben hardy and stronge.

1874 R. Cleasby & G. Vigfusson Icelandic-Eng. Dict. (new ed.) 10/2 He..strode through the full-waxen [Icel. fullvaxinn] rye-field.

(c) With adjectives in -ed formed on nouns, with the sense ‘fully or plentifully provided with (what is denoted by the noun)’, as full-acorned, full-spotted, etc., adjs. See also full-witted adj. at Compounds 1b.The sense is now more commonly expressed using fully as the first element: see fully adv. Compounds 1c.

ΚΠ

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Oeuf Harenc aux œufs, a full-rowed, or hard-rowed Herring.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) ii. v. 16 Like a full Acorn'd Boare.

1815 C. Lamb Let. 9 Aug. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1978) III. 174 My full-happinessed friend is picking his crackers.

1828 A. H. Haworth Lepidoptera Britannica iv. 512 The Full-spotted [Ermine moth].

1833 H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker i. i. 7 The full-buckramed fancy dresses of the young gentlemen.

1838 T. Miller Royston Gower I. iv. 66 Thou who wert fat with impurities, even to the fatness of full-acorned swine.

1843 Magnet 16 Oct. 1/6 It was a very choice and full-meated dairy, and the cheese averaging about 120 lbs each.

1861 A. Smith Edwin of Deira iv. 154 A land all shadowed by full-acorned woods.

1871 L. P. Brockett Year of Battles xiii. 474 Behind all were the full-medalled veterans, invalids, old warriors, yeomen of the palace, and royal gendarmes.

1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 374 In November, when schooling begins, the fish are full-roed.

1910 Sat. Evening Post 19 Mar. 30/2 A full-freckled, husky, six-foot-two product of the locality came hulking in.

1940 Bull. Inst. Jamaica Science Ser. No. 1. 71 Specimens from the Kingston area vary from the full-spotted pattern to practically spotless.

1950 Times 5 Oct. 3/5 A dozen herring drifters..were all rewarded with good hauls of first-class full-roed herrings yesterday.

(d) With other adjectives, with the sense ‘very ——’ or ‘fully or completely ——’. Obsolete.Apparently rare except in late 19th cent.

ΚΠ

OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) i. Introd. 7 Gif ic þe þa ana asecge be fullmedemum [OE Hatton fulfremedum; L. perfectis] & gecorenum werum.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxiv. 70 And I suppose too, she'll say, I have been full-pert.

1871 F. T. Palgrave Lyrical Poems 35 She..Blushed like a full-ripe apple.

1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 53 A league beyond the wood, All in a full-fair manor and a rich, His towers..received the three.

1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. iii. 50 As being a full-free member of the community.

1911 F. O. Bower Plant-life on Land 15 Such full-green Algae as Struvea.

1925 Inco 5 iv. 10 Half-hard, twenty-two gauge nickel and Monel Metal sheets are equivalent to full-hard, sixteen gauge copper sheet.

b. With verbs, with the sense ‘fully, to the full, completely’. See also full-work v. [Sometimes after Latin formations with an intensifying prefix such as per- and ex- ; compare also full-do v. and fullfreme v.]

full-bring v. now rare transitive to bring to a conclusion or to completion, to finish. [Compare Old Frisian fulbrenga (West Frisian folbringe), Middle Dutch volbringen (Dutch volbringen), Middle Low German vulbringen, Old High German follabringen (Middle High German vollebringen, German vollbringen).]

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > carrying out > execute, perform, or carry out [verb (transitive)]

lasteOE

ylastc888

wieldeOE

doeOE

dreeOE

forthOE

fremeOE

workOE

affordOE

full-bringc1175

fulfila1225

perfurnisha1325

complishc1374

performc1384

achievea1393

chevisea1400

practic?a1425

exploitc1425

execute1477

furnish1477

through1498

practa1513

enure1549

chare1570

enact1597

act1602

to carry out1608

outcarry1611

celebrate1615

complya1616

peract1621

tide1631

implement1837

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 16335 Ȝure temmple timmbredd wass. & all full brohht till ende.

1526 Grete Herball sig. Cc.iv^v/2 Y^e vryne y^t is pale lyke flesshe y^t is hole soden betokeneth a good beghynnyng of dysgestyon not ful brought.

1859 J. R. Lowell in Atlantic Monthly Nov. 643/2 The Germans have a striking proverb: Was die Gans gedacht, das der Schwan vollbracht: What the goose but thought, that the swan fullbrought; or, to de-Saxonize it a little.., What the goose conceived, that the swan achieved.

1904 W. V. Moody Fire-bringer i. 21 'T is there to have, If one by sacrifice and rites full-brought Could find the way.

1960 Janus 49 95 A verb ‘km’..meaning ‘to complete, to bring to a close, to execute (the preparation of ointments), to finish (metalwork), to fullbring’.

† full-burn v. [after classical Latin exārdēscere] Obsolete intransitive to burn intensely.In quot. with reference to fierce or determined pursuit.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > follow behind [verb (intransitive)] > follow eagerly

full-burna1382

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. xxxi. 36 For what my synne hast þou þus ful brent [a1425 Corpus Oxf. fulbrent; L. exarsisti] after me.

† full-forth v. [ < full adv. + forth v.] Obsolete transitive to complete, to carry out fully.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)]

to make an endc893

afilleOE

endc975

fullOE

full-doOE

full-workOE

fullendOE

fullfremeOE

full-forthlOE

fillc1175

fulfilc1300

complec1315

asum1340

full-make1340

performa1382

finisha1400

accomplishc1405

cheve1426

upwindc1440

perfurnish?c1450

sumc1450

perimplish1468

explete?a1475

fullcome1477

consume1483

consomme1489

perimplenish1499

perfect1512

perfinish1523

complete1530

consummate1530

do1549

to run out1553

perfectionate1570

win1573

outwork1590

to bring about1598

exedifya1617

to do up1654

ratifyc1720

ultimate1849

terminate1857

lOE tr. R. d'Escures Sermo in Festis Sancte Marie Virginis in R. D.-N. Warner Early Eng. Homilies (1917) 138 We secgeð þæt heo synderlice fullforðede Marthen geswyncfulle wica.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 15597 Ær þann þiss temmple mihhte ben Fullwrohht. & all fullforþedd.

a1225 (?OE) MS Vesp. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 237 He..ȝiaf miht and strencþe þurl [read þurh] þe gief of his gaste his hesne to fulforðie.

c1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 76 (MED) Fulfurthed be þi sawe; þat ics, sithen his wil is, maiden, withhuten lawe of moder, haue þe blis.

† full-make v. Obsolete transitive to complete, perfect. [Compare Middle Dutch volmāken (Dutch (now regional: West Flanders) volmaken ), Middle Low German vulmāken . In early use partly after classical Latin perficere (see perfect adj.).]

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)]

to make an endc893

afilleOE

endc975

fullOE

full-doOE

full-workOE

fullendOE

fullfremeOE

full-forthlOE

fillc1175

fulfilc1300

complec1315

asum1340

full-make1340

performa1382

finisha1400

accomplishc1405

cheve1426

upwindc1440

perfurnish?c1450

sumc1450

perimplish1468

explete?a1475

fullcome1477

consume1483

consomme1489

perimplenish1499

perfect1512

perfinish1523

complete1530

consummate1530

do1549

to run out1553

perfectionate1570

win1573

outwork1590

to bring about1598

exedifya1617

to do up1654

ratifyc1720

ultimate1849

terminate1857

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 201 (MED) Ac þe yefþe of þe holy gost..uolmakeþ þise uayrhede.

a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) xvi. 6 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 147 Fulmake [L. perfice] mi steppes in sties þine.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Boke yf Eneydos xxvii. sig. Gvii^v Fulmake thoblacyon to pluto.

1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (ix.) f. 156 Aftir y^e finisshinge of the temple, ther were .vii. yeres ere y^e cyte and wallis were full made.

1611 tr. P. de Mornay Disc. Lords Parl. sig. C4 Let them come to aske vs Rent, after the accompts are cast vp, and the reckoning full made.

† full-serve v. Obsolete transitive and intransitive to serve fully.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > serve [verb (transitive)] > serve fully or diligently

beservea1300

full-serve1340

serve1629

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 33 Huo þet serueþ and naȝt uolserueþ, his ssepe he lyest.

c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 443 (MED) Þow arte full seruyde Of cunndit and credense; kayre whene the lykes.

† full-sound v. [after classical Latin personāre] Obsolete intransitive to sound loudly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > make a loud sound or noise [verb (intransitive)]

flitec900

beme?c1225

thunderc1374

full-sounda1382

claryc1440

reird1508

shout1513

to make the welkin ring1590

rally1728

din1798

alarm1839

trombone1866

clarion1885

blast1931

blare1955

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) Judges vii. 18 Whanne fulsowneþ [L. personuerit] þe trumpe in myn hand.

† full-timber v. Obsolete transitive to complete construction of (a building).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > build or construct [verb (transitive)] > build strongly or completely

full-timberc1175

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 16323 Godess temmple..wass i sexe ȝeress all. & fowwerrtiȝ full timmbredd.

full-auto adj. and n. (a) adj. (chiefly of firearms) fully automatic; (b) n. a mode of operation in which a firearm performs fully automatically; (also) a fully automatic firearm.

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1900 Age of Steel 16 June 34/1 (advert) Full-Auto Screw Machine.

1922 U.S. Patent 1,403,623 7/1 In the full line position marked ‘Full auto’.., the trigger and trigger bar may be retracted to the full extent.

1963 Pop. Mech. Sept. 110/1 I had made five hits—amazing for a full-auto rifle.

1992 J. Mowry Way past Cool 3 A full-auto fired from a battered black van.

2006 S. M. Stirling Sky People xi. 235 The Neanderthals..weren't even wasting ammunition by firing away on full-auto.

† full-begotten adj. Obsolete lawfully begotten, legitimate.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > legitimate

full-bornlOE

born in (or under or out of) wedlockc1275

kindlya1300

mulierc1400

legitimatea1464

mulieryc1475

lawfulc1480

naturala1500

mulierly1506

lawfully1512

native1567

loyal1608

lineala1616

full-begotten1636

(on) the right side of the blanket1842

1636 S. Rutherford Let. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 25 Your Father counteth you not a bastard: ful-begotten bairns are nurtured.

1705 Observator No. 2. 10 The greatest part of their Armies by Sea and Land, are made up of Scotsmen or the off-spring of Scotsmens [sic], Bastards and full begotten.

full-bound adj. Bookbinding (a) (of a barrel) bound with a full set of iron hoops (now historical); (b) Bookbinding bound entirely in leather; cf. half-bound adj., quarter-bound adj. at quarter n. Compounds 4.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > type of binding > [adjective]

full-bound1705

super-extra1774

half-bound1775

Etruscan1792

antique1794

Russia-bound1808

vellum-bound1836

vellum-covered1836

quarter-bound1842

cloth-bound1860

limp1863

cottage1874

monastic1880

parchment-bound1881

yapped1882

all along1888

Grolieresque1889

Maioli1890

perfect1890

treed calf1892

Lyonnais1893

hardback1894

dos-à-dos1952

perfect bound1960

spiral-bound1961

spiral1977

1705 Boston News-let. 16 Apr. 2/2 Several full bound Barrels.

1766 W. Gordon Gen. Counting-house 319 45 barrels full bound mess-beef.

1783 Bks. Sold in T. Boston Serm. Sovereignity & Wisdom God (end matter) Vincent's Catechism, 8d. full bound, 10d.

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 545 Bible, 8vo., full-bound in maroon Turkey morocco.

1880 J. W. Zaehnsdorf Art of Bookbinding 171 When the sides and back of a volume are covered with leather it is said to be full-bound.

1914 Canada Gaz. 29 Aug. 3 The name of the maker..shall be stamped..in the space between the upper quarter hoop and the end hoop, on quarter hooped barrels, and close to the lower hoop on full bound barrels.

1946 H. Whetton Pract. Printing & Binding xxxi. 381 The book may be full-bound..that is, the leather may fully cover the boards.

1993 D. Dickson in P. O'Flanagan & C. G. Buttimer Cork x. 371 City buyers sought only to distinguish between common salted butter..and premium butter to which a pickle..was added, usually after repacking in full-bound firkins.

2008 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 16 Mar. (Money section) 16 The quantity and quality of the leather binding affects the value of the book, with full-bound sets having higher estimates.

full-fashioned adj. = fully-fashioned adj. at fully adv. Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > that fits in specific way > close-fitting

straita1387

justc1440

sitting1440

close1488

well-fitted1590

close-bodied1677

succinct1714

tightish1775

tight1784

full-fashioned1812

skintight1838

snug1838

fully-fashioned1844

tight-fitting1846

close-fitting1870

slim1884

skin-fitting1915

skinny1915

slinky1921

tight-ass1969

1812 Universal Mag. Mar. 258/2 To his arguments about full price and full-fashioned work, they returned reproaches upon himself, and blows upon his frames.

1883 Glasgow Weekly Herald 21 Apr. 8/2 Ladies' full-fashioned black Lisle thread hose.

1927 T. Woodhouse Artificial Silk: Manuf. & Uses 92 Originally, the spring beard needles were used in full-fashioned (flat) machines.

1971 Financial Times 18 June 17/4 A downturn in demand for plain classic full fashioned garments.

2009 Sunday Star-Times (Auckland, N.Z.) (Nexis) 26 July 5 Michael pulls out a pair of those ‘full-fashioned’ stockings of old.

full-fatted adj. (a) (esp. of cattle) fully fattened; (b) (of milk, etc.) = full-fat adj.

ΚΠ

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Deut. xxxii. 15 Ful made fat ys þe loued & aȝeyn wynsed: fol fattyd [L. incrassatus] folgrecyd out larged.

1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes (new ed.) f. 115 Full fatted bulls, As forceth kindled yre the Lyons keen: whose greedy gutts the gnawyng honger pricks.

1836 Vermont Chron. 11 Aug. 127/2 The full fatted animal is now taken to market at one-fourth the expense which it formerly took to transfer the half fatted animal.

1914 J. L. Baker in Rep. Local Govt. Board Public Health & Med. Subj. No. 80. ii. 77 A mixture of one third full fatted dried milk and two thirds of hydrolysed starch products.

1945 Chester (Pa.) Times 20 Dec. 10/7 (advt.) Young full fatted geese.

2007 P. Hawken Blessed Unrest 156 Thin wafers bearing full-fatted cheeses daubed with slices of purple figs.

† full-front v. Obsolete transitive to face directly; to present a full front to; to confront.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be or make visible [verb (transitive)] > present full front to

full-front1738

1738 Curious Relations I. i. 47 A large Parlour, full fronting a handsome Garden backwards.

1855 R. Browning Saul (rev. ed.) xvii, in Men & Women II. 278 Perfection, no more and no less, In the kind I imagined, full-fronts me.

1913 Drama Nov. 177 Some stand and wait, full-fronting the breath of the Most High.

full-fronted adj. (a) having the face fully turned forwards, face-on; (b) having a full front (in various senses).

ΚΠ

1729 A. Boyer Grand Théatre de l'Honneur 81/1 Cat,..which in Heraldry is always represented with its Face full-fronted.

1809 T. Jones Hist. County Brecknock II. i. 406 A Black's head couped at the shoulders full fronted proper.

1829 Times 22 Aug. (advt.) Full size shirts from 9s. 6d. per dozen to the finest quality, full fronted ditto, 18s. per dozen.

1889 Mag. of Poetry 1 490/2 Few see thy face full-fronted.

1963 Atlantic (Iowa) News-Tel. 2 Apr. 3/4 (caption) Bud Kilpatrick's new shortened overblouse barely slides over the waistline of a full-fronted skirt for his spring two-piece dress.

1983 J. McLachlan Joseph Priestley 62 The full-fronted face is that of late middle-age and is modelled after the portrait by Artaud.

2013 News (Portsmouth) (Nexis) 23 Apr. Looking altogether very much like a trolleybus coming towards you, the full-fronted double deckers were once a common sight in Gosport and Fareham during the 1960s.

full-fruited adj. full of fruit (in various senses); fully in fruit; having much fruit; (of wine) having a strong fruitlike flavour.

ΚΠ

1809 R. Hawker Poor Man's Morning Portion (ed. 2) 251 Neither will thy ripened faculties, even when full-blown and full-fruited, be found sufficient.

1834 R. M. Milnes Memorials of Tour in Greece 30 Only the full-fruited vine Trails o'er the home.

1853 W. J. Hickie tr. Aristophanes Comedies II. 543 Shaking the full-fruited chaplet about your head.

1922 Daily News-Record (Harrisonburg, Va.) 31 May 3/5 (advt.) Full-fruited bread—generously filled with luscious, seeded, Sun-Maid Raisins.

1988 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 28 Sept. This [wine] is..a fine, full-bodied, full-fruited job, drinking well now and likely to develop for a while.

2006 O. Clarke Bordeaux 118/2 This is good, full-fruited wine benefitting from the hot conditions of 2003.

full-leaved adj. having the leaves fully out; full of leaves.

ΚΠ

1572 L. Mascall Bk. Plant & Graffe Trees v. 34 For to graffe in Sommer so long as the trees be full leaued.

1630 M. Drayton Muses Elizium ii. 16 With full-leau'd Lillies I will stick Thy braded hayre.

1781 Beauties of Spring i. 19 Slow glides the river,..now conceal'd Beneath the full-leaved wood, and gleaming now With silver lustre thro' th' uncover'd glade.

1864 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 148 Now while the full-leaved hursts unalter'd stand.

1917 J. Masefield Lollingdon Downs 74 The full-leaved summer bore no fruit.

2011 Bristol Post (Nexis) 2 Apr. 12 It is the bluebell's time to shine before the full-leaved canopy closes in for the summer.

full-rigged adj. (a) (of a ship) having its full complement of masts, sails, and spars; (b) having three or more masts that all carry square sails; also in extended use.

ΚΠ

1734 London Jrnl. 16 Nov. The King had sent Orders..to lay up half the Fleet in that Harbour, and keep the other half full rigged and manned till further Orders.

1763 T. Jefferson Let. 20 Jan. in Papers (1950) I. 7 I may have the pleasure of sailing up the river again in a full-rigged flat.

1830 N. S. Wheaton Jrnl. 342 A full-rigged [French] baggage waggon is a curious spectacle.

1867 Dover Castle News 29 June (Suppl.) 46/2 Yesterday morning a brig-rigged screw steamer passed us on the starboard side..and astern of her a full rigged ship.

1890 H. Paasch Illustr. Marine Encycl. 5 Full-rigged ship, a three masted ship fore-mast, main-mast, and mizen-mast..all are square rigged.

1903 C. Protheroe Life in Mercantile Marine 4 The Chatto was a full-rigged ship of a thousand odd tons.

1985 K. A. Franks & P. F. Lambert Early Calif. Oil 29 (caption) A full-rigged schooner, the Santa Paula held 8,200 barrels of oil.

2014 J. Roberts Brit. Raid on Essex v. 61 Brigs were square-rigged two-masted vessels ranging from sixty to one hundred ten feet and full-rigged ships were three-masted square-rigged vessels ranging from seventy-five to one hundred twenty-five feet.

† full-stated adj. Obsolete designating a lease for three lives (see life n. Phrases 2c) such that all three of the named persons are still living; relating to or held by such a lease.Chiefly with reference to leaseholds in south-west England.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [adjective] > held in leasehold or by tenant > in specific manner

full-stated1746

ryoti1772

sub-rented1796

tied1887

untied1888

1741 London Evening-Post 12 Feb. (advt.) To be Lett or Sold..The Remainder of a Lease for 99 Years, determinable on three Lives full stated, an easy Fine Fix'd, at Chettle in the County of Dorset.]

1746 Exmoor Courtship 23 You know es kep Challacomb-Moor in Hond; 'tes vull-statad.

1746 ‘Devoniensis’ Let. in Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 406/2 Full-stated, spoken of a leasehold estate, that has 3 lives subsisting on it.

1829 Bristol Mercury 11 Aug. (advt.) The above Premises are Leasehold, full stated with three healthy lives.

1850 Rep. Episcopal & Capitular Revenues Commissioners 5 in Parl. Papers XX. 35 Assuming the case of a full-stated lease:—Upon the dropping of the first life the Central Board should [etc.].

1920 Rep. & Trans. Devonshire Assoc. 52 178 When the three Lives were all surviving, the property was said to be ‘full-stated’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	full
释义	† fulln.¹ Forms: Old English ful, Old English–early Middle English full, early Middle English uul. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Saxon ful vessel, pitcher, Old Icelandic full cup (both strong neuter nouns, as in Old English), further etymology uncertain and disputed.The word is sometimes argued to be derived from an Indo-European term for a type of vessel; however, all suggested cognates (such as ancient Greek πέλλα wooden bowl, drinking-cup: see pelike n.) are uncertain and disputed. Alternatively, it has been suggested that the Germanic nouns may derive < the Germanic base of full adj. (compare full n.²). In Old Icelandic typically referring to the full cup as used in a toast; compare use in Old English verse (compare quots. OE¹, OE²) in the context of mead-drinking in the hall and use in quot. c1275 in the context of the custom of wassail (see wassail n. 1a). Obsolete. A cup, a goblet.In quot. OE¹ in the compound mead-full ‘mead cup’.In quot. OE³ as a measure, translating quiatus, post-classical Latin form of classical Latin cyathus cyathus n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] chalicec825 napeOE copc950 fullOE cupc1000 canOE shalec1075 scalec1230 maselin?a1300 mazer1311 richardine1352 dish1381 fiole1382 pece1383 phialc1384 gobletc1400 bowl-cup1420 chalice-cup1420 crusec1420 mazer-cup1434 goddard1439 stoup1452 bicker1459 cowl1476 tankard1485 stop1489 hanapa1513 skull1513 Maudlin cup1544 Magdalene cup?a1549 mazer bowl1562 skew1567 shell1577 godet1580 mazard1584 bousing-can1590 cushion1594 glove1609 rumkin1636 Maudlin pot1638 Pimlico1654 mazer dish1656 mug1664 tumbler1664 souce1688 streaker1694 ox-eye1703 false-cup1708 tankard-cup1745 poculum1846 phiale1867 tumbler-cup1900 stem-cup1915 sippy cup1986 OE Fortunes of Men 62 Sum sceal..eadig weorþan, wunian wyndagum ond welan þicgan, maþmas ond meoduful mægburge on. OE Beowulf (2008) 616 Þa freolic wif ful gesealde ærest East-Dena eþelwearde. OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) i. 36 Gedo þonne ðæt þæs wines syn þre[o] ful [?a1200 Harl. 6258B full; L. quiatos] fulle. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 7154 Oðer uul me þider fareð..; þenne þat uul beoð icumen, þenne cusseoð heo þreoien. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † fulln.³ Forms: early Old English fuliæ, early Old English fullae, early Old English fulle, Old English fullę, late Middle English–1500s (1800s English regional (northern)) full; Scottish pre-1700 1800s fow. Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Or (ii) formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: sinfull n.; full adj. Etymology: Either (i) shortened < sinfull n., or (ii) directly < full adj., with reference to the fleshy leaves of the plant (compare quot. eOE). Compare sinfull n.In Old English a weak feminine (fulle ). The Old English forms are attested only in copies of early glosses by continental scribes from the 8th to the 10th centuries (compare quot. eOE). (It has sometimes been suggested that quots. eOE and ?a1425 may show a transmission error for sinfull n.; compare quot. eOE¹ at sinfull n.) Compare also foose n. and fouat n., both in the same sense, which probably show the plural and a derivative (perhaps compare -et suffix¹) of this word, respectively; another derivative is English regional (northern) fullen , in the same sense (perhaps compare -ing suffix³; see quots. 1846, 1886). Obsolete (Scottish and English regional (northern) in later use). The common houseleek, Sempervivum tectorum, or other small sempervivum or sedum. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Crassulaceae (stonecrop and allies) > [noun] > houseleek sinfulleOE fulleOE homeworteOE sengreenc1000 houseleeka1400 jubarbc1450 ay-green1562 sempervivum1591 imbreke1597 Jupiter's eye1597 sea-green1601 sempervive1625 semper-vivens1672 house-green1688 cyphel1691 fouat1822 bullock's eye1861 Jupiter's beard1861 thunder-plant1866 eOE Leiden Gloss. (1906) 14/2 Paliurus, erba quę crescit in tectis domorum grossa folia habens, fullae [eOE Karlsruhe Aug. 135 fullę]. ?a1425 (?1373) Lelamour Herbal (1938) f. 24^v Sacrefolium, full in englishe tonge, yn romayne jubarbe. 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples f. 37, in Bulwarke of Defence It is called Houslike in the Southe partes of England, but in the Northe it is called Full. a1646 D. Wedderburn Vocabula (1685) 18 Sedum majus, Fow. 1846 W. E. Brockett J. T. Brockett's Gloss. North Country Words (ed. 3) I. 179 Full, or Fullen, house-leek, or sen-green, sempervivum tectorum. 1878 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 610 Sempervivum tectorum..Fow, Fuit, Full [etc.]. 1886 W. Brockie Legends & Superstit. Durham 117 Country people plant the house-leek or sen-green, locally termed ‘full’ or ‘fullen’, on the thatched roofs of their cottages, in order to preserve them from thunder and lightning, which, it is said, will never strike this evergreen herb. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020). fulln.⁴ Brit. /fʊl/, U.S. /fʊl/ Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: full n.² Etymology: Probably a specific sense development of full n.² Compare later full v.³ English regional (chiefly south-eastern). A ridge of shingle pushed or cast up by the sea. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > ridge > [noun] > ridge of sand full1749 wreath1772 wave1789 sand belt1865 yardang1904 1749 G. Worge Let. 29 Sept. in Compton Place Papers (Devonshire Coll., Chatsworth) Box P, file 19 An artificial full made with timber and rocks and some of the rubbish from Pevensey Castle and chalk from Bourne. 1845 Tidal Harbours Comm.: 1st Rep. 190 in Parl. Papers XVI. 269 These fulls have long since covered up everything. 1864 Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 23 195 The spit..is formed of parallel ‘fulls’ of beach. 1902 Ld. Avebury Scenery of Eng. 163 It [sc. North Weir Point] consists of a series of curved concentric ridges or ‘fulls’..forming a projecting cape or ‘Ness’. 1964 V. J. Chapman Coastal Vegetation viii. 205 At Dungeness the ridges, known as ‘fulls’, generally bear Curled dock. 2004 Jrnl. Coastal Conservation 10 161/1 There is often a marked difference in average particle size and shape between ridge fulls..and lows. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). fulladj.n.²adv. Brit. /fʊl/, U.S. /fʊl/ Forms: α. Old English (as adverb, rare)–Middle English fol, Old English–1700s ful, Old English– full, Old English futt (Northumbrian, transmission error), Middle English ffol, Middle English ffolle, Middle English fful, Middle English ffulle, Middle English folle, Middle English–1500s fulle, Middle English 1600s ffull, Middle English 1600s foul, 1500s foull, 1600s foll; English regional 1800s foo (northern), 1800s fow (Cheshire), 1800s fu' (northern); also Scottish pre-1700 fill, pre-1700 foul, pre-1700 fuil, pre-1700 fuill, pre-1700 fule, pre-1700 fulle, pre-1700 fwl, pre-1700 fwll, pre-1700 fwlle, pre-1700 1700s– fow, 1700s foue, 1700s– fou, 1700s– fu', 1800s fou', 1800s– foo, 1900s fowe; Irish English 1800s foo (northern), 1800s vul (Wexford), 1900s– fou (northern). β. southern Middle English uol, Middle English uolle, Middle English uul, Middle English uulle, Middle English vol, Middle English volle, 1500s– vull (English regional (south-western) in later use). Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian ful , fol (West Frisian fol ), Old Dutch fol (Middle Dutch vol , vul , Dutch vol ), Old Saxon ful , full (Middle Low German vul ), Old High German fol (Middle High German vol , German voll ), Old Icelandic fullr , Old Swedish fulder (Swedish full ), Old Danish fuldær , full (Danish fuld ), Gothic fulls , adjective, all in a similar range of senses < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit pūrṇa , Avestan pərəna- , Old Church Slavonic plĭnŭ , Old Prussian pilnan (accusative singular feminine), Lithuanian pilnas , also (with different ablaut grade) fele adv. and further (with analogical remodelling within Latin) classical Latin plēnus (see pleni- comb. form), and (with irregular vocalism) Early Irish lán, Welsh llawn.Notes on specific senses. In sense A. 1h after Middle French, French plein (1577 in the passage translated in quot. 1600, or earlier in this sense). In later (South African) use in sense A. 2c after Afrikaans vol, in the same sense. With sense A. 3a compare fou adj. In full of days, full of years at sense A. 3b ultimately after Hebrew śĕḇaʿ yāmīm; compare post-classical Latin plenus dierum (Vulgate). In the specific use with reference to colour (see sense A. 11a) originally after Spanish lleno plain adj.¹ (1599 in the passage translated in quot. 1599 in this (apparently rare) sense). With full brother , full sister (see sense A. 5d) compare Old Frisian fulbrōther , fulswester , Middle Dutch volbroeder , volsuster (Dutch volbroer , volzuster ), Middle Low German vulbrōder , vulsüster . With use as noun compare fill n.¹ With full of the moon at sense B. 3a compare earlier full moon n. and the foreign-language forms cited at that entry. With use as adverb compare fully adv. Form history. Use of the uninflected adjective as adverb is paralleled in most other Germanic languages from an early date. In Old English the stem vowel of the adjective never shows lowering of u to o before the original a of the ending, which the phonological quality of both the preceding and the following consonant may have helped to prevent. However, for the adverb a rare by-form fol is attested. Comparable Middle English forms, on the other hand, are more likely to show graphic representation of u as o to avoid minim confusion (and are not restricted to the adverb), and the modern English forms show the reflex of u. A. adj. 1. a. Containing or holding as much or as many as possible; having within its limits all it will hold; having no space empty; filled to capacity. Often with of or with followed by the thing or things contained (in Old English also expressed by the genitive). (a) In general use.Often with intensive phrases, as full to bursting, full to overflowing, (as) full as an egg, etc.full to the brim: see brim n.² 4b.all-full: see all adj., pron., n., adv., and conj. Compounds 2a(a)(i). ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full fullOE chargedc1400 repletec1405 replesheda1450 gretfulc1540 torc1540 replenished1548 freight1565 freighted1567 implete1568 chocker1956 OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: John xxi. 11 Ascendit Simon Petrus et traxit rete in terram plenam magnis piscibus : astag Simon Petrus & drog..þæt nett on eorðe full mið miclum fiscum uel of miclum fiscum [OE Rushw. full micelra fiscana]. OE Judith 19 Þær wæron bollan steape boren.., swylce eac bunan ond orcas fulle fletsittendum. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 10215 Forr helle pitt niss næfre full. c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 42 He..bed..bringen forð a uetles ful of weattre. c1300 St. Bridget (Laud) 45 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 193 A fat þare stod fol of baþe-water. a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 41 (MED) Heelde into þe hoole..hoot oile of roses..til al þe wounde be ful. 1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 24 Hit is of a full fatte. ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) iii. xv. sig. S.iij Your vessel therfore being prepared as is tofore declared..ye shall first fill it full with water. 1570 T. North tr. A. F. Doni Morall Philos. iii. f. 69 Hee [sc. a camel] is rounde, plumme, fatte, and as full as an Egge, so that he will serue you a great while [i.e. to feed upon]. 1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. C2^v To preache to Gods people vpon a full stomach. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 60 Can a weake empty vessell beare such a huge full hogshead? View more context for this quotation 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. vi. 19 Filling them [sc. boats] so fast and so full, that some sunke. 1694 tr. F. Martens Voy. Spitzbergen 162 in Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. When many Whales float on the Sea, they [sc. birds] have their Bellies full. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 112 A Board plastered over, which with Cotton they wipe out, when full, as we do from Slates. 1711 E. Budgell Spectator No. 77. ⁋9 When he is playing at Backgammon, he calls for a full glass of Wine and Water. 1786 R. Burns Poems 86 I hae seen their coggie fou. 1824 Family Picture Gallery IV. 131 His veins in the temples were full to bursting. 1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood I. iii. 52 A few full sacks, tied tight at the mouth. 1915 E. F. White Spatula Soda Water Guide (ed. 4) 59/2 The glass is not filled quite full, there being room enough left for the portion of ice cream. 1981 A. Sillitoe Second Chance 178 By the time the door opened the gas was lit and a full kettle set on it. 1997 M. Collin & J. Godfrey Altered State ii. 71 Nicky Holloway's club was just Astoria, rammed full with people standing on the tables waving their hands in the air. 2014 S. D. Smith Screen Door i. 8 One jar is full of white cotton balls, the other jar..has silver utensils in it. (b) At the head of a complement (now typically full of and a noun denoting contents) following a noun denoting a container, forming a construction understood (originally) to mean the container together with its contents (e.g. fif pottes fulle of watur), but also subsequently (in extended use) referring to either (1) the contents viewed with respect to quantity (e.g. a Room full of Ladies), or (2) a quantity equal to the capacity of the container (e.g. an egges shell full of dewe).In the latter applications, the usage is now often superseded by the practice of forming derivatives with the suffix -ful suffix 2. ΚΠ eOE (Kentish) Will of Abba (Sawyer 1482) in N. P. Brooks & S. E. Kelly Charters of Christ Church Canterbury, Pt. 2 (2013) 665 Sester fulne huniges, sester fulne butran, sester fulne saltes. eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) ii. li. 268 Nim alres rinde, seoþ on wætre.., sele þonne cælic fulne to drincanne. ?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 11 Þiȝe þarof anne cuppan fulle on ærne morȝe. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 645 In þære sæ heo funden vtlawen..fifti scipen fulle. c1300 Childhood Jesus (Laud) (prose section) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1875) 1st Ser. 58 (MED) Here Jesus hiet bringue bi fore him fif pottes fulle of watur. 1467 in N. S. B. Gras Early Eng. Customs Syst. (1918) 608 (MED) Pro i lasta full' herynge. 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 78 By a bucket ful of water set somewhat hie, they directe it, but a syngle not a crouked nor writhen cours. 1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors iv. f. 52^v He that hath seene an egges shell full of dewe, drawen vp by the sunne..in a May morninge. 1650 E. Williams Virginia 36 Take a clod of the earth..powder it, and infuse it in a glasse full of cleare Raine-water. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 37. ⁋1 A Room full of Ladies fell into the most violent Laughter. 1797 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 1012/1 The good Prelate himself laughed exceedingly; as did his excellent chaplain, Dr. Hamilton, and a table full of company. 1814 W. Holland Diary in Paupers & Pig Killers (1984) 258 We invited the people of the Poor House to our gates and gave them a whole pot full of Broth. 1892 Health & Home Aug. 189/1 The habit of daily drinking a glass full of hot water about an hour before each meal. 1919 ‘K. Mansfield’ Let. 1 Oct. (1993) III. 5 It has just begun to rain—immense drops. If they were only gold I would send you an envelope full. 1988 J. Ellroy Big Nowhere xlii. 402 Over by the left wall, the real business was happening: two Mex National types counting a suitcase full of money. 2010 Independent 11 Aug. 27/2 Her ferocious ability to ingest has won her..a cabinet full of silverware. b. figurative. Applied esp. to the heart as being filled with strong emotion to the point of bursting or overflowing, and hence to a person experiencing such emotion. See also senses A. 2b, A. 2d. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > [adjective] > full of or affected by emotion > of the heart fullOE greatc1225 heart-quaking1623 OE Prayers (Arundel 155) xvii, in Anglia (1889) 11 118 Cor meum plenum dolo et malitia, numquam pura purgavi penitentia : heorte mine fulle mid facne & lyðernesse næfre mid clænre ic afeormude behreowsunge. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 73 (MED) Here modinesse, hwarof here herte is swa full swa is bladdre of winde. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) l. 19404 Steuin of strenþe and godis grace Was fillid ful in ilka place. ?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda sig. F My heart is full, I cannot laugh at follie. 1610 G. Webbe Posie of Spirituall Flowers 151 Our sins are alreadie ripe, yea rotten ripe, the measure of our iniquities is full vp to the brimme. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) v. ii. 182 Speake, for my heart is full . View more context for this quotation a1625 J. Fletcher Loyal Subj. iv. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Eee4^v/2 Farewell Alinda, I am too full to speak more, and too wretched. a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub v. iii. 106 in Wks. (1640) III I am ene as vull as a Pipers bag with joy. View more context for this quotation 1661 T. Ross tr. Silius Italicus Second Punick War ii. 40 Gestar, whose full Breast the while With Anger, and Impatience, did boyl. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 5 His Heart was so full he could say no more. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. i. 48 My heart was never so full in my life. 1835 J. Hogg Tales Wars Montrose I. 143 My heart was so full that I could not express myself. 1873 Appleton's Jrnl. 1 Feb. 161/3 I nodded a ‘yes’; I was too full to intrust the monosyllable to my lips. 1958 J. Krishnamurti Comm. on Living (2006) II. 48 When I sing my heart is full. What more can a man ask than to have a full heart? 2002 E. Wooff Mud Puppy xii. 118 I don't know what to say. I just stand there,..heart too full to speak. c. Of a mammal: pregnant (also more fully full of foal, calf, etc.). Of a fish: filled with roe or milt. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > [adjective] > ready to spawn or full of spawn fulla1398 roed1598 ripe1853 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [adjective] > of or like a mare > pregnant full of foal, calf, etc.1722 in-foal1827 stinted1847 foaly1849 foaling1885 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. viii. 1122 (MED) A mare þat is fulle [emended in ed. to in fole; L. impregnata]. 1426 in L. Morsbach Mittelengl. Originalurkunden (1923) 15 (MED) A cade of full heryng. 1505–6 in D. Yaxley Researcher's Gloss. Hist. Documents E. Anglia (2003) 103 vj barell of full heryng iij li. vjs. et ij barell of schoten xviijs. 1571 Dict. French & Eng. sig. Diij^v/2 Harenc bouffi,..a full herring. 1604 Rates Marchandizes sig. K1 Herrings..White Full, or Shotten, packed the barrell. 1722 London Gaz. No. 6120/4 A large Black Mare..very full of Foal. 1798 Scots Mag. June 365 The full herring, with either hard or soft roe discernible, when salted, be separated, sorted, and packed separately. 1864 J. M. Mitchell Herring 114 The herrings are assorted, namely, the full herrings (herrings full of milt and roe) separated from matjes (herrings with the milt and roe of a small size). 1873 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 466/1 Colonel King bought the old cow, twelve years old, and full of calf. 1906 Statutory Rules & Orders 1905 No. 784. 108 Barrels or half-barrels of herrings for this brand shall contain large ‘full’ fish of not less than 11¼ inches in extreme length. 1975 Pastoral Rev. Aug. 514/1 Breeding ewes full of lamb sold themselves without pressure from auctioneers. 2006 B. M. Fagan Fish on Friday xi. 160 These were ‘full’ herring, best consumed fresh or smoked. d. Of a sail: filled or distended by wind. See also sense A. 10 and full sail n. and adv. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [adjective] > full of wind fullc1440 full-moutheda1644 full-blown1646 inspireda1657 round1694 buntinga1703 rap full1729 c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 747 (MED) The pryce schippez of the porte..fondez wyth full saile ower þe fawe ythez. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. i. 65 With bent saill ful, richt merely saland, Thair stewinnis stowrand fast throw the salt fame. 1561 J. Heywood tr. Seneca Hercules Furens ii. sig. F5 Where before y^t ships full sails spred out is worne a pathe for Sarmates wyld to go. 1697 Occas. Conformity 10 'Tis like a Ship with her Sails hal'd some back, and some full. 1724 J. Kelly Mod. Navigator's Compl. Tutor App. 46 When the Ship is Full and By, as near as she will lie with her Sails full, they say, Thus,—Thus, keep her thus. 1805 Adm. Stirling in Naval Chron. 15 80 We..had our main-top-sail full. 1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 148 When the fore sail is full, ‘Let draw’. 1922 Boys' Life Dec. 52/3 Her sails were full, as though a strong breeze were filling them. 2010 Daily News of Newburyport (Massachusetts) (Nexis) 5 Aug. In the light winds, I was having a tough time making sure the sail was full. †e. Of a position or office: occupied, not vacant. Of a church or living: having an incumbent. With of. Obsolete (chiefly Law in later use). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [adjective] > of a position: vacant > not full1527 1527 Statutes Prohemium Iohannis Rastell (new ed.) f. clxxix^v The persente of the kyng shall not be admyttyd to the church that is full of an encombent. 1681 G. Meriton Parson's Monitor ix. 287 If a Church be full of a Parson. a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) II. 11 He laid his eye on the place of Chief Justice of Chester, which was full of Sir Job Charleton. 1770 G. Wilson Rep. Cases King's Courts 2 235 While the church was full of a clerk James Philips, the then incumbent. 1809 E. H. East Rep. Cases King's Bench VI. 364 A subsequent appointment of the second [registrar] after the office was full of the first, without vacating the former appointment. 1850 Law Jrnl. Rep. 28 ii. 361/2 The rector..may for certain purposes have a possession in law, and the living be full of him. f. Of a hotel, theatre, etc.: having no vacant seats or places; fully booked.In quot. 1530 with reference to vacant positions in a household. ΚΠ 1530 Bible (Tyndale) To Rdr. sig. Aiv My lorde answered me, his house was full, he had mo then he coude well finde, and advised me to seke in london. 1579 tr. Eunapius Lyves of Philosophers f. 32 When the Theatre was full, and he requyred his acquaintaunce might speake. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 28 The audience of a full Theatre. 1663 S. Pepys Diary 8 Jan. (1971) IV. 8 The famous new play acted..‘The Adventures of five houres’, at the Duke's house... We..were forced to sit..at the end of one of the lower formes, so full was the house. 1701 To Honoured Friend W.H. in W. Harrison Pilgrims Their suffrage ought to be more welcome far, Than the Applause of a full Theatre. 1769 R. Richardson State of Evid. Cause Duke Hamilton ii. ix. 69 He believed his hotel was full at the time these strangers were in it. 1806 M. R. Mitford Let. 21 Sept. in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. ii. 37 The coach was completely full. 1891 E. Peacock Narcissa Brendon I. 131 All the stables were full. 1926 E. Hemingway Sun also Rises xiii. 136 Those who were aficionados could always get rooms even when the hotel was full. 1993 Guardian 1 Oct. i. 16/7 The costs of running a full hotel are little different from those of running one that is half empty. 2009 B. Minton Cowboy Next Door iii. 39 Saturday mid-morning and the diner was full. Every table. g. Esp. of a (written or printed) musical note: having the outline filled in; solid, not open. Cf. open adj. 14b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adjective] > making complete > completed (of an outline) full1597 filled1849 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke Annot. sig. ¶4 There were..foure maners of pricking, one al blacke which they tearmed blacke full, another which we vse now which they called black void, the third all red, which they called red ful [etc.]. 1715 J. T. Desaguliers tr. N. Gauger Fires Improv'd 118 Make three openings in it..the space lm, which is 6 Inches wide, must be left full..leave qc open 6 Inches wide, bc and qy full, being of 6 Inches each. 1819 T. Busby Gen. Hist. Music I. xiv. 313 The characters in which the original is written, are longs, breves, and semi-breves; and these are all full and black. 1891 Coll. Songs & Madrigals (Plainsong & Mediæval Music Soc.) p. xiv The notes are of half their previous value, because written full. 1982 Early Music Hist. 2 186 The heads of the full notes in the first layer were drawn with single strokes of a broad pen-nib. 2005 Early Music 33 309/1 The answering voice, notated in full note-heads, is shown in two different octaves. h. Of a flower: having an abnormally large number of petals; spec. having more petals than the double form of the same flower (cf. double adj.¹ 1d). ΚΠ 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xlviii. 304 Goats-beard, that it may haue faire, double, and full flowers [Fr. pour auoir ses fleurs..pleines], doth craue a fat and moist ground. 1683 T. Robinson in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 137 It hath no full, or double flower. 1776 J. Lee Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) 59 A Flower is said to be..full, when the Corolla is so far multiplied, as to exclude all the Stamina. 1834 Royal Lady's Mag. Feb. 44/2 It [sc. hyacinth seed] produces many double and full flowers. 2005 D. Burke Compl. Burke's Backyard 510 This beautiful David Austin rose has light apricot pink, double to full flowers with a strong fragrance. 2. a. Without implication of being entirely filled: holding or having plenty of something; containing many or much of; plentifully charged, crowded. Also with with.In quot. eOE with genitive. ΚΠ eOE Metrical Dialogue of Solomon & Saturn (Corpus Cambr. 422) i. 174 Hateð ðonne heahcining helle betynan, fyres fulle. OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Hatton) (1900) i. 10 (table of contents) Hu Bonefatius farstæl [read forstæl] þone hwæte his meder.., & æfter his gebede þæt bern wæs fulre, þonne hit ær wæs. ?a1160 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1137 [Hi] fylden þe land ful of castles. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 15 We beoð wiðuten al swa ðe deade manes þruh, þe is wiðuten ihtwited, and wið-inne stinkende and full of wermes. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 11 Engelonde is vol inoȝ of frut & ek of tren. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 156 Þe ueldes of þe fole..weren uolle of nettlen and of þornes. a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 53 But if þe membre þat was brusid be ful of senewis, as þe hand ouþer þe foot. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1288 A wrethe of gold..and ful of stones brighte. c1475 Wisdom (Folger) (1969) 148 Yf þou went wpon a pyler of tre Þat wer sett full of scharpe prykkys. 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxxi. f. 257 The fylde was strowed full of caltroppis. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias xl. 94 Great adders, which are very full of poison. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 91 The river Bambotus full of Crocodiles and Hippopotames. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage iv. i. 291 Which the people take with boords bored full of holes. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 82 The way was..so full of Pits, Pitfalls, deep holes and shelvings down there. View more context for this quotation 1687 B. Randolph Present State Archipel. 46 In the summer time every evening the marine is full with all sorts of people with musick, singing, and dancing. 1714 J. Macky Journey through Eng. I. v. 46 Gravesend, is a confused little Town..always full of Seamen. 1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. xix. 509 In the winter it [sc. Winter Green] is full of red berries about the size of a sloe. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 436 His bedchamber is full of Protestant clergymen. 1878 S. Smiles Robert Dick vii. 76 The sky was full of fire. 1882 L. M. Alcott Jrnl. July in E. D. Cheney L. M. Alcott (1889) xi. 346 Westerners arrive, and the town is full with ideal speculators. 1955 L. de Wohl Spear (1957) iii. x. 268 He was sure to die..as the wounds began to suppurate and to get full of maggots. 1985 P. Larkin Let. 12 May in Sel. Lett. (1992) 741 Most Sundays I stay for a drink.., but today the pub was full of yobs & I drove home in a fury. 2002 A. Warshowsky & E. Oumano Healing Fibroids iv. 109 Carbonated sodas..are full of sugar or artificial sweeteners. 2015 Smith Jrnl. Summer 106/2 It's an austere landscape full of giant salt cones. b. In the same sense with reference to non-material things.In quot. OE with dative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > abounding in or having abundance fulleOE ranka1250 broada1300 rifec1325 copiousa1387 wealthful ofa1400 plaina1450 heavy-ladenc1450 fluenta1592 onust1604 heavy1622 onusted1657 opulent1685 aflooda1729 rowtha1774 acrawl1830 lousy1843 awash1912 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > abounding in or having abundance > specifically in non-material sense fulleOE eOE Royal Psalter: Canticles v. 3 Laude eius plena est terra : of lofe his full is eorðe. OE Genesis A (1931) 1292 Drihten..geseah unrihte eorðan fulle, side sælwongas synnum gehladene, widlum gewemde. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1785 Crisstnedd þed..iss. All full off haliȝ domess. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1918 A loghe þai founden made, Was ful of gamen and play. 1397–8 Rolls of Parl.: Richard II (Electronic ed.) Parl. Sept. 1397 Pleas §7. m. 4 He that always hathe ben ful of mercy and of grace to alle other. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 551 Þus may a man his bygynnyng se Ful of wrechednes and of caytifte. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid iii. Prol. 13 Of uncouth dangeris this nixt buik hail is full. 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 199 I found him full of amours euery where. 1611 Bible (King James) Acts xiii. 10 O full of all subtilty and all mischiefe. View more context for this quotation 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Deut. vi. 12) 90 Full with Gods benefits. 1682 J. Norris tr. Hierocles Golden Verses 24 The fuller it is of labour & slavery. 1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 17 June (1965) I. 368 Your whole Letter is full of mistakes. 1754 J. Shebbeare Marriage Act I. xxx. 186 Mr. Sharply being retired, full with Self-applause of his deep Cunning. 1852 Preston Chron. & Lancs. Advertiser 24 Apr. 8/4 Out of a very full programme, we may enumerate ‘Three merry souls are we’..and ‘Molly Carew’. 1878 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. 1st Ser. 200 The Protestant cause remained full of vitality. 1923 C. G. Dawes First Year Budget of U.S. 17 There floats in..a puffed-up political appointee full of ambition, full of conceit, full of a desire to impress his little pitiful personality upon the country. 1949 M. Cowley Let. 27 Mar. in I. Hamilton R. Lowell: Biogr. (1982) 151 New York was full of slanders, rumors, accusations and counter-accusations. 1991 S. Faludi Backlash ii. v. 127 Isabella huffily tells her grandmother she has good friends and a full life, and doesn't ‘need a man to be complete’. 2001 A. Bissett Boyracers 73 We stood out in the night air, freezing, but full of wonder. c. With of. Having the surface covered with something. Chiefly South African in later use.In quot. OE¹ with genitive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > covered > as a surface fullOE coucheda1522 OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Julius) 20 Jan. (2013) 52 He het hine [sc. St. Sebastian] mid strælum ofscotian, þæt he wæs ðara swa full swa igl þæt deor bið byrsta. OE Prayers (Arundel 155) xvii, in Anglia (1889) 11 117 Manus mee plene sunt sanguine : handa mine fulle synd of blode. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. v. 66 I sawe on a tyme a man that was roynyous & full of soores. 1519 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 267 The goodly reyredewse is so full of dust and copwebbes that by lyklyode it shalbe shortly lost. 1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors iii. f. 36^v The lydde wyl be al full of small droppes of water. 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 36^v We..turne him away with his backe ful of stripes. 1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 133 Here be the dice. How full of dust they be. 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 75 The rind of a pure ash colour, full of wrinkles. 1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon i. vii. 29 Two sorts of them [sc. venomous snakes] I have seen, the one green, the other of a reddish gray, full of white rings along the sides. 1732 tr. J. Nieuhof in Coll. Voy. & Trav. (new ed.) II. 308/1 The pit fish is no bigger than a large smelt, with a round body, full of green and yellow spots, and without scales. 1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. I. vii. 62 One of these [deer] has been seen full of white spots, with a black list down the middle of his back. 1817 M. Edgeworth Rose, Thistle, & Shamrock i. ii, in Comic Dramas 273 The spots and cracks in it [sc. a mirror] is making me look so full of freckles and crow's feet. 1838 J. E. Alexander Exped. Discov. Interior Afr. I. 137 Jan's clothes were too full of blood to be of any use. 1841 tr. J. M. Bechstein Nat. Hist. Cage Birds (new ed.) 15 I have often found hedge-sparrows full of pimples, particularly in the naked parts, the feet, and round the beak. 1930 C. L. Biden Sea-angling Fishes of Cape 287 I told my wife, ‘just look at my hands, full of little itching blisters.’ 1980 M. Melamu in M. Mutloatse Forced Landing 52 Originally black, the tube is now full of red patches where it's been mended. 1984 Washington Post 18 Nov. b5/1 Then there's the story about a kid with a body full of tattoos who was beaten severely with an ax handle because he wanted out of a gang. 2011 Sunday World (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 5 June Your jacket was full of stains at the Samas [= South African Music Awards]. d. Engrossed by or absorbed in something; fully occupied with the thought of, or unable to stop talking about something. Now only with of; formerly also with that or infinitive clause.full of oneself: see Phrases 1e(a). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [adjective] > absorbed, engrossed absolute1483 rapta1500 wrapped1548 full1578 bewrapped1589 immerse1626 wholehearted1644 undistracted1659 absorpt1697 wrapped (up) in1711 deep1735 absorbed1763 undiverted1798 unindifferent1813 whole-souled1821 absorbing1825 wrapped1884 hung-up on1966 1578 T. White Serm. Pawles Crosse 9 Dec. 1576 To Rdr. sig. A.iv The Writer beeing full of other businesse him selfe, wherby he could not followe this, and his hande beeing very harde & small, hath bin the cause of some escapes in the print. 1607 G. Fenton Let. 29 Sept. in Lismore Papers (1887) 2nd Ser. I. 116 We are now so full to prouide for the daungers which the tyme doth threaten on all sides, that I cannot write vnto you at length. 1611 A. Munday Briefe Chron. 73 He was very carelesse, and full of his owne pleasures, and kept a beautifull Strumpet in stead of his Wife. 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 26 I could not go my selfe about it, being full of other businesse. 1669 S. Pepys Diary 24 Jan. (1976) IX. 426 The King seemed mighty full that we should have money to do all that we desired. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 136 I was very full of this Project, and was in great Hopes, some how or other, to extricate myself this way. 1765 T. Reid Let. Dec. in Wks. (1872) I. 43/1 Your friend..was very full of you when he was here. 1853 J. W. Carlyle Let. 31 Dec. in Lett. & Memorials (1883) II. 238 I am full of business, owing to the sudden movements of the last two weeks. 1878 J. R. Seeley Life & Times Stein I. ii. vi. 301 He had been one of the negotiators at Charlottenburg, and had just returned full of conversations he had had with Napoleon. 1919 R. Firbank Valmouth vi. 93 She was very full to be sure at meal-time of a fraudulent marriage... And she was very full, too, of her ladyship's jewelled pyjamas. 1984 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 21 July 8 He was full of his impending retirement and the prospect of farming with a few fruit trees on his smallholding. 2000 L. L. Guhrke Charade viii. 128 Both men were full of the latest news of their superior. e. attributive. Having a mind richly stored with knowledge.Earliest and chiefly in full man n. (a) at Compounds 1b. ΚΠ 1596 E. Monings Landgraue of Hessen his Receiuing of her Maiesties Embassador sig. D Reading much, conferring and writting much he is a full man, a readie man, an exact man. 1654 J. Sherman White Salt xi. 168 Reading (parts being supposed) makes a full scholar. 1850 R. W. Emerson Shakspeare in Representative Men 155 He was a full man who liked to talk; a brain exhaling thoughts and images. 1934 Donnybrook Fair in A. H. Knipp & T. P. Thomas Hist. Goucher College (1938) viii. 396 Not books alone, and A's and B's on little blue cards, make the full woman, says our president; in addition to the foundation of earnest study, one must seek music, art, and people. 2004 Indiana Eng. Spring 15/1 In developing the full person, both Bacon and The Panchatantra recognize the importance of study and meditation. 3. a. Having eaten or (occasionally) drunk one's fill; replete. Also full of food, etc. Cf. fou adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > fed or nourished > filled with food fullOE full-feedinga1382 repletea1400 satiate1440 full-fed?1530 full of bread?1570 strut1577 full-mouthed1610 crop-full1645 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [adjective] > over-fed, gorged, or sated full of foodOE surfeitousc1390 repletea1400 satiate1440 fulsome1447 overfed1579 surfeited1584 gorged1594 overgorged1607 gluttoneda1658 saturated1658 throat-full1681 quat?c1730 stalled1740 englutted1814 cloyed1830 stodged1873 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > satisfying hunger or thirst > [adjective] > satisfied with food fullOE filled1574 OE Paris Psalter (1932) lviii. 15 Efne hi to æte ut gewitað..; gif hi fulle [L. saturati] ne beoð, fela gnorniað. ?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 41 Ete þanne..fort he full sy. c1300 Ministry & Passion of Christ (Laud) (1873) l. 20 (MED) Heo eten..Þo heo weren folle and glade also. a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 229 He schal not, whanne he is ful, slepe anoon þervpon. ?1537 Hugh of Caumpedene tr. Hist. Kyng Boccus sig. R.ii For better at ese than is Iwys The ful man, than the hongre is. 1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 43 Hast thou no liste to eat? Art thou full? 1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xxvii. 7 The full soule loatheth an honie combe. View more context for this quotation 1654 G. Hutcheson Brief Expos. XII. Smal Prophets (Amos iii. 12) 403 A lion having taken his prey, doth eat till he be full, and then go away. 1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 7 Dec. (1948) I. 115 I..have eaten cold pye..and I am full. 1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. (1776) 33 He's unco fou in his ain house that canna pike a bane in his neighbour's. 1787 ‘G. Gambado’ Acad. Horsemen 10 Horses full of grass are very subject to scourings. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor x, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 281 A description of a dinner..that wad hae made a fu' man hungry. 1835 D. Walker Brit. Manly Exercises (ed. 3) 170 At setting out in the morning, a well-kept horse is necessarily full of food. 1881 R. E. Dudgeon tr. S. C. F. Hahnemann Materia Medica Pura II. 235 If he eats ever so little he is immediately satiated, and feels quite full. 1910 L. Cook Van Derveer Day at Happy Hollow School ii. 26 Mrs. Morrison (to Isaac). ‘Have another sandwich, my boy, or a pickle or something.’ Isaac. ‘No'm, thanks; I'm full.’ 1978 C. Trillin Alice, let's Eat 166 I was settled under a tree, almost too full to finish my second hot-sausage po' boy. 2005 M. Atwood Penelopiad vii. 40 It was amazing that the guests didn't burst on the spot, they stuffed themselves so full. b. More generally: having one's needs or appetite satisfied; having ‘had one's fill’ of, or received a plentiful allocation of, something.In later use only in phrases (mostly after biblical use) referring to the portion of something which a person has received during his or her lifetime, as full of days, full of years, full of children, full of honour, etc.; these are now more likely to be understood as examples of sense A. 2b.In quot. eOE with genitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [adjective] > satisfied fulleOE satiate1440 filled1574 satiated1626 eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) v. viii. 406 Þeodor ercebiscop ald & dagena full forðfered wæs, þæt is þa he hæfde eahta & hundeahtatig wintra [L. plenus dierum, id est annorum lxxxviii]. OE Ælfric Homily: De Duodecim Abusivis (Corpus Cambr. 178) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 296 Heo [sc. avaritia] is helle gelic forþam þe hi habbað butu unafylledlice grædignesse þæt hi fulle ne beoð næfre. c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) 589 Nim him..up o hwas nebscheft þe engles ne beoð neauer fulle to bihalden. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xlii. 15 He diede old, and ful of daȝis [L. senex ac plenus dierum]. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l. 1661 Troylus was neuere ful to speke of þis matere, And for to preyse..The bounte of his right lady dere. 1537 Bible (Matthew's) 2 Chron. xxiv. E And Iehoiada waxed olde and full of yeres and dyed. 1540 M. Coverdale tr. Psalter xvi. f. xi^v/1 They are full of children. 1561 T. Becon Sycke Mans Salue (new ed.) 32 His death, whiche was both glorious and full of yeares. 1585 J. Stell in T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie Ep. Ded. sig. ¶3 An example of Iacob, an old man, & ful of yeres. 1611 A. Munday Briefe Chron. sig. P^v He dyed at Rhodes, An. 1503. the third day of Iuly, full of honour and reputation. 1652 J. Rivers tr. J. D'Espagne Eating Body of Christ Ep. Ded. sig. A3 David having served in the Councel of God, may depart hence full of daies, to enter into the joy of his Master. 1715 T. Tickell tr. Homer Iliad i. 292 Full of Days was He; Two Ages past, he liv'd the Third to see. 1799 T. Maurice Grove-Hill 36 Then full of years, and, crowned with well-earned fame, Retire in peace. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. ii. 45 The first Viscount Castlewood died full of years. 1897 L. T. Stevens Hist. Cape May County 214 On August 28, this year, Aaron Leaming died, much lamented and full of honor. 1909 A. W. Evans tr. A. France Penguin Island i. ii. 9 Even now, though full of days and approaching my ninetyeighth year, I am often led by the Enemy to sin against chastity, at least in thought. 1965 P. Larkin Let. 7 Jan. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 370 It seems sad, he & Dame Edith going so close together—still, they were reasonably full of years. 2004 P. D. Beidler Late Thoughts Old War 58 When he died in 1994, he was full of years and generally rehabilitated of all the bad old Nixon things. c. Sated, surfeited, or weary of something; ‘fed up’. Cf. full up adj. 2. Now rare (chiefly Australian and New Zealand colloquial in later use). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > satiated or surfeited sadOE fullc1300 asadc1306 satiate1440 saturatea1450 glutteda1586 overcloyed1589 surfeit1597 cloyed1599 palled1607 jaded1631 sated1640 c1300 St. Edmund Rich (Laud) l. 101 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 434 Men miȝhten finde..Summan..untreowore to is wiue, And al ful beo of þe Mariage: ȝe and fayn it wolde un-binde. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 768 He [sc. Regan] was al vol of him [sc. Lear] ar þe ȝeres ende. a1400 (?a1325) Medit. on Supper of our Lord (Harl.) (1875) 993 Ȝyf ȝe be ful [a1425 Bodl. to ful] of my dere sone, Goþ hens. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 27 Anone..ye shalbe wery and full of her. 1555 W. Waterman tr. Josephus in tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions sig. U.vij^v He maye waxe full of the lawe, and vtterly contempne it. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 418 The Athenians being full of him, tooke pleasure to raise slanders and contumelious reproches of him [sc. Themistocles]. 1611 Bible (King James) Isa. i. 11 I am full of the burnt offerings of rammes. View more context for this quotation 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 224 The Alterations of Scenes..feed and relieue the Eye, before it be full of the same Obiect. 1871 Austral. Town & Country Jrnl. (Sydney) 21 Jan. 89/2 People are beginning to get ‘full’ about pony races. 1881 H. W. Nesfield Chequered Career 38 He bucked me off more times than I can remember and I began to get ‘full’ of him. 1896 N. Gould Magpie Jacket 230 ‘Don't call me names,’ said Cohen. ‘I've been insulted once this morning through you, and I tell you I'm about full of it.’ 1927 Cairns (Queensland) Post 24 Mar. 4/2 The public are a bit full of the way the others eat up the eats and bite at one another. 1949 J. Fleming Two Lovers Too Many ix. 89 What is the matter with Father? I'm just about full of it. I've had enough! d. (a) Drunk, intoxicated. See also fou adj. colloquial in later use.The earlier use with of (as in quots. c1384, 1483) is arguably simply a contextual use of sense A. 2. The earliest evidence for full used alone in this sense appears to be in Scots of the 16th century (cf. fou adj.). The use is subsequently also found in various varieties of colloquial English, but is now more common in similative expressions (see sense A. 3d(b)). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk fordrunkenc897 drunkena1050 cup-shottenc1330 drunka1400 inebriate1497 overseenc1500 liquor1509 fou1535 nase?1536 full1554 intoxicate1554 tippled1564 intoxicated1576 pepst1577 overflown1579 whip-cat1582 pottical1586 cup-shota1593 fox-drunk1592 lion-drunk1592 nappy1592 sack-sopped1593 in drink1598 disguiseda1600 drink-drowned1600 daggeda1605 pot-shotten1604 tap-shackled1604 high1607 bumpsy1611 foxed1611 in one's cups1611 liquored1611 love-pot1611 pot-sick1611 whift1611 owl-eyed1613 fapa1616 hota1616 inebriated1615 reeling ripea1616 in one's (or the) pots1618 scratched1622 high-flown?1624 pot-shot1627 temulentive1628 ebrious1629 temulent1629 jug-bitten1630 pot-shaken1630 toxed1635 bene-bowsiea1637 swilled1637 paid1638 soaken1651 temulentious1652 flagonal1653 fuddled1656 cut1673 nazzy1673 concerned1678 whittled1694 suckey1699 well-oiled1701 tippeda1708 tow-row1709 wet1709 swash1711 strut1718 cocked1737 cockeyed1737 jagged1737 moon-eyed1737 rocky1737 soaked1737 soft1737 stewed1737 stiff1737 muckibus1756 groggy1770 muzzeda1788 muzzya1795 slewed1801 lumpy1810 lushy1811 pissed1812 blue1813 lush1819 malty1819 sprung1821 three sheets in the wind1821 obfuscated1822 moppy1823 ripe1823 mixed1825 queer1826 rosined1828 shot in the neck1830 tight1830 rummy1834 inebrious1837 mizzled1840 obflisticated1840 grogged1842 pickled1842 swizzled1843 hit under the wing1844 obfusticatedc1844 ebriate1847 pixilated1848 boozed1850 ploughed1853 squiffy?1855 buffy1858 elephant trunk1859 scammered1859 gassed1863 fly-blown1864 rotten1864 shot1864 ebriose1871 shicker1872 parlatic1877 miraculous1879 under the influence1879 ginned1881 shickered1883 boiled1886 mosy1887 to be loaded for bear(s)1888 squiffeda1890 loaded1890 oversparred1890 sozzled1892 tanked1893 orey-eyed1895 up the (also a) pole1897 woozy1897 toxic1899 polluted1900 lit-up1902 on (also upon) one's ear1903 pie-eyed1903 pifflicated1905 piped1906 spiflicated1906 jingled1908 skimished1908 tin hat1909 canned1910 pipped1911 lit1912 peloothered1914 molo1916 shick1916 zigzag1916 blotto1917 oiled-up1918 stung1919 stunned1919 bottled1922 potted1922 rotto1922 puggled1923 puggle1925 fried1926 crocked1927 fluthered1927 lubricated1927 whiffled1927 liquefied1928 steamed1929 mirackc1930 overshot1931 swacked1932 looped1934 stocious1937 whistled1938 sauced1939 mashed1942 plonked1943 stone1945 juiced1946 buzzed1952 jazzed1955 schnockered1955 honkers1957 skunked1958 bombed1959 zonked1959 bevvied1960 mokus1960 snockered1961 plotzed1962 over the limit1966 the worse for wear1966 wasted1968 wired1970 zoned1971 blasted1972 Brahms and Liszt?1972 funked up1976 trousered1977 motherless1980 tired and emotional1981 ratted1982 rat-arsed1984 wazzed1990 mullered1993 twatted1993 bollocksed1994 lashed1996 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds ii. 13 Thei ben ful of must [L. musto pleni sunt]. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. ccccxxi^v/1 A man named noddo whyche was dronke & full of wyne beganne to mocque and dyspreysed the holy man.] 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour iii. sig. K.vi Quhen he wes full, and fallin on sleip. 1603 in S. Ree Rec. Elgin (1908) II. 109 The strainger sturdie beggaris quho wer full and dronkin. 1679 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Peebles (1910) 96 Any person that comes full to the court. 1722 London Jrnl. 27 Jan. 4/1 Being full of Wine, they were deaf to all Advice. 1844 Satirist 11 Aug. 251/2 So here's to John Bull, boys, Still at his purse pull, boys, And till you're quite full, boys, Ne'er think to leave off. c1848 A. Michie Voy. Sydney to S. Austral. 7 We stopped, of course, at almost every public-house until we were full. ?1859–60 J. F. Poole Tim Finigan's Wake (single sheet) One morning Tim was rather full, His head felt heavy, which made him shake. 1870 J. J. McCloskey & O. D. Byron Across Continent in L. Grover et al. Davy Crockett & Other Plays (1940) 72 (stage direct.) Comes from L.U.E. Is full, and singing ‘Rolling home in the Morning, Boys’. 1908 L. Doyle Ballygullion ix. 176 If iver he wint to bed sober, 'twas because the pubs was shut before he got right full. 1920 J. M. Hunter Trail Drivers of Texas I. 455 Here we found a store and plenty of ‘booze’, and some of the boys got ‘full’. 1947 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 24 June 6/2 Some participant or spectator gets too full and falls into the hands of the minions of the law. 1980 C. Lee Bush Week 19 We were all pretty well full when the van rolled into Mittagong. (b) In various similative expressions intended to suggest extreme drunkenness; often with playful suggestion of sense A. 1. Chiefly Australian and New Zealand colloquial in later use.(as) full as a goog, mollag, tick: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > completely or very drunk drunk as a (drowned) mousea1350 to-drunka1382 as drunk as the devilc1400 sow-drunk1509 fish-drunk1591 swine-drunk1592 gone1603 far gone1616 reeling drunk1620 soda1625 souseda1625 blind1630 full1631 drunk (also merry, tipsy) as a lord1652 as full (or tight) as a tick1678 clear1688 drunk (dull, mute) as a fish1700 as drunk as David's sow or as a sow1727 as drunk as a piper1728 blind-drunkc1775 bitch foua1796 blootered1820 whole-seas over1820 three sheets in the wind1821 as drunk as a loon1830 shellaced1881 as drunk as a boiled owl1886 stinking1887 steaming drunk1892 steaming with drink1897 footless1901 legless1903 plastered1912 legless drunk1926 stinko1927 drunk as a pissant1930 kaylied1937 langers1949 stoned1952 smashed1962 shit-faced1963 out of (also off) one's bird1966 trashed1966 faced1968 stoned1968 steaming1973 langered1979 annihilated1980 obliterated1984 wankered1992 muntered1998 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre iv. iv. 58 in Wks. II I'le ne mare, I'is e'en as vull as a Paipers bag, by my troth, I. 1640 J. D. Knave in Graine iii. i. sig. H3^v I am ene as full as a Toad. 1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 284 As full as a pipers bag; as a tick. 1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 563 Though full as the Baltic, He headach had none. 1875 Daily Graphic (N.Y.) 12 Apr. 317/1 One of the Senators..walked into the cloak-room one day very drunk... Governor Noble was sent for. He walked around the object for inspection, made careful scrutiny, and walked off in disgust, saying ‘full as a goat’. 1915 Dial. Notes 4 220 Full as a fiddle, tick or lord, badly intoxicated. 1930 Bulletin (Sydney) 2 Apr. 51/4 ‘I met Mace down at Cafferty's,’ he told his father... ‘Full as an egg, and inclined to be nasty!’ 1947 P. Newton Wayleggo (1949) ix. 103 By the time the dance was under way I was as ‘full as a bull’ and ripe for anything. 1985 B. Humphries Traveller's Tool viii. 68 You can sometimes fall out of a jumbo as full as a footie final. 1988 D. McGill Dict. Kiwi Slang 47 Full as a boot/bull/Catholic school/goog,..very drunk. 2005 Courier Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 21 Dec. 54 [He] has rejected a report he was ‘as full as Santa's toy sack on Christmas Eve’ while at a charity golf event. 4. a. Of both material and immaterial things: abundant, amply sufficient, copious; satisfying all requirements. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] goodeOE broadOE fullOE large?c1225 rifec1225 fulsomea1325 abundanta1382 plenteousa1382 copiousc1384 plentifula1400 ranka1400 aboundc1425 affluentc1425 aboundable?1440 seedy1440 manyfulc1450 ample1472 olda1500 richa1500 flowing1526 fertilent1535 wallingc1540 copy1546 abounding1560 fat1563 numbrous1566 good, great store1569 round1592 redundant1594 fruitful1604 cornucopian1609 much1609 plenty?a1610 pukka1619 redundant1621 uberant1622 swelling1628 uberous1633 numerousa1635 superfluent1648 full tide1649 lucky1649 redounding1667 numerose1692 bumper1836 prolific1890 proliferous1915 OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1900) II. 378 Se kasere hine underfeng ða mid fullum wurðmynte [L. magnis honoribus], and þa Romaniscan witan hine wurðodon swyðe. OE West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) vi. 38 Syllað & eow byþ geseald god gemet & full [L. mensuram bonam confersam]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9560 His witherwin him wroght ful wa. a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 37 Of þese mundificatyues þou schalt haue a ful techinge in þe laste tretis. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 5857 (MED) Vnnethe myghte An hungry kyte..Ther-off han a ful repast. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. Prol. f. ii To theym that..haue in Cronycles full experyence. 1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. 342 (margin) He had full experience and proofe of his qualities in freendship. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 53 Of diets..that of Germany is full, or rather fulsome. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. III. 9 Thus I doe but tast of that whereof you make full meales. 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 66 They who want means by poverty opprest Beleeve themselves of full estates possest. 1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 316 I want a full Experience in these low Pulses. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. vii. 85 Suppose you saw a fruit of a new untried kind; would you recommend it to your own Family to make a full meal of? 1787 Parl. Reg. 1781–96 XIX. 62 Every gentleman had surely had full time to read and consider it [sc. the convention] since it had been delivered. 1853 Amer. Law Reg. 1 748 The owners..have since sold the boat, for a full price. 1884 R. W. Church Bacon ii. 29 He turned his studies to full account. 1943 G. Biddle Jrnl. 3 May in Artist at War (1944) i. 11 War as it should be fought, with gloved hands, a cigar between one's teeth, on a full breakfast. 1987 Times 10 Oct. 5/2 Midi's initial terms were considered to be full, if not generous to a fault. 2003 Caribbean World Winter 38/3 With full justification, they [sc. the Virgin Islands] are known as ‘America's Paradise’. b. Of a report, account, etc.: complete, giving or containing all details, detailed, comprehensive. Also applied to a person who makes or gives such a report, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [adjective] > detailed full1529 blow-by-blow1933 1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters i. i. f. iii/1 I nether do nor can beleue y^e contrary but y^t he hath of all our communycacyon made you faythfully, playne, & full reporte. 1532 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 219 The afforseyd John & Rob^t, church Wardons, hath mayd A full accountt..of recetts & paymentes. 1555 E. Bonner Profitable & Necessarye Doctryne sig. D.iv^v For the more full declaration and exposition thereof, hauynge spoken of Christes conception by the holy gost, ye shal now here how he was borne of the virgin Marye. 1656 J. Denham Destr. Troy Pref. sig. A3^v Where my expressions are not so full as his. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. ii. §8 They who were so famed for wisdom and antiquity, should be able to give a full and exact account of themselves through all the ages of the world. 1712 G. Berkeley Passive Obed. §55. 68 I have endeavor'd to be as full and clear, as the usual length of these Discourses would permit. 1768 tr. Abbé Bellecour Acad. Play (title page) Containing, a full description of, and the laws of play..relative to..piquet, quadrille, ombre, quintille. 1845 J. T. Graves Rom. Law in Encycl. Metrop. 778/1 For the basis of his Greek text, Contius took, as the best and fullest, the edition of Scrimger. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. 1st Ser. iv. 90 We might have expected him to be very full on that part of his history. 1882 C. Pebody Eng. Journalism xx. 152 You will find in its columns all the latest and fullest telegrams from every part of the world. 1913 Outlook 16 Aug. 867/2 He was particularly full in his descriptions of the activities of Philip. 1955 J. C. Giblin Qualitative & Volumetric Anal. (ed. 2) p. xi The author has..given a full explanation of the methods employed. 1994 J. Barth Once upon Time 48 The log then contained..full notes on memorable sojourns in Italy and Japan. 2003 H. Holt Death in Pract. (2004) viii. 107 Mrs Dudley..would expect me to give her..a full account of the Vicar's sermon. 5. a. Complete, perfect; entire, whole; thoroughgoing. (a) In general use.full circle, full length: see main entries. full point: see point n.¹ 16a. See also full stop n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adjective] fulleOE plenara1325 perfectc1350 completec1380 heala1399 plenary?a1425 absolute1531 explete1534 well-accomplished1568 quit1583 orbeda1657 orbicular1673 saturate1682 rounded1746 broad-blown1855 plene1867 choate1878 ten tenth1948 the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adjective] > complete or full fulleOE fullyOE plaina1325 plenala1450 replete?a1500 replenished1548 stuffeda1616 plenitudinary1647 eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 913 Þa landleode..him wiþ gefuhton & gebrohton hie on fullum fleame. eOE Metres of Boethius (2009) xxi. 8 Sece him eft hræðe fulne friodom. OE Ælfric Homily (Cambr. Ii.4.6) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1967) I. 364 Nanum menn ne bið full bliss on his life, þæt him ne eglige æfre sum þing her. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) Ded. l. 221 He wiss to fulle soþ. Wass risenn upp off dæþe. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14495 We wulleð mid þe uehten mid fullere strenðen. c1330 (?c1300) Speculum Guy (Auch.) (1898) l. 310 (MED) Hij sholen haue..Fulle ioye and fulle blisse. 1399 Rolls of Parl.: Henry IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1399 1st Roll §59. m. 17 Whiche states..gafen hem fulle auctorite and power. 1415 in F. W. Weaver Somerset Medieval Wills (1901) 402 This testament is my volle & hole wille. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 2611 Þe bodys sal..outher þan have ful ioy togyder, Or ful sorow. 1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. ii. xlii Foure longsquares..and one full square. 1575 T. Churchyard 1st Pt. Chippes f. 87^v It was not full day light. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Nucillus in Panoplie Epist. 240 Taking a view of ourselves by this looking glasse to make full and just account. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias lxxvi. 156 b He gaue them for ful answere, that [etc.]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 402 We shall make full satisfaction. View more context for this quotation 1622 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer (1661) 313 For our fuller perswation of this. 1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iv. xiii. 391 In his time the Gospell shined out in her full brightnesse. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. III. 115 When a comely personage comes in place..you shall have all husht..onely to take a full view. 1652 C. B. Stapylton tr. Herodian Imperiall Hist. ii. 21 To make the matter full, there souldiers came Unknown unto Perennus. 1701 J. Swift Disc. Contests Nobles & Commons iii. 34 Entring the Scene in the time of a full Peace. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. i. v. 20 We assured him he was at full liberty to speak his mind. 1799 Naval Chron. 2 32 The British troops having obtained full possession of the Height and battery, their ardour and impetuosity was not to be restrained. 1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 132 Full vomiting..has also been very advantageously employed. 1849 R. T. Claridge Cold-water Cure (1869) 211 The rabbit is now in full health and vigour. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §4. 192 A seven years' apprenticeship formed the necessary prelude to full membership of any trade-gild. 1928 ‘Brent of Bin Bin’ Up Country xxii. 356 She arose to her full height of five-feet-one-and-a-half. 1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill x. 341 The full glory of autumnal change had passed, but much breath-taking beauty remained. 1970 Times 5 May 9/3 The full African look..complete with enormous freaked out ‘Hair’ wig. 2015 Guardian (Nexis) 18 May Shahina looked at me, puzzled. She had not understood the full implications of what I'd said. (b) In phrases introduced by in expressing a condition or state: used as a simple intensive, so that ‘in full ——’ has the meaning ‘fully, or very much, in ——’.in full swing: see swing n.² 3. ΚΠ ?1550 J. Bale Apol. agaynste Papyst f. viii^v A prodigiouse kynd of vowyng..whych neuer was in full force tyll Sathan was at liberte. 1591 T. Cokayne Short Treat. Hunting sig. B4^v The hounds will bee in full chase againe. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 87 In how short a time after they [sc. birds] be out of the shell, they be..growne to theyr full greatnes, so that they are in their full flowre ere one be aware. 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole i. lxxvii. 332 The heads when they are in full flower, make a fine shew. 1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ 8 Some of the flowers of age blow before othersome;..however when perfected, you have it stand in full bloom. 1735 T. Morgan Mech. Pract. Physick xiii. 177 An unseasonable Removal of the Epispastick, while the Humour is in full Flow. 1747 J. Wheeler Mod. Druid iii. 90 At the latter end of May, when the trees are in full leaf. 1759 London Chron. 11 Aug. 146/3 The Russian infantry and cavalry were already in full retreat. 1845 Peter Parley's Ann. 36 White batenbrier often in full flower. 1875 C. D. E. Fortnum Maiolica xii. 113 The Gubbio fabrique was in full work previous to 1518. 1942 ‘Duggie’ in A. S. Forbes & H. R. Allen Ten Fighter Boys 20 We all had a moan to the C.O. about it, and he in turn was in full agreement. 1971 Daily Tel. 18 Feb. 2/3 The computer is due to be in full operation by the end of next month. 2012 S. A. Bhaloo Oneness iii. 27 Orchards, fields and forests are in full bloom. b. Answering in every respect to a description; having all the qualifications, or entitled to all the privileges implied in a title or designation. (a) Applied to a person in respect of his or her occupation, role, status, or character. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > that is such in a high degree > entitled to designation in high degree fullOE muchc1275 greata1398 very1712 veritable1862 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > learned person, scholar > [noun] uþwitec888 larewc900 learnerc900 witec900 wise manOE leredc1154 masterc1225 readera1387 artificer1449 man of science1482 rabbi1527 rabbin1531 worthy1567 artsmanc1574 philologer1588 artist1592 virtuoso1613 sophist1614 fulla1616 scholastica1633 philologist1638 gnostic1641 scholarian1647 pundit1661 scientman1661 savant1719 ollamh1723 maulvi1776 pandect1791 Sabora1797 erudit1800 mallam1829 Gelehrter1836 erudite1865 walking encyclopaedia1868 Einstein1942 OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.iv) anno 1013 Eall þeodscipe hine hæfde þa for fulne cyning. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1036 He wæs þæh full cyng ofer eall Englaland. 1525 Coventry Leet Bk. 691 Euery persone that haith beene full prentise..doithe sett vp his occupacion or Craft within the same city. 1570 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 156 Agnes my wyfe I doo ordeine and make my full executrix. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 37 For I haue seru'd him, and the man commands Like a full Souldier. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. xiii. 87 One that but performes The bidding of the fullest man. View more context for this quotation 1634 J. Canne Necessitie of Separation v. 214 Their Deacons are not to administer the Sacraments, neither any of those which are full Priests, but according to a Popish Leiturgy. 1698 B. Keach Laying Hands upon Baptized Believers ii. 25 For the admission of Persons as full Members, to the enjoyment of all Church-Privileges. 1789 London Chron. 31 Dec. 8/2 Richard Johnson, Esq. is appointed full Member of the Board of Revenue, in the room of John Mackenzie, Esq. 1810 Naval Chron. 23 94 The term ‘full passenger’ is explained..Every person above 16 years of age falls under that description. 1883 American 6 125 Mr. Frank Holl has been elected a full Royal Academician. 1973 Ebony May 116/1 He had to..analyze the medicinal value of over 200 different herbs before he could qualify as a full doctor. 1992 S. Holloway Courage High! xxx. 241/1 Although she was the first woman in the LFB [= London Fire Brigade] as a full firefighter, she was by no means the first woman member of the Brigade. 2008 New Yorker 19 May 55/2 Patterson was not a licensed attorney, yet he was now a full partner in the Patterson–Balducci firm. (b) spec. Applied to (esp. military) ranks, as full colonel, full lieutenant, etc. ΚΠ 1760 Whitehall Evening-post 8–10 Apr. We are told that Lieut. Col. Sloper is to be promoted to the rank of full Colonel. 1778 Gen. Evening Post 6 Jan. He assured me he would immediately make Jordan a full Lieutenant for his spirited behaviour. 1856 United Service Mag. Jan. 120 In the case of Majors who are Lieutenant-Colonels by Brevet, the time they are in command of the regiment shall count towards the rank of full Colonel. 1887 J. J. Flinn Hist. Chicago Police 558 He was appointed..acting lieutenant, November 18, 1882; and full lieutenant, January 1, 1883. 1894 A. Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes 148 A gallant veteran, who started as a full private. 1921 W. Wood Captains of Civil War vi. 194 Robert E. Lee, now a full general in the Confederate Army and adviser to the President, grasped the whole situation from the first. 1974 P. Schwab & J. L. Shneidman J. F. Kennedy i. 23 As a result of the PT 109 incident, Kennedy was promoted to full lieutenant. 2007 N.Y. Times Mag. 9 Sept. 10/2 It was clear that unless one was in the combat arms the chances of making full colonel, much less flag rank, were exceedingly limited. †c. Of an enemy: avowed, open. Of a friend: loyal, committed. Cf. entire adj. 3c. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > (of a friend) thorough or trusty fullOE the mind > emotion > hatred > enemy > [adjective] > (of a foe) avowed or open fullOE OE Will of Ælfflæd (Sawyer 1486) in D. Whitelock Anglo-Saxon Wills (1930) 40 Æalswa hit stent on þet gerad þæt he beo on minum life min fulla freo[n]d & forespreca & mira manna. a1225 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Lamb.) l. 219 in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 173 Wurst he deð his gode frond þenne his fulle fond. a1300 Passion our Lord 174 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 42 Þer him cumeþ iudas, þat is my fulle i-vo. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14780 Þai him held þair ful fa. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) i. l. 1052 Pandarus..desirous to serue His fulle frend þenne seyde yn þis manere. a1450–1500 ( Libel Eng. Policy (1926) 18 If they wold be oure fulle ennemyse, They shulde not passe oure stremez with marchaundyse. d. Of a brother or sister: born of the same father and mother. Cf. half-brother n. 1, half-sister n. 1a.Occasionally also used of other more distant family relationships which depend on siblings, e.g. full aunt, full cousin, full uncle. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > [adjective] > having same parents fulla1400 germanea1449 full-blood1857 a1400 in Facsimiles National MSS Scotl. (1870) II. 44 Dame Mariory Comyne hyrre full sister. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 435 (MED) None of his brethyr bod his full bruther. 1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 218 Belȝebub, thy full brothir, will clame To be thyne air. 1592 G. Babington Certaine Comfortable Notes Genesis (xxxiv.) f. 137 For Dinah to them was full sister both by father and mother. 1627 R. Cotton Short View Life & Raigne Henry III 31 Richard Elect of the Empire, the Kings full Brother. 1670 P. Talbot Treat. Relig. & Govt. 425 Pope Martin the fifth dispensed with one, who had contracted..matrimony with his own natural and full sister. 1760 R. Heber Horse Matches ix. 143 Chub is full brother in blood to Mirza. a1825 Fair Annie xxxi, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1885) II. iii. lxii. 73/2 ‘Then I'm your sister, Ann,’ she says, ‘And I'm a full sister to thee.’ 1887 N. B. E. Baillie Digest Moohummudan Law viii. 334 If a person dying should leave a paternal half-uncle and a maternal full aunt,.. the former would inherit two-thirds of the property, and one-third thereof would descend to the latter. 1891 D. Macrae G. Gilfillan 78 One full sister of Dr. Anderson and three full brothers died in youth. 1907 M. Carroll Greek Women xiv. 343 Cleopatra, full sister of Alexander,..was first married to her uncle, Alexander, King of Epirus. 1915 Walker v. Chambers in Rep. Cases Court of Chancery New Jersey (1916) 15 377 The son or daughter of (one's) uncle or aunt—own, first, or full cousin. 1964 Social Forces 42 287/2 The increasing prevalence of remarriages involving children introduces complicating sub-groups among them—the relations between step, half, and full siblings. 2003 C. Birch Turn again Home iv. 61 She was not their full sister, not blood. e. Comprising all of the expected or usual component parts.full name: see Compounds 1b. ΚΠ 1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures xxi. 140 He may take his Maister Mengus long eares, to make vp a ful suit. 1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation iii. 222 His [sc. a dog's] Head must be round and curled,..his Lip Hound-like, his Chaps with a full sett of strong Teeth, [etc.]. 1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber xii. 240 There formerly stood two additional Side-Wings, in front to a ful Set of Scenes. 1794 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. X. 451 A full set of carding and spinning machinery. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) III. xx. 131 They received each a full suit of armour. 1894 J. Dale Round the World by Doctors' Orders xiv. 330 A young man dressed us in a full suit of ‘oils’. 1941 ‘Faugh-a-Ballagh’ 34 93/1 A full suit of cloths. 1975 Newsweek 9 June 31/3 Royal Navy regulations require a ‘full set’—both beard and mustache—or nothing. 2005 Broadcast (Nexis) 30 June A&E has taken the full first series [of Dead Famous]. 2009 U. McGovern & P. Jenner Lost Lore 101 In Victorian times, it was common to give apostle spoons—a full set if you were rich enough, four if you were less so. 6. a. Complete in number, quantity, magnitude, extent, or necessary conditions; reaching or extending to the specified or usual limit; whole.With use with numerical and quantitative expressions cf. sense C. 2b(a). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adjective] > in number or extent fulleOE plainc1330 halea1400 absolute1610 eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) v. iv. 394 Þæs wif wæs..mid grimre adle gestonden, swa ðæt heo þreom wicum fullum [L. tribus septimanis] ne meahte uute cuman of ðæm huse. OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.i) anno 1013 Þa bead Swegen ful gyld & metsunge to his here ðone winter. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 274 Hundred is ful tale. & noateð perfecciun. þet is fuldede [c1230 Corpus Cambr. ful dede]. ?1316 Short Metrical Chron. (Royal) l. 416 in J. Ritson Anc. Eng. Metrical Romanceës (1802) II. 287 Ahte ant tuenti folle yer. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 19 (MED) Abias..regnede..two fulle ȝere. 1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 16 (MED) Alle other that hath take the ful ordir of preesthod. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 102 The which deyde assone as it was born for it had not his full time. 1534 G. Ferrers tr. Bk. Magna Carta f. 21^v Euery tyme the wrytte shalbe red in the full shyre..and there openly be denounced that [etc.]. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Chron. xxii. D For y^e full money shalt thou geue it me. 1578 G. Best True Disc. Passage to Cathaya iii. 11 This same daye the Salamander being vnder both hir corses and bonets, hapned to strike a greate Whale with hir full stemme. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 401 And over ten thousands, which made a full regiment. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xii. 43 To visit Mexico (which was not two full miles from us). 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 77 He lived to a full age, above seventy yeares, or (following the accompt of Suidas for his birth) eighty. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 287 I knew the time Now full, that I no more should live obscure. View more context for this quotation 1691 G. Miege New State Eng. iii. i. 4 Proclamation is made in the full County of the Day and Place appointed for the Parliament to sit. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 6 The full and regular pay begins only after they are passed the Tonnen. 1701 London Gaz. No. 3756/15 Irish Usquebagh..to be sold in full Quart Bottles. 1723 R. Blackmore Hist. Conspiracy i. 36 His Lieutenant-Colonel, Major, and Captains, being named, and the Troops almost full. 1742 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 4) I. 11 The Flour of the Grain will remain in its full Quantity. 1784 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 74 262 Measure..of the polar diameter 21″ 15‴ full measure, that is, certainly not too small. 1805 T. Lindley Voy. Brasil (1808) 102 A concert of sacred music was performed by a full band, with vocal parts. 1817 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 1252 The plaintiff shall have full costs. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 355 The muster was not a very full one. 1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 153 Full Charges, in artillery, are the ordinary charges used with rifled projectiles. 1908 B. W. Sinclair Raw Gold xxiii. 302 We might find the full fifty miles an ash-strewn waste. 1947 Princeton Alumni Weekly 16 May 10/1 The Glee Club found enough voice left to record the full gamut of Princeton songs for the first time. 1977 S. Brett Star Trap xiii. 142 The stage..had been equipped with the full complement of trap doors. 2006 Independent 11 Aug. 14/2 When I call to break the news to the Tory MP..he laughs for a full minute. b. Of the moon: having the disc completely illuminated (as seen from the earth); cf. full moon n. Also in extended use of other celestial objects. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > phase > [adjective] > full fulleOE high-fullc1300 full-faced1595 full-orbed1638 plenilunary1646 plenilunar1767 full-sphered1832 plenilunal1882 eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) vi. ii. 135 Þa se mona ful wæs, & þære sunnan firrest.., hio þa aþeostrade. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1106 On þa niht..wæron gesewen twegen monan on þære heofonan.., oðer be eastan & se oðer be westan, begen fulle. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 70 Quhen jt [sc. the moon] is full, all thingis..ar mare forssy..na quhen jt is wane. 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 98 Whan as the mone unto the world..shining with face both full and round. 1690 W. Leybourn Cursus mathematicus f. 449 She [sc. Venus] is liable to the same variety of changes as the Moon, sometimes almost Full, at other times Gibbous. 1753 Scots Mag. Feb. 100/1 The moon was..full. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Morte d'Arthur in Poems (new ed.) II. 4 On one side lay the Ocean, and on one Lay a great water, and the moon was full. 1884 Harper's Mag. May 883/1 Large, round, and full..the August moon hangs o'er the waves. 1938 S. Beckett Murphy vii. 121 The moon, by a striking coincidence full and at perigee. 1978 B. Arnold Singer at Wedding i. 25 The fading light in the south-west had been superseded by the harder whiteness of a moon that was almost full. 1996 SkyNews Mar. 18/1 The difference in apparent size is huge, ranging from 10 seconds diameter when full to 60 seconds when Venus is a hair-thin crescent. 2012 N.Y. Times 7 May (Late ed.) a18/6 The so-called supermoon..occurs when the Moon is both full and in a closer-than-normal orbit to the Earth. c. Of the sea, a flood tide, etc.: at its greatest height (also figurative). Also used to refer to the time when the greatest height is reached.See also full sea at sea n. 4, full tide n., full water n. at water n. 14a. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > [adjective] > full (of tides) fullOE higha1387 OE Royal Charter: Cnut to Christ Church, Canterbury (Sawyer 959) in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 158 Ðonne hit bið full flod & þæt scip bið aflote. lOE Prognostics (Hatton) (2007) 425 On ix nihtte monan, fer to cyniges bene, gang in to him æt fulre seo. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2745 At þe fulle flod þei ferden to sayle. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 41 Me may nouȝt seile by þis swolwe but slily at þe ful see. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 5178 And so it was full flode. ?1574 W. Bourne Regiment for Sea f. 7^v The Moone doth make a full Sea at that place. 1699 J. Barry Reviving Cordial iv. 77 Like a Ship sticking in the Sand, which no Strengh or Art of Men, can set a Float, till the full Spring Tide come, and set her a Float. 1798 T. Hinderwell Hist. Scarborough 165 The depth of water at the extremity of the Pier, at full spring-tide, is from 20 to 24 feet. 1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 140 The surf breaking over the rock at full flood. 1911 D. G. Phillips Grain of Dust xx. 396 With all his old arrogance come back in full flood, he was feeling that he would live his own life in his own way. 2002 T. Steinberg Down to Earth v. 78 Georgia planters..had their slaves plant the rice seeds in March, just before the first full spring tide. d. Of an assembly, council, etc.: having all or most of its members present. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > meeting or assembling for common purpose > [adjective] > types of meeting fullOE panegyric1603 panegyricala1617 sit-down1875 quorate1893 plenary1907 inquorate1974 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [adjective] > full fullOE plenarc1300 plainc1330 plenary1483 OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.i) anno 1014 Ða com se cyning Æþelred mid fulre fyrde þyder, ær hi gearwe wæron. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Domitian A.viii) anno 785 Her sæt full sinoð [L. plenum concilium] at Cealchyðe. c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss Black Bk. Admiralty (1873) II. 129 Everech son of a burgeys who is herre to his father..come into ful court..and render to the baillives of the toun the swerd with which [etc.]. a1445 in F. B. Bickley Little Red Bk. Bristol (1900) II. 171 (MED) Here names to be presented to the Maire in full Court of the yheldehalle. a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 69 Sir Robert.., knowlichith for to do þe fore-seide chauntri in full courte. 1567 T. Stapleton Counterblast iii. xvii. sig. bbii^v Which yet (after the Emperour being departed) he reuoked (as I said) in a ful Councell. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. i. 266 Is this the noble Moore, whom our full Senate Call all in all sufficient? View more context for this quotation 1645 T. Tully tr. Briefe Relation Present Troubles in Eng. 49 Those acts concerning the banishment of Hugh Spencer, condemned in full Parliament, and rejected as a principle of Treason, fraud, and Rebellion. 1730 S. Whatley tr. J. Lenfant Hist. Council of Constance II. v. lxxvii. 130 The Decrees agreed on by the Nations were by him curtail'd in full Council, in the Fourth Session. 1766 R. Boote Hist. Treat. Action at Law 158 In case a full Jury did not appear, then the Sheriff was to return a Supply of Men of the County from out of those then in View of the Court. 1834 W. Wallace in J. Mackintosh Hist. Revol. Eng. p. viii He..kept the academic senate waiting for him in full conclave. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 78 James..in full council declared it to be his pleasure that [etc.]. 1915 Eng. Hist. Rev. 30 198 The archbishop humbled himself before the king in full parliament. 1951 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 45 341 Between meetings of the full Council, the Deputies will continue to meet in London. 1961 K. Kellen Khrushchev xi. 133 It was all over for Malenkov when the Supreme Soviet met in full session on February 8, 1954. 2006 Daily Tel. 8 Mar. 1/2 Her lawyers said they would apply for her case to be heard by the European Court's Grand Chamber, a full court of 17 judges. e. Of the face or front: entirely visible to the viewer. Also figurative. See also full-face n., adv., and adj. ΚΠ a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 742 (MED) The Mones cercle so lowe is, Wherof the Sonne out of his stage Ne seth him noght with full visage. 1599 S. Daniel Musophilus in Poet. Ess. sig. E4 Rooms of charge, charg'd ful with worth & praise Makes maiestie appeare with her full face, Shining with all her beames. 1606 H. Peacham Art of Drawing i. vii. 17 For draught of a full face you must beare in memory and narrowlie obserue the breadth of the fore head, and the compasse of both the cheekes. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. vii. 144/1 Gardant, at gaze, looking with a full face. a1699 T. Nourse Campania Fœlix (1700) 302 I would have a large Walk or Road..leading directly from the Entrance of the Park to the Dwelling-House, which I would have to stand in full front or view. a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. iii. 538 The head of a Roman Emperor drawn with a full face. 1782 R. Cumberland Anecd. Painters Spain I. 57 A graceful turn of the neck gives the full countenance to the spectator. 1838 C. R. Pemberton Let. 6 Feb. in Life & Lit. Remains (1843) 454 The mountain stood staring at me with a fine full countenance. 1877 J. B. Linn Ann. Buffalo Valley, Pa. 482 He had not waited long before the performer, standing upon the rope, presented a full front, within point blank distance. 1901 A. F. Baillie Oriental Club ix. 241 The head is slightly inclined to his left, but we have nearly his full face. 2007 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 11 Feb. vii. 31 The jacket for Danielle Steel's ‘H.R.H.’ shows a full face but still leaves something to the imagination. f. Of a point of the compass: exact, directly in the specified direction. Cf. C. 5a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adjective] > exact (of compass direction) full1555 1555 R. Eden tr. P. Giovio Libellus de legatione Basilii in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 281^v Towarde the full west the mayne landes of Prussia and Liuonia are ioyned to the confines or marches of Moscouia. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 122 On the full East doe the Alps divide it [sc. France] from Italie. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. ix. 374 The two Poles North and South, have the greatest denominations of all the other points, being each eleven, viz. the full North, and 10 Northerly points; and the full South and 10 Southerly points. 1726 R. Bradley New Improvem. Planting & Gardening (ed. 5) 524 The Blasts commonly come from the full South. 1809 Lancaster Gaz. 3 June The storm..came on about five o'clock on the afternoon of the 19th ult. in a full South direction. 1884 Overland Monthly Apr. 379/1 The sun was in the full north in those days. 1970 Geogr. Jrnl. 136 240 Convoys of slaves and ivory..came out from the full west on the beach of the stronghold. g. Designating the height or middle part of a season or other period of time, as full summer, full midday, etc. Cf. high adj. 16a. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > [adjective] > of the time of day > fully come largec1405 full1555 expiatea1616 the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > summer summereOE summerOE summertidea1325 summer seasonc1390 summertimea1398 summer's time1568 full summer1630 summer season1760 heated term1855 1555 R. Eden Of North Regions in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 264 Wee may well conceaue that the Romane winter, althowgh it be not hotte, yet to be equal in heate to the full sprynge tyme in the same citie durynge the tyme of the sayde fiue houres. 1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hippolytus ii, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 66^v If Tytan hoyst his totteryng Cart on poynt of ful midday. 1630 M. Drayton David & Goliah in Muses Elizium 203 It was full Summer, and the day so cleere, As not a little cloud did once appeare. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vi. 264 This done, and at full mid-night wee came to the Church. 1750 J. Randall Course Lect. 63 It will be full noon at London, and the Plane of the Meridian will pass through the center of the Sun. 1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams II. xiv. 267 It was but a glimmering and melancholy light that entered my apartment, even at full noon. 1830 Literary Port Folio 6 May 139/2 A dark night was always preferred..and the attack was delayed until full midnight. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate I. i. 10 It was full summer at Belton. 1905 Epworth Herald 22 Apr. 5/2 It is almost noonday now; full noonday for us who live in gospel lands. 1964 E. Hirsh H. W. Longfellow 16 Up into the Swiss mountains in full summer, with the sun high and strong. 1996 L. Niven Ringworld Throne (1997) 178 Our part here is over. Gleaners don't wake until full day. h. Of a covering material in bookbinding: used for the entire cover. Cf. full-bound adj. (b) at Compounds 2c. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > [adjective] > forming entirety of cover whole1821 full1823 1823 St. Andrew's Libr., Calcutta in Oriental Mag. Mar. (end matter) (advt.) Campbell's Specimens of British Poets, 7 vols. 8vo. full calf extra. 1830 Aberdeen Jrnl. 29 Dec. (advt.) On the 6th January, 1831, will be published, In 12mo. Full Cloth, Price 2s. 6d. (As formerly announced,) A Sermon, And Scriptural Paraphrases in verse, By the Rev. R. Cook. 1881 Cent. Mag. Nov. 139/2 The very best Bible for teachers, of course, is the limp-cover, protected edges, full Levant Morocco, Oxford, silk-sewed, kid-lined, Bishop's Divinity Circuit. 1946 E. Diehl Bookbinding II. xix. 294 Before a case is made for a book, a ‘chemise’, or cover, should be made for it if it is bound in full leather and is elaborately tooled. 1992 Mod. Painters Spring 7/2 (advt.) Bound in full Library Buckram, lettered in gilt on coloured panel on spine, preserved in a cloth slipcase. 2004 D. McKitterick Hist. Cambr. Univ. Press III. vii. 159 A choice of ‘Roxburghe style’,..three-quarter morocco or full morocco. 7. a. Having a rounded outline; large, swelling, swollen, bulbous; esp. well filled with flesh, plump, fleshy. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > [adjective] > rounded fullOE full-bodied1588 rounded1766 Rubenesque1815 Rubensesque1834 well-stacked1935 stacked1942 the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] > fat or plump fatc893 frimOE fullOE overfatOE greatOE bald1297 roundc1300 encorsivea1340 fattishc1369 fleshyc1369 fleshlyc1374 repletea1398 largec1405 corsious1430 corpulentc1440 corsyc1440 fulsome1447 portlyc1487 corporate1509 foggy fata1529 corsive1530 foggish?1537 plump1545 fatty1552 fleshful1552 pubble1566 plum1570 pursy1576 well-fleshed1576 gross?1577 fog1582 forfatted1586 gulchy1598 bouksome1600 fat-fed1607 meatified1607 chuff1609 plumpya1616 bloat1638 blowze-like1647 obese1651 jollya1661 bloated1664 chubbed1674 pluffya1689 puffya1689 pussy1688 sappy1694 crummy1718 chubby1722 fodgel1724 well-padded1737 beefy1743 plumpish1753 pudsy1754 rotund1762 portable1770 lusty1777 roundabout1787 well-cushioned1802 plenitudinous1803 stout1804 embonpointc1806 roly-poly1808 adipose1810 roll-about1815 foggy1817 poddy1823 porky1828 hide-blown1834 tubby1835 stoutish1836 tubbish1836 superfatted1841 pottle-bodied1842 pincushiony1851 opulent1882 well-covered1884 well-upholstered1886 butterball1888 endomorphic1888 tisty-tosty1888 pachyntic1890 barrel-bodied1894 overweight1899 pussy-gutted1906 upholstered1924 the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective] fullOE balghc1340 struttinga1398 bouchy1398 bunching1398 bunchy1398 lumpedc1425 bunched1426 bulged1436 knule?a1513 bolling1519 bossed?1541 bossy1543 swelling1544 poked1577 embossed1578 extuberant1578 protuberant1578 protuberated1578 protuberating1578 protubered1578 bunting1584 bellieda1593 gouty1595 bottled1597 buddy1611 hulch1611 hulched1611 jetty?1611 bottle-like1629 bungy1634 extuberating1634 bosomed1646 puffing1661 protuberous1666 tuberant1668 extuberic1680 swollen1688 bellying1700 swelled1704 humped1713 extuberated1727 bottle-shaped1731 ampullaceous1776 hummocky1791 bulging1812 bulgy1847 ampulliform1870 fullish1871 pouchy1884 bumfled1913 the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [adjective] > convex swellingc1000 gibbousc1400 round?1523 convex?a1560 convexed1578 bias1609 out-bowed1613 outbent1625 full1627 outbowing1657 gibbose1682 rounded1712 bulging1812 pot-bellied1814 balloony1861 bombed1872 bombous1878 OE Ælfric De Temporibus Anni (Cambr. Gg.3.28) (2009) viii. 90 Hit is gecyndelic þæt ealle eorðlice lichaman beoð fulran on weaxendum monan. OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Gen. (Claud.) xli. 5 Him þuhte þæt he gesawe seofon ear weaxan on anum healme fulle & fægere. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 185 (MED) In a mannys ȝowþe..þe armes beeþ fulle [L. plena]. c1450 J. Metham Physiognomy in Wks. (1916) 138 (MED) Yf that parte be ful, replet with flesch. 1528 R. Copland tr. Secrete of Secretes of Arystotle sig. H.iv^v Full eyes & smothe chekes is soone angry. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 55 Within his shale are fat and full seedes, as soft to feele to as purple silk. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 115 The hoofe that is full and fleshy, is not to be lyked. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xi. 54 The longer a ship is, the fuller should be her Bow. 1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation ii. 92 A round Head, somewhat full on the top. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iii. 32 Full round Faces, small black Eyes,..full Lips, and short Chins. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World vi. 131 It is a high bluff, or full point of Land. 1712 London Gaz. No. 5000/4 Edw. Gibson Corporal, 6 Foot high, having a full red Face, his Nose somewhat flat. 1791 Swinney's Birmingham & Stafford Chron. 21 July A Dark Brown Poney..strong-made, with a full eye, brown muzzle, spotted buttocks. 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 36 In proportion as the patient was full, robust and vigorous. 1840 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. vii. 109 She is..full enough to prevent the haggard look which comes upon women who grow thin at fifty. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 152 Its use is to take out the snying edge occasioned by a full bow. 1894 J. E. Humphrey in Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 494 The fruit is cut as soon as it is ‘full’. 1925 Amer. Mercury Oct. 223/1 He was a bull-necked apostle, with a very full paunch. 1991 Essence Dec. 25/1 (caption) Sisters with fuller figures will love the way the softer fabrics just glide over the hips. b. Of a (portion of a) garment: containing much material arranged in gathers or folds; generously or amply cut. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > other smalleOE lightc1230 round1402 side-necked1430 wanton1489 Spanish1530 tucked1530 lustya1555 civil1582 open-breasted1598 full1601 everlasting1607 sheeten1611 nothinga1616 burly1651 pin-up1677 slouching1691 double-breasted1701 negligée1718 translated1727 uniform1746 undress1777 single-breasted1796 unworn1798 mamalone1799 costumic1801 safeguard1822 Tom and Jerry1830 lightweight1837 fancy dress1844 wrap-1845 hen-skin1846 Mary Stuart1846 well-cut1849 mousquetaire1851 empire1852 costumary1853 solid1859 spring weight1869 Henri II1870 western1881 hard-boiled1882 man-of-war1883 Henley1886 demi-season1890 Gretchen1890 toreador1892 crossover1893 French cut1896 drifty1897 boxy1898 Buster Brown1902 Romney1903 modistic1907 Peter Pan1908 classic1909 Fauntleroy1911 baby doll1912 flared1928 flare1929 tuck-in1929 unpressed1932 Edwardian1934 swingy1937 topless1937 wraparound1937 dressed-down1939 cover-up1942 Sun Yat-sen1942 utility1942 non-utility1948 sudsable1951 off-the-shoulder1953 peasant1953 flareless1954 A-line1955 matador1955 stretch1956 wash-and-wear1959 layered1962 Tom Jones1964 Carnaby Street1965 Action Man1966 Mao-style1967 wear-dated1968 thermal1970 bondage1980 swaggery1980 hoochie1990 mitumba1990 kinderwhore1994 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. v. x. 99 Hee made it [sc. Alexandria] round like to a Macedonian cloke, full in the skirts, bearing out into angles and corners..so as it seemed to lye in folds and plaits. 1613 G. Chapman Memorable Maske Inns of Court sig. A4 The Ornaments of Honor were these: a rich full robe of blew silke girt about her, a mantle of siluer worne ouer-thwart, [etc.]. 1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 326 The first piece of my dresse is a pair of drawers, very full, that reach to my shoes. 1761 London & Environs Described VI. 153 Their coats..have large sleeves, and very full skirts gathered round, somewhat in the manner of a petticoat. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 306 White silk petticoat, exceedingly full and short. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 223 An open gown..whose very full tail..would have formed an inconvenient little train. 1861 C. M. Yonge Stokesley Secret iii. 42 Alpaca frocks, rather long and not very full. 1891 Leeds Mercury 27 Apr. 4/7 Velvet sleeves, full and high on the shoulders. 1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 52/2 The skirt, somewhat fuller than we have been accustomed to, has gathers posed on the hips. 1939 M. B. Picken Lang. Fashion 40/3 Culotte, informal trouser-like garment having leg portions that are full and fall together to simulate a skirt. a1983 ‘R. West’ This Real Night (1984) ii. ix. 253 The very short, full skirt..fanned out round Cordelia's beautiful, slender, strong legs. 2009 Daily Tel. 2 Mar. 24/3 I loved wearing the long, full dresses with swishy petticoats. c. Of the hair: (originally) long, plentiful; (now usually) having body. ΚΠ 1673 R. Almond Eng. Horsman ii. 12 Those [properties] of a Woman are to be large and fair breasted, to have a beautiful and full hair. 1791 Evening Mail 26 Oct. A tall well-made man, about 30 years of Age, 5ft 11in, high, with a round smooth face..black full hair, queu'd behind, frizz'd and powder'd on the sides. 1823 J. Neal Randolph I. 274 Sarah is..so beautiful, with the transparency of her complexion, and clearness of her quick hazle eyes, and the glossiness of her full hair. 1939 F. G. Bartlett & C. C. Crawford Art for All (Exper. ed.) i. 10 Soft, full hair which is brushed forward over the forehead is best for the large-nosed face, and soft, full waves are most becoming. 1989 Weekly World News 7 Nov. 36 (advt.) Gorgeous, full hair with lasting curls and waves is only a shampoo away! 2009 Daily Mail (Nexis) 31 Dec. Making hair look glamorous isn't easy, especially if you weren't blessed with naturally thick, full hair. 8. a. Of a part of the body, the voice, the soul, etc.: exerting, or engaged in the exertion of, the utmost force or effort. Of an action: delivered with such force or effort.Formerly esp. in with (a) full eye, arm, etc.; in later use more commonly applied to actions.For many of the more established collocations, as full cry, full pelt, full swing, etc. (some of which are used as simple adverbs, without preceding preposition), see the second element. See also full-butt adv., full pitch n. and adv. at Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [phrase] > thoroughly or to the utmost > with the utmost strength of with a full arm1490 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [adjective] > exerting the utmost force fullc1515 flush1812 c1300 St. Faith (Laud) 93 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 86 Loude he gradde with folle Mouth. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 6894 Þat heone bileue noȝt on Þat heo ne steppe mid folle vot wiþoute quakinge. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xvii. 392 He..toke hym wyth a full arme..in lyke wyse in maner of wrastelynge. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cvi It neuer lokyth on man with iyen full But euer his herte by furious wrath is dull. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxvii. 230 Whom so euer he strake a full stroke neded after no surgyon. 1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 121 Was better fixed in the memorie..if I did speake with a full voice. 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Isa. ix. 12 The Philisthims..shal devoure Israel with ful mouth. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. i. 44 For seuerall vertues Haue I lik'd seuerall women, neuer any With so full soule, but [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 28 Rush't into the chamber..and..thrust at him a full stocada. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 207 The Javians set up a full Huzza. 1751 tr. G.-S. de Mainvilliers Beau-philosopher i. 65 Singing at last the Complines, and bawling with a full Throat the Salve Regina. 1783 J. C. Smyth in Med. Communications 1 142 Pulse 68, full and strong. 1837 R. Southey Joan of Arc (new ed.) in Poet. Wks. I. 53 Gazing round With a full eye [earlier edd. With the wild eye]. 1875 A. Trollope Way we live Now II. liv. 27 The trumpet was sounded with a full blast. 1941 F. H. Brennan Wookey i. 51 It was kind of yer not to hit me a full punch. 1988 R. Hoggart Local Habitation iv. in Measured Life (1994) 98 These stalls needed more space so that people could stand back and throw with a full arm at coconuts. 2002 Sunday Mirror (Nexis) 14 Apr. Since returning from his latest hamstring injury, the 22-year-old hitman has not really been giving it the full welly. 2014 M. Roberts & T. Bishop Baserunning x. 170 The runner's controlled sprint at about 45 feet turns into a full sprint to home plate. b. Applied in a similar sense to a strong wind, a violent storm, etc. ΚΠ 1539 R. Morison tr. Frontinus Strategemes & Policies Warre ii. sig. Hvi Cesar..seynge afarre of, the sayles swellynge with fulle wynde..returned backe ageyne. 1566 J. Studley tr. Seneca Medea ii. f. 17 Now full gale aloofe to blow, Now tackle turnde to take syde wynde alee. 1615 J. Forsyth Bitter Waters of Babylon 3 Thinking that after faire weather there wilbe a turbulent tempest, but after a full storme, a still calme. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 124 Presently favouring us..with a full gale of wind. 1694 tr. F. Martens Voy. Spitzbergen 34 in Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. If in a brisk Gale of a full wind the Sails are all full and round. 1778 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 429/2 Now the full storm is ripe: the big drops fall: The thirsty meadows smoke with drenching rain. 1806 Monthly Mirror Oct. 272 O blow not, ye terrible winds, with such force! O bid the full tempest arrest in its course. 1896 Baily's Mag. July 51/2 The outside boat staggering under the full blast of the wind, and often nearly stopped by a gust. 1966 Motor Boating Aug. 40/1 By evening August 29, storm area winds had increased to 69 knots—full hurricane. 1999 Skiing Heritage Jrnl. Mar. 20/1 They spent two nights at the Fire Ranger cabin as a full gale howled outside. 2011 Grimsby Tel. (Nexis) 28 Nov. 16 I had seen it go from being flat calm to a full storm in only a matter of a few hours. 9. Having much wealth; well provided for. Later also in weakened sense: having sufficient for one's needs. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > well-off wellc1405 sufficient1436 full?1483 suffisant1484 beina1525 warmc1571 well-breeched1571 meaned1605 well-meaned1605 well-lined1611 substanced?1614 well-circumstanced1643 forehanded1658 uppish1678 easy1701 brownstone1780 forehand1784 solid1788 well-to-do1794 snug1801 strong farmer1802 well-fixed1822 unindigent1830 well off1842 fixed1844 comfortably offc1850 heeled1871 well-heeled1871 well in1888 independent1893 ?1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton iv. sig. hij Whan thou arte ful & ryche, thou oughtest to kepe & spare somme goodes for the tyme yet to come. 1567 E. Hake tr. Thomas à Kempis Imitation of Christ iii. xix. f. 80^v Neyther oughtest thou to be lesse cheerefull to suffer, than to reioyce, more vnwillingly needie and poore, then full and welthie. 1611 Bible (King James) Phil. iv. 18 I haue all, and abound. I am full . View more context for this quotation 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis 651/2 He is a full man; Omnium rerum affluentibus copiis ditatur. 1797 Jrnl. Life, Travels & Gospel Labours J. Scott viii. 215 Such as have not a sense of their own necessities, but think themselves rich, full, and to have need of nothing. 1835 W. Conner True Polit. Econ. Ireland 1 Emancipation, Reform, and such like questions, had in them much which affected the interests of the higher or independent classes, who are rich and full. 1990 P. G. Walsh tr. Cassiodorus Explan. Psalms I. xxxvi. 366 In this world they account themselves full and wealthy. 10. Nautical. Of a ship: having her sails filled with wind (cf. sense A. 1d); under full sail (see full sail n. 1a). Esp. in to keep (her) full (frequently in imperative). Now archaic.Earliest in full and by at Phrases 1d. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > trim sails > keep sails full to keep (her) full1627 c1500 Piers of Fulham (Trin. Cambr.) in C. H. Hartshorne Anc. Metrical Tales (1829) 129 What worde to sey, he [sc. the loodsman] is in doute, Eyther warae the lof, or ells full and by. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 42 Fill the sailes, keepe full, full and by. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 18 How Wind you? N.N.E. thus werr no more; no near, keep her full. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms at Défie du vent You are all in the wind, keep her full! 1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene III. ii. 24 ‘The wind's heading us, Sir,’ said the master; ‘she's full again, now.’ 1848 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 27 May 340/2 ‘Port, port,’ sings out our skipper, ‘keep full.’ 1869 Once a Week 27 Nov. 362/1 The first little flutter of the sail..warned you to ease her off half a point, and remember to keep ‘full’ as well as ‘by’. 1920 Boys' Life June 6/2 Keep her full, matey. And no tricks... What a landfall! 1983 P. O'Brian Treason's Harbour vi. 187 ‘Full. Keep her full, Thompson,’ he said to the helmsman. 11. a. Of colour: deep, intense, rich. Of light: intense, bright. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [adjective] > brilliant or resplendent flaming?a1400 livelyc1425 resplendent?1440 resplendant?1473 resplendishant?1473 fulgent?a1475 resplendishing1479 splendiferousa1500 vehement1528 preclarec1550 profulgent1561 prelucent1568 splendicant1592 full1599 resplending1600 splendorous1604 splendious1609 splendid1634 flammeous1646 vivid1665 brilliant1681 effulgent1737 fulgorous1772 spandy-bright1968 the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > intense strongOE richc1330 finea1387 stark1547 deep1555 full1599 saturate1669 generous1710 lush1744 saturated1791 lushy1821 robust1826 raised1846 high-keyed1879 acid1916 1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. 70/2 Colór lléno, a deepe colour, a full colour. 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 66 These leaves being..of a full green. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 26 View her with a full light transmitted through a Burning-glass. 1743 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds I. 18 The Feathers of the whole Bird..are of a full Blue, darker on the Back, and lighter on the Breast. 1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. i. i. i. 19 The colour of the wool will be much more full and intense. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Locksley Hall in Poems (new ed.) II. 94 In the Spring a fuller crimson comes upon the Robin's breast. 1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius xi. 303 Under the application of heat, amounting to a full red in iron. 1944 J. R. R. Tolkien Let. 18 Apr. (1995) 73 The full green of hawthorn. 1997 Church Times 16 May 10/5 I particularly enjoyed..the full yellow of the crown daisy, Chrysanthemum coronaria. 2012 Oxf. Compan. Beer 39/2 Tradition called for ‘pale ales’ of a deep gold to full amber color. b. Of flavour: rich, mellow, strong. ΚΠ 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole 466 If the meate looke yellow, and be mellow, and not hard or greene, and taste full and pleasant, and not waterish. 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 29 Bread..has not here that full taste it has in England. 1767 J. Rutter & D. Carter Mod. Eden i. xxxiv. 115 The leaves will never have that full flavour and freshness of virtue that they have from seed. 1822 J. Tuck Private Brewer's Guide 248 These, mixed with a quarter of a pipe of good full wine, are mostly the wines sent to country victuallers. 1849 T. Thomson Brewing & Distillation 285 The worts, under process of fermentation possess a full taste, rather bitter, but grateful to the palate. 1890 Garden 22 Nov. 492/3 Mikado [sc. a type of tomato] possesses a very rich full flavour, almost too rich in fact. 1925 Boys' Life Apr. 28/1 For their refreshment he has ordered a very full, stout wine. 1965 Ebony Nov. 129 (advt.) Blended with pineapple distilled vinegar to bring out all the rich, full taste of ripe tomatoes and zesty spices. 1981 N.Y. Times 29 July c13/4 Fruity bouquet with suggestions of wood. Fruity, spicy, rich and full. 2012 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 16 Nov. 9 There is no mistaking the full flavour of Scotch whiskies. c. Of the voice, sound, etc.: strong and resonant. ΚΠ 1654 S. Clarke Marrow Eccl. Hist. (ed. 2) 691 He was of a bigge stature..had strong sides, a clear, and full voice. 1790 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 863/1 His voice was a fine full tenor. 1846 Blackwood's Lady's Mag. Apr. 185 The barytone..who sustained the character of Don Carlos, King of Spain, has a full resonant voice. 1927 Amer. Mercury Jan. 112/2 The red-haired youngster on top of the piano raises his seidel and his high full tenor voice rings out. 1968 Music Educators Jrnl. 54 29/1 The full round sound meets the demands of professional flutists. 2001 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 15 Apr. f1 To produce the organ's characteristic rich, full sound, both shorter and longer pipes are used with middle-range notes. B. n.² 1. The complete scope or entire range of something; the entire amount or sum total; completeness, fullness, totality. Formerly also: †the whole of a specified amount (cf. sense A. 6a) (obsolete). Now somewhat rare.See also by (the) full at Phrases 2a, all the full at Phrases 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > [noun] > the whole quantity, number, or amount fullOE suma1382 universitya1382 your university1385 wholea1393 amountment?a1400 wholenessa1425 hale1437 aggregatec1443 rate1472 total1557 the whole ware1563 lump1576 gross1579 totality1598 universarya1604 general1608 population1612 amount1615 totum1656 totea1772 complete1790 factorial1869 collectivity1882 OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Lev. (Claud.) i. 2 Gyf hwilc eower wille Gode offrunga bringan of nytenum..& seo offrung be þam fullan beon sceole. OE tr. Chrodegang of Metz Regula Canonicorum (Corpus Cambr. 191) xxxiv. 241 Gif he [sc. the superior] on neaweste ne beo, wite he þæt hi habban innan heora beoderne þæt fulle, ealswa we beforan writon. c1300 St. Nicholas (Laud) 144 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 244 And beden is stiwardes meten wel ȝif heo þe folle hadden. huy..founden al þe fulle and wel more þare-to. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 23547 (MED) Vche mon shal haue þe folle Of al þat he aftir wilne wolle. c1500 (a1450) De Arte Lacrimandi (Harl.) in Anglia (1909) 32 274 (MED) I was in exile In egipt the full of seuen yere. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. cclxxix/2 They shulde playnly shewe the full of his entencyon, and mynde. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 198^v When the ffreike had the fulle of xv.^tene yeres. 1601 S. Daniel Delia (new ed.) xxxvi. 18 in Wks. Her tender bud doth vndisclose That full of beautie, tyme bestowes vpon her. 1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. ii. 37 Iohnson whose full of merit to reherse Too copious is to be confinde in verse. 1640 J. Woodall Cure of Plague sig. A4^v One of eighteene, nineteene, or twenty yeeres old, or more, may safely take the full of eight graines. 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon i. ii. 49 The Lords of Guise had the full of their own demands. 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 182 I shall not be able to recollect the full..of the great Variety. 1734 W. Snelgrave Acct. Guinea 55 Afterwards we experienced the full of what he told us. 1797 E. Parry in First Rep. Soc. for bettering Condition of Poor iii. 26 Children should on no account be put into workhouses, if they have parents or relations who will take care of them; although it be requisite to give some allowance, and even to the full of what they would cost in the workhouse. 1843 J. H. Newman Apologia (1864) 358 With my opinions, to the full of which I dare not confess. 1890 W. C. Russell Ocean Trag. II. xix. 134 Sleeping as he did, right in the ‘eyes’, he got the very full of the motion. 1957 W. C. Williams in Poetry 91 62 The poem should be read aloud if possible, to get the full of its impact. 2002 N. Tosches In Hand of Dante 322 He summoned the full of his eloquence of persuasion. 2. a. With possessive adjective: = fill n.¹ 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > enough to satisfy want or desire fillc893 fulla1225 fillinga1400 sufficiencec1450 bellyful1535 stakinga1595 wameful1722 skinful1897 a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 53 (MED) To eten hire fulle. c1300 St. Edmund Rich (Laud) l. 403 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 442 His fulle net he neuere mo..bote ase muche ase he nede moste. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. vi. l. 266 (MED) Arise vp ar appetit haue eten his fulle. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 4079 Til þei be leiser han y-wept her fulle. a1500 (a1400) Sir Eglamour (Cambr.) (1844) l. 560 The yeant had hys fulle of fyght. 1565 J. Rastell Replie Def. Truth f. 179^v They are permitted to haue here carnall pleasures, & for the worlde to come, they are promysed to haue their full of them. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 240 If they eate Walnuts (and not to their full) vnripe. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xiii. 76 Here is now enough, drink thy full of it. 1697 J. S. Innocent Epicure 14 The greedy Fish may have his full of Play, While unconcern'd on the less Fry you Prey. 1769 tr. J. de Bondt Acct. Dis. E. Indies 125 I have now had my full of sea fish, and wish that you would next present me with those of the fresh water. 1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire V. xliv. 184 These flies, he said, have nearly sucked their full. 1874 G. W. Dasent Tales from Fjeld 178 They had all stared their full. 1910 T. Roosevelt Afr. Game Trails viii. 186 Toward this [pool] we went, so that the thirsty horses and men might drink their full. 1946 K. Loewenstein Polit. Reconstruction iv. iv. 294 The liberated countries of Western Europe..had their full of collaborationists, Quislings, and Fifth Columnists. 2012 A. Bergen 100 Years of Vicissitude xxii. 133 I'd had my full of firearms. b. Originally Scottish. As much of something as will fill a container, the hands or arms, etc. Frequently in the full of. Cf. -ful suffix 2. Now chiefly Irish English. ΚΠ 1577 in D. Balfour Oppress. 16th Cent. Orkney & Zetland (1859) 40 For the full of the quhilk [can] they tak fra the Commownis ane Dens schilling. 1618 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) A1617/5/1 That four fulles of either of the foresaids firlots conteine..ane just boll. 1696 A. Telfair True Relation Apparition 7 There was the full of an back-creel of Peets, set together in midst of the house floor. 1765 J. Watt Notebk. in E. Robinson & D. McKie Partners in Sci. (1970) 436 I have since found that the Quantity of steam Condensed would be many fulls of the Cylinder. 1782 T. Campbell Let. Duke of Portland 28 [He] will not have the full of the smallest wine-glass for his daily consumption [of whiskey]. 1797 G. S. Keith Impartial & Comprehensive View Present State Great Brit. 72 The full of his [sc. John Bull's] hat is the standard of his corn measures. 1824 G. Smith Home's Douglas 91 The full o' his oxter o' a' thing that's laithfu'. a1868 S. Lover Mac Carthy More ii. v, in Coll. Writings (1903) IX. 195 Lady P... Do you call that a bottle?.. I will only allow it to be half filled. Darby. I can't take less than the full of it, my lady. 1927 Irish Monthly 55 552/2 He holds a sharp blue spear, the full of his fist. 1964 in Dict. Newfoundland Eng. (1982) 204/2 Maybe a half the full of a barrel of blubber. 1969 M. Lavin Happiness 21 On the way back to the hospital she stopped her car and pulled a great bunch [of daffodils]—the full of her arms. 2009 M. Harmon tr. Dialogue Ancients of Irel. iii. 138 Bring me the full of the goblet of Smir Tuill of water from that ford. †c. Scottish. A firlot or bushel. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > specific dry measure units > bushel bushelc1300 London bushela1475 town bushel1618 full1657 coal bushel1670 strake1706 the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > specific dry measure units > six bushels boll > quarter of a boll firlot1426 full1657 1657 in C. S. Romanes Sel. Rec. Regality of Melrose (1914) I. 138 Two bollis thrie furlottis ferme beir, comptand fyve meikle fulls to each boll. 1661 in C. S. Romanes Sel. Rec. Regality of Melrose (1914) I. 334 [Two bolls of oats] and ane small fow in to them. 1710 in C. B. Gunn Rec. Baron Court Stitchill (1905) 164 The source of fourty fyve shillings Scots money as the pryce of four fulls horse corn. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 99 For my last fow, A heapet Stimpart, I'll reserve ane Laid by for you. 1806 Sir Patrick Spence in R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads I. 159 I brought half a fou [1803 Minstrelsy Sc. Border a half-fou] o' good red goud Out o'er the sea with me. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor vi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 179 There was some half fous o' aits..left after the burial. 1843 in Sc. National Dict. (1960) V. 9/1 The Roxburghshire boll used for oats and barley..contained ten half-fulls or firlots. 3. a. More fully full of the moon. The period or state of complete illumination of the moon's disc; full moon. Frequently with the. See also Phrases 2d(b), Phrases 2e(a)(ii).Recorded earliest in high-full n.In quot. c1460 figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > phase > [noun] > full moon full mooneOE full of the moona1325 plenilune?a1475 panselene1706 a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) l. 753 (MED) Þe gywes helde hare ester at þe heye ffolle of þe Mone. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. lviii. 275 As it fareþ in bestis and in treen þat haue passinge plente of humours and of marouȝ in þe fulle of þe mone. c1460 (a1449) J. Lydgate Fabula Duorum Mercatorum (Harl.) l. 573 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 505 Whilom in plente and now al in grevaunce! Allas, my fulle is derkyd in-to wane. 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 149 Before the Full, and after the change, she shineth presently, the sonne being set. 1598 B. Yong tr. A. Pérez 2nd Pt. Diana in tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 309 The fuls and wanes of the Moone. a1652 R. Brome Queenes Exchange (1657) ii. i. sig. C/1 The Bright Cynthia in her full of Lustre. 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 131 The Moon was near the Full. 1754 R. Brookes Introd. Physic & Surg. 339 It [sc. yellow emetic mercury] may be given..afterwards at two or three Changes and Fulls of the Moon. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge i. 231 The moon is past the full, and she rises at nine. 1926 E. O'Neill Great God Brown Prol. 16 My mother used to believe the full of the moon was the time to sow. 1963 J. Maclean tr. J. M. Gironella One Million Dead xxxvii. 486 The moon above, pale and nunlike, was approaching the full. 2011 J. M. Greer Monsters (rev. ed.) ii. 80 The transformation happens by itself at the full of the moon. b. More generally: the period, point, or state of the greatest fullness, strength, or intensity of something. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > state of or advanced condition > highest point prickOE heighta1050 full1340 higha1398 pointc1400 roofa1500 top-castle1548 ruff1549 acmea1568 tip1567 noontide1578 high tide1579 superlative1583 summity1588 spring tide1593 meridian1594 period1595 apogee1600 punctilio1601 high-water mark1602 noon1609 zenith1610 auge1611 apex1624 culmination1633 cumble1640 culmen1646 climax1647 topc1650 cumulus1659 summit1661 perigeum1670 highest1688 consummation1698 stretch1741 high point1787 perihelion1804 summary1831 comble1832 heading up1857 climacteric1870 flashpoint1878 tip-end1885 peak1902 noontime1903 Omega point1981 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 133 (MED) Þer is a stape huerinne is þe uolle of perfeccion [c1450 Bk. Vices & Virtues þe most parfiȝtnesse] of þise uirtue. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. vii. lxix. 435 On medycyne nediþ..in þe bygynnynge of þe euel, and oþir in þe fulle, and anoþir in passinge þerof. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. l. 4422 Whan his noblesse was hiest at the fulle—I meene the fulle off his felicite—Ther folwed an ebbe off gret aduersite. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 203 [The] stones At the full of the flode [were] flet all aboue. 1551 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 2nd Pt. ii. f. cix^v Y^e Antichrist was now at y^e highest, & in the full of hys abhominable pryde. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. xxxi. 348/1 Empires..haue their risings, their fuls, and their fals. 1621 S. Ward Life of Faith xiii. 104 Whiles hee was..in the full of his prosperity. 1699 J. Edwards Πολυποικιλος Σοϕια II. xix. 637 We see Divine Knowledge and Learning have been continually in the Increase..and yet we are sensible they are not come to the Full. 1701 in J. Houghton Coll. Improvem. Husb. & Trade (1727) III. 187 That [oak] of England..arrives not at these dimensions, till it be come to, or rather is past the full of its strength. 1879 Irish Monthly 7 437 The deep feeling that has borne us thither is at its full. 1893 Current Lit. Dec. 560/1 The cheeks were red and seemed to belong to a man in the full of health. 1955 A. Olkhovsky Music Under Soviets 313 The great Soviet composers..always worked at the full of their creative powers. 1995 A. Norton in K. M. Massie-Ferch et al. Ancient Enchantresses 28 A man in the full of his strength, a man who drew all eyes when he strode in company. c. Of a month or season: the height, the middle part. Now somewhat rare (chiefly literary in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > [noun] > middle of a period midtime1418 heart1523 holla1525 deep1530 waist1604 depth1605 full1658 howe1818 hollow1864 inside1890 1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner 143 The perfect season to sowe Melon-seeds, is in the full of February [Fr. en la Pleine Lune de Fevrier]. 1855 R. Browning Another Way of Love i June was not over Though past the full. 1859 J. L. Motley Let. 18 Aug. in Corr. (1889) I. xi. 327 The highest circles of London in the full of the season. 1931 P. S. Buck Good Earth 280 On the day appointed by the geomancer in the full of the spring of the year Wang Lung called priests from the Taoist temple. 1992 J. Dickey Whole Motion 471 Gene, Dead in the full of July Ten years ago. †4. A set of kettles or other vessels. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > cauldron or kettle > set of full1466 1466 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 206 My mastyr payd..for iij. ketelles calde a ffulle, iij.s. vj.d. 1489 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Ld. Middleton (1911) 470 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 5567) XXVII. 1 Item a full of ketelles of brasse, brokyn..xxd. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxxx^v/2 Fullis off ketellis redy bownde the full at iij s' iiij d'. 1556 Surv. Calais in Archaeologia (1893) 53 App. iv. 379 Item of every fulle [printed fulte] of Kettles j^d. 1615 Edinb. Test. XLVIII. f. 224^v Ane kip and tua fullis of buistis, price of all fourtie schillingis. 1661 in J. R. Boyle & F. W. Dendy Extracts Rec. Merchant Adventurers Newcastle (1895) I. 202 Railph Fell..petitioned for a full of battery seized on. 1712 Boston News-let. 9 June 2/2 Iron Pots, and Kettles; Fulls of Brass Kettles. 5. With the and plural agreement: those who are full (in various senses), considered collectively. Also with singular agreement: that which is full.In quot. c1475: a person who is replete with food. ΚΠ c1475 Proverbs (Rawl. D.328) in Mod. Philol. (1940) 38 121 Lytill wote þe full [L. homo plenus] what þe hongre eylyth. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Esdras vii. C Vnto the full, plenty: and to the emptye, emptynesse. 1600 L. Thomas Demegoriai sig. N^v And therefore it is sayde, Woe to the full, for the full are apt to forget [printed sorget] God. 1665 R. B. Revelation of God To Rdr. sig. A5^v Therefore are the Rich afflicted, and the Full are given up into the Tormentors hands. 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 128 Let the Doors..be right over one another, that the void may be upon the void, and the full upon the full. a1840 D. Wheeler Mem. (1842) xxvi. 452 They shall be filled with good things, but the rich and the full are sent empty away. 1911 A. Mitchell tr. H. Bergson Creative Evol. vi. 298 Our life is thus spent in filling voids... We are constantly going from the void to the full. 2000 C. Bloch & C. Kronfeld tr. Y. Amichai Open Closed Open 23 She knew all about the physics of the empty and the full. 6. The main body of the hand or fist, usually as the means of grasping something (esp. the reins or harness of a horse). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [noun] > full grasp of full1792 1792 Man. & Platoon Exercises 21 Officers are to stand..in their proper position; their swords held firmly in the full of the right hand. 1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. ii. 59 The bridoon rein..to be held in the full of the bridlehand. 1874 R. Henderson Barb & Bridle 31 The pupil takes the end of the bridoon reins between the finger and thumb of the right hand, and passes them over the full of the left. 1937 Man. Horsemastership, Equitation, & Animal Transport (War Office) iv. 150 The riding horse's rein is held in the full of the hand, the end hanging down between the first finger and thumb. 7. Poker. A hand containing three of a kind and a pair; = full house n. 2. Cf. full hand n. at Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [noun] > type of hand two bullets and a bragger1807 full1843 full hand1846 pat hand1865 blind hand1872 full house1879 blaze1880 tiger1889 kilter1895 drawing hand1910 bust1932 made hand1974 1843 J. Cowell Thirty Years among Players 94 Three aces, for example or three kings with my two of the other cards..is called a full. 1888 R. Kipling Abaft Funnel 7 Apr. (1909) 140 The beautiful artistic way in which he follows up a flush with a full. 1928 S. Lewis Man who knew Coolidge ii. 134 When Mack lays down an ace-high full, and I bangs down them four little jackses. 2009 J. McManus Cowboys Full vi. 51 No draws to better hands took place, and only quads, fulls, triplets, and pairs were recognized. 8. Chiefly Scottish. A herring charged with roe. Cf. sense A. 1c. Now historical.Earliest in crown fulls n. at crown n. Compounds 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > herring herringa700 white herring1469 meat herring1668 mattie1721 trash1749 Glasgow magistrate1833 crown fulls1854 full1854 fat herring1863 matjes herring1939 1854 Aberdeen Jrnl. 22 Feb. 5/4 The sale of a few hundred barrels of crown fulls from Lybster, at 20s 6d per barrel. 1856 Scotsman 22 Mar. New supplies of unbranded fulls began to reach our place. 1878 Rep. Herring Fisheries Scotl. 24 in Parl. Papers (C. 1979) XXI. 233 Branded fish are often refused as not good enough. This applies to branded matties as well as to branded fulls. 1906 38th Ann. Rep. Dept. Marine & Fisheries (Canada) 1905 p. cxiv All the various classes of ‘fulls’ recognized by the trade were represented in the catches, namely:— ‘Medium full’, ‘full’, and ‘large full’, that is, herring containing milt or roe, and of not less than 9½, 10½ or 11½ inches respectively. 1939 Scotsman 30 Aug. 5/3 Herring..quality excellent; autumn large and fulls prevailing. a1967 C. Sandison Unst (1968) vii. 71 The gutting was a rather particular business as there would be two different qualities of herring in the catch: ‘fulls’ and ‘large fulls’, that is herring with roe under and over a certain length. 2006 J. Molloy Herring Fisheries Ireland 30 Each gutter was given four baskets into which the gutted fish were thrown according to their size—fulls; large fulls; small fulls and TBs (torn bellies). C. adv. Used almost entirely as an intensifier, with relatively little literal sense of containment. 1. Very, exceedingly. a. With adjectives of quality. Now archaic and regional. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > very tooc888 swith971 wellOE wellOE fullOE rightc1175 muchc1225 wellac1275 gainlya1375 endlyc1440 hard?1440 very1448 odda1500 great1535 jolly1549 fellc1600 veryvery1649 gooda1655 vastly1664 strange1667 bloody1676 ever so1686 heartily1727 real1771 precious1775 quarely1805 murry1818 très1819 freely1820 powerfula1822 gurt1824 almighty1830 heap1832 all-fired1833 gradely1850 real1856 bonny1857 heavens1858 veddy1859 canny1867 some1867 oh-so1881 storming1883 spanking1886 socking1896 hefty1898 velly1898 fair dinkum1904 plurry1907 Pygmalion1914 dinkum1915 beaucoup1918 dirty1920 molto1923 snorting1924 honking1929 hellishing1931 thumpingly1948 way1965 mega1966 mondo1968 seriously1970 totally1972 mucho1978 stonking1990 OE Paris Psalter (1932) lxxxviii. 3 Ic..geworhte ful sefte seld, þæt hi sæton on. lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl.) (2009) I. xi. 261 Manege beoð þeah ægðer ge full æðele ge full welige and beoð þeah full unrote. a1200 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Trin. Cambr.) 75 in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 222 Heuene and erðe he ouer sihð his eien beð ful brihte. c1330 (?a1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) p. 590 A swift ernand stede..His tire it was ful gay. a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 110 Þese boonys in oon partie ben ful hard. a1440 Let. in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1940) 55 643 (MED) To ȝou full honurable Maistur and ful Worshipfull bretheron. c1475 (a1400) Sir Amadace (Taylor) in J. Robson Three Early Eng. Metrical Romances (1842) 38 (MED) Sir Amadace toke leue atte alle, Vn-semand with fulle glad chere. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) 1st Prol. 7 Praye for oure right poure & full wretched soulle. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. viii. sig. G8 Came hurtling in full fiers. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. i. 133 Anger is like A full hot Horse. View more context for this quotation c1650 (a1500) Eger & Grine (Percy) l. 144 in F. J. Furnivall Percy Folio Old Eng. Ballads & Romances (1905) I. 209 To counter on ffoote he was full throe. 1669 Hist. Sir Eger 3 Thou was full blith, and light of late. 1721 G. Jacob Human Happiness 25 There on a Bier the lifeless Body's plac'd, Full Pale and piteous to the Mournful View. 1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 278 I'd sit fu' happy i' my lowly ben. 1810 J. Stagg Minstrel of North 25 Full lovely was the boy. 1869 J. Ingelow Lily & Lute ii. 104 O, full sweet, and O, full high, Ran that music up the sky. 1917 S. Sassoon Old Huntsman 67 I was so hideous that even Lazarus there..Beside me set had seemed full sweet and fair. 1922 J. Firth Reminisc. Orkney Parish 65 Their aged partners attempted all the freaks of the fantastic toe all the while encouraging the ladies..by such remarks as..‘Thoo're foo niff yet, Betty’. a1973 J. R. R. Tolkien tr. Gawain & Green Knight (1975) i. 25 Far over the French flood Felix Brutus On many a broad bank and brae Britain established full fair. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 110/1 It's full 'eavy, this is. b. With adjectives expressing indefinite quantity. Now archaic (in later use almost exclusively in full many). ΚΠ OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) i. Introd. 8 Full manega men wæron, þa þe onælað & getihtað þa bysna godra wera [swyðor þonne] þa lare to þære lufan þæs heofon[lic]an eðles. a1275 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 22 Mi þonnc..werchet me ful muchel wo..bote-yef he wole me wende fro, ic wene myn herte breket atwo. a1350 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 8 Ȝet comeþ budeles, wiþ ful muche bost: ‘greyþe me seluer to þe grene wax.’ c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2487 Hure hornes þai gunne þo to blowe ful many at one blaste. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17288 + 39 Ful litel while it was þat he in ioy wald bee. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 131 In þat lond is full mochell wast. c1475 (?a1440) B. Burgh Distichs of Cato (Rawl. C.48) l. 465 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1905) 115 314 (MED) Off woordis small is bred ful muche striffe. a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) l. 157 Ful few clerkis. 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes * ij a, Gen. Prol., f. Qiv^v Ful few are the pleasures which Princes enioy. 1635 T. Cranley Amanda xlv. 31 White prick seam'd Gloves of Kid full many a paire. 1698 J. Strype Life Sir T. Smith xv. 187 She knew his Lordships Mind full many times told her before. 1751 T. Gray Elegy xiv. 8 Full many a gem of purest ray serene. 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 85 Old dames full many times declare. 1823 J. G. Lockhart Anc. Spanish Ballads 145 Full few will be her tears. 1905 G. H. Needler tr. Nibelungenlied vi. 50 She was in beauty matchless, full mickle was her might. 1914 P. MacKaye Thousand Years Ago ii. ii. 67 Full many noble youths before you Have made this trial; all have failed—and died. 1991 S. Lawhead Paradise War (1998) xxv. 267 Full many a day I have longed to journey through my realm and see for myself how [etc.]. c. Modifying an adverb. Now archaic and regional except in full well. ΚΠ eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) (2009) I. xxvii. 511 Þa men þe habbað unhale eagan ne magon full eaðe locian ongean þa sunnan. OE Battle of Maldon (1942) 311 He ful baldlice beornas lærde. lOE St. Giles (Corpus Cambr. 303) (1980) 107 Eala þu Godes man, nylle we na þas word gehyran, for þon we witon ful wel hwæt þu eart. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 29 Þa iuguleres and þa oðer sottes alle heo habbeð an þonc fulneh. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 72 Ubi amor ibi oculus. wite þe nu ful wel. ?a1300 (a1250) Harrowing of Hell (Digby) (1907) 88 Ihesu, welcomen þou be, Þat ful sore reweþ me. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Macc. vi. 62 The kyng..brake fulsone the ooth that he swore. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 1800 Allas! fule late þai þaim began. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 35 He thenne kyssed his childe alle bloody full often. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin ii. 25 (MED) Full euell haue ye sped that thus haue slayn youre kynge. 1529 J. Frith Pistle Christen Reader ii. sig. Mi Christ full lowlye and meakly wasshed his disciples feate. 1575 T. Churchyard in G. Gascoigne Posies sig. ¶¶¶.iij^v The horse full finely formde, whose pace and traine is true. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. viii. 310 Let them buie it full deerly. 1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 206 Full litle slept the Duke that night. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 536 Th' Imperial Ensign..full high advanc't Shon like a Meteor. View more context for this quotation a1711 T. Ken Christophil in Wks. (1721) I. 523 Full well I know my Jesus present there. 1782 W. Cowper John Gilpin 79 Full slowly pacing o'er the stones. 1818 W. Wordsworth Had this Effulgence iv Full early lost, and fruitlessly deplored. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 198 Full meekly rose the maid, Stript off the case, and gave the naked shield. 1875 A. Helps Organization Daily Life in Ess. 73 Those who can seem to forget what they know full well. 1914 Vermonter Apr. 69/1 Memories Of weakness, toil and sorrow, undergone By most of us, though by the best of us..full bravely overborne. 1949 P. Wayne tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust: Pt. 1 52 Full soon in deepest hearts care finds a nest. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 110/1 It's full soon yet. 1997 J. Ryan Dismantling Mr Doyle xi. 153 But he knew full well that things had changed and might change even more. 2. a. Completely, entirely, fully, utterly, quite. Now chiefly somewhat archaic.With adjectives, adverbs, and adjectival and adverbial phrases, sometimes simply as an intensive or for emphasis. ΚΠ OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) iii. xv. 208 Hi..gedydon full clæne þara nædrena [L. mundum omnimodo a serpentibus] þa eardungstowe þæs halgan mannes. lOE Distichs of Cato (Trin. Cambr.) lxxviii, in Anglia (1972) 90 15 Nan þincg nis ful good buton Gode anum. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 10355 Wiþþ all full openn spæche. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Josh. vi. 5 Þe wallys of þe cite sholyn fol doun falle. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) i. l. 378 Thus argumented he yn his gynnynge Ful vnauysed of his wo comynge. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. clxii. 200 Kynge Johan was that day a full right good knyght. a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. i. sig. N.vi^v Though men shoulde neuer stande full out of feare of fallyng. ?a1550 Frere & Boye 134 in J. Ritson Pieces Anc. Pop. Poetry (1833) 40 Than drewe it towarde nyght, Jacke hym hyed home full ryght. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 27 It waxeth greater, and..is within fourtie dayes after ful ripe. 1601 W. I. Whipping of Satyre sig. C7^v You were a Linguisht since you were but yong, And haue the tongues full perfectly, I wotte. 1682 S. Gilbert Florists Vade-mecum 108 Gently sift some fine fresh earth over them, half a finger thick is full sufficient for this first covering. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 138 They liv'd, tho' perfectly conceal'd, yet full at large. 1752 E. Young Brothers iii. i To mount full rebel-high. 1833 H. Martineau Tale of Tyne vi. 116 Adam, as I told you, I saw full enough of. 1850 Reynolds's Misc. 17 Aug. 51/2 ‘You have conjectured the truth full accurately, senor,’ replied the maiden. 1918 Bellman 11 May 521/1 Mr. Schreiner pictures a Germany full bad enough to merit the enmity of the civilized world. 2001 J. Murphy Kings of Kilburn High Road ii, in Two Plays 41 (stage direct.) Maurteen is full back on the drink and has a glass of whiskey in his hand. 2014 L. Hunt Neverhome 141 My heart beating full hard enough to break the boards behind me. b. As much as, the whole of; = fully adv. 2. Now somewhat archaic. (a) With numerical and quantitative expressions. [Reflecting the Old English construction with the adjective in similar contexts (see sense A. 6a) reinterpreted as showing an adverb (probably originally in uninflected forms where the form is ambiguous as to part of speech). All of the Old English examples below could alternatively be interpreted as showing sense A. 6a.] ΚΠ eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) ii. vi. 50 Æfter þæm wæs an ger full [altered by a later hand to fullice; OE Tiber. fullice] þæt ofer eall Romana rice seo eorþe wæs cwaciende & berstende. eOE Metres of Boethius (2009) xxvi. 17 Aulixes..sæt longe þær, tyn winter full. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1087 Se cyng mid his here ferde æfter & besætt þone castel abutan mid swiðe mycele here fulle six wucan. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 11210 Recneþþ he þe kinn. Off cristess mennisscnesse. Þurrh weress, fulle fowwerrtiȝ. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 818 Fulle seouen nihte heo somenede cnihtes. c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 44 Ase þer beþ of þe holy gost Ȝeftes ryȝt folle seuene, So þer beþ ordres folle seuene. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 9227 Siþ þis world bigon to be Is foure þousonde six hundride fol. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 5163 (MED) With Achilles cam fifti ful by noumbre. 1549 Forme & Maner consecratyng Archebishoppes sig. A.ij^v Full .xxiiii. yeres olde. 1590 R. Ferris Most Dangerous Aduenture sig. B There we were wether bound, and constrained to stay full seuenteene dayes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 399 Full fadom fiue thy Father lies. View more context for this quotation 1653 E. Nicholas Let. 4 Mar. in Papers (1892) II. 6 Being now not full 13 years of age. c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 11 We were full an hour passing that hill. 1753 S. Foote Englishman in Paris ii. 30 Full fifteen Years, in Wedlock's sacred Bands, have I liv'd unreproach'd. 1812 Examiner 5 Oct. 634/1 New Beans are full 6s. per quarter lower: but old ones fully support their price. 1823 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 13 Sept. 643 A hill of full a mile high. 1884 C. Reade in Harper's Mag. Mar. 637/2 ‘I condemned it ten years ago.’ ‘Full that..,’ said Pierre. 1929 D. Das Diary in V. Mehta Mamaji (1979) v. 108 Bhagwan Das had rheumatic fever of a persistent type for full one month. 1957 G. Frick tr. ‘M. Yourcenar’ Coup de Grâce 140 He was full thirty years my senior. 2008 H. Bloom Sonnets 129 For full eighteen centuries the Metamorphoses led in the race among Ovid's works for popular favour. (b) With comparative expressions, as full as (also so) —— (as). Now rare (poetic and regional). ΚΠ 1527 Statutes Prohemium Iohannis Rastell (new ed.) f. xxxvi^v He shall pay to the kyng ful as much as he payd to the chapleyn. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. i. viii. f. 15^v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Anglesey is founde to be full so great as the Wight. 1600 S. Nicholson Acolastus his After-witte sig. H2 Diuine Aurora full as faire as she, Whose heauen-di'de face the Graces still admire. 1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. i. 52 Some Swans, but not full so large as ours. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 215 The Topaz is a Stone very hard, full as hard as the Saphire. 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery ii. 18 Butter, put into the Dripping-pan, does full as well. 1764 S. Foote Lyar ii. 35 You will be full as useful to it by recruiting her subjects at home. 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 92 To the English reader they are full as interesting as to Americans. 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It xii. 99 I was full as much amazed as if I never had heard of snow in August before. 1903 A. Austin Flodden Field iii. 123 His breast is full as stout, His mind more domineering. 1939 E. Lanham Stricklands (2002) 56 I know a farm over toward Boggs full as good as this here. 1972 E. B. Daryush Sel. Poems 83 Here, full as comfortingly, dusk restores Tired flesh. 3. a. With verbs (frequently in past participle): fully, completely, entirely, quite, thoroughly. In later use frequently somewhat archaic.With participial collocations, cf. Compounds 2a(a). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adverb] fullyeOE allesOE fullOE rightc1175 everydealc1300 wholec1300 whollya1325 finelyc1330 fairly1340 completec1374 gainlya1375 clearly1377 freelya1393 plaina1393 entire?a1400 entirelyc1400 oddlyc1400 sufficientlyc1440 expressc1475 totally1509 completely1526 finec1530 exactly?1531 sincerely1576 start1599 fillingly1611 circularly1618 solid1651 out-over1745 rotundly1775 roundedly?1802 whole hog1840 clear-away1883 whole cloth1917 righteous1948 OE Homily (Corpus Cambr. 419) in B. Assmann Angelsächsische Homilien u. Heiligenleben (1889) 140 On ðisse tide gif man ne ful fæst, man forgymð Godes agen bebod. a1225 MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 61 Þa oðre weren fulfeste sone, þet ho ne mihten nefre mare misdone. c1300 St. Francis (Laud) 222 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 60 (MED) Þis freres i-seiȝen fule þo þat an Aungel it was. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 107 Huer-by we ssolle by zuo uol dronke of þine loue þet alle oþre zuetnesses ssolle by ous bytere. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. l. 3257 He was brouht foorth & recurid, And ful maad hool off his woundis sore. a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. xiiii. sig. H.iii^v Than he feareth that he be neuer ful confessed nor neuer full contryte. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 7 You to me ful promist..That Roman famely should spring from the auncetrye Troian. 1611 Bible (King James) John vii. 8 My time is not yet full come. View more context for this quotation 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 508 Our Reader..being before full cloyed with our tedious Narrations. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 105 When once he's broken, feed him full and high. View more context for this quotation 1728 A. Pope Dunciad i. 96 In each, she marks her image full exprest. 1863 J. T. S. Lidstone Ninth Londoniad 111 I full expected great things would entrance mine eyes. 1898 W. E. Tirebuck Meg of Scarlet Foot xxxiii. 371 She was made out of the darkness o' things afore the world was full-made, afore the world was full-saved. 1910 D. C. Nimmo Songs & Tales 128 Why are our thoughts so often but a fiction Though soul doth wait for truth to full express? 1997 R. Maxwell Secret Diary Anne Boleyn 55 ‘You are far too bold, Mistress Anne. You speak here to your King.’ ‘And you to a virtuous maiden who full intends to stay one.’ 2015 G. Huggan & H. Tiffin Postcolonial Ecocriticism (ed. 2) i. i. 43 Saro-Wiwa's determination to confront a military regime that he full knew would probably respond by doing away with him. †b. spec. With reference to suffering from an illness: severely; in its most extreme form. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adverb] > violently or severely sorec1290 stronga1400 eagerly1553 virulently1632 acutely1651 raginglya1677 full1738 1738 in Rep. Rec. Commissioners Boston (1886) XV. 144 Doctor Douglass informs that One Jonathan Wilkins..has got the Small Pox very full, which has been out upon him Three Days. 1784 J. Woodforde Diary 27 May (1926) II. 136 Hambleton and George have the small Pox pretty full. 1859 H. Mudge Physiol., Health, & Dis. App. 108 I had the small-pox very full and was in bed two weeks. 4. With an adjective and following infinitive clause. Beyond what is normal or proper; excessively; too. Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > excessively cruellyc1385 overa1400 fullc1400 parlouslyc1425 mortalc1440 perilousc1440 spitefulc1450 devilish1560 pestilently1567 spitefully1567 cruel1573 parlous1575 deadly1589 intolerable?1593 fellc1600 perditlya1632 excessively1634 devilishly1635 desperate1636 woundya1639 woundlya1644 desperately1653 wicked1663 killing1672 woundily1706 wounded1753 mortally1759 dreadful1762 intolerably1768 perishing1776 tremendously1776 terrifically1777 diabolically1792 woundedly1794 thundering1809 all-firedly1833 preponderously1835 painfully1839 deadlilya1843 severely1854 furiously1856 diabolish1858 fiendish1861 demonish1867 sinfully1869 fiendishly1879 thunderingly1885 only too1889 nightmarishly1891 God almighty1906 Christ almighty1945 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1945 Þis foule fox felle..is ful pore for to pay for suche prys þinges as ȝe haf þryȝt me here þro. ?1531 R. Whitford tr. Thomas à Kempis Folowynge of Cryste iii. xvi. f. lxxxi^v It is somtyme full harde to iuge whether a good spyryte or an euyll moueth the to this thyng or to that. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. vii. 6 The Legions now in Gallia, are Full weake to vndertake our Warres against The falne-off Britaines. 1741 S. Richardson Lett. Particular Friends xx. 33 I think she is yet full young to..imbark in the Cares of a Family. 1873 H. Cave Eighty Years Ago vi. 69 Perhaps, brother, it is full soon to bind oneself to a solemn engagement of that sort before we find out how my niece takes to us. 1922 Engin. Production 12 Oct. 358/3 Hundreds of men have been turned away as apparently it is yet full early to register names for the works force. 2011 P. Mcintosh Counterfeit Madam (Electronic ed.) I'll not ask the St Agnes women, they're full old to be heaving the likes of her around. 5. Of position or direction: directly, exactly, straight. a. With reference to points of the compass, and the directions associated with them: due (see due adv. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > straight or due > with reference to points of the compass fulla1475 a1475 (a1447) O. Bokenham Mappula Angliae in Englische Studien (1887) 10 7 (MED) Þer-fro stant..Ireland fulle West. 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 146 Untill she commeth to the Meridian Circle, and is full South. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 79 Before Zacynthus 35 miles full East, are the two Strophades. 1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy Pref. sig. A5^v A School that stands full South. 1708 Brit. Apollo 29–31 Dec. The..Wind is..Full East. 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 163 The one [way] was to travel full West. 1786 M. A. Meilan tr. A. Berquin Children's Friend XXIV. 71 All along the wall, that looked full south, were peaches, nectarines, and grapes. 1862 G. Borrow Wild Wales III. vi. 61 Full to the west was a long hill rising up like the roof of a barn. 1879 G. MacDonald Paul Faber, Surgeon xxv. 84/1 The situation is charming,—and so sheltered!—looking full south. 1904 Maccabæan May 233/1 Involuntarily I turned about so that I stood facing full westward. 1924 Geogr. Jrnl. 64 356 With my compass I found that we were heading full north-east instead of south-west. 1974 Irish Times 15 Nov. 14/1 A shoal [of salmon] heading, say, south-east when still far from the Irish shore might turn north-east when close inshore, intending to go full east later on. 2008 P. Stewart tr. A. Poussin & S. Poussin Africa Trek 130 We are heading full north..along the edge of the high veld. b. With prepositional phrases of position or direction. Cf. plumb adv. 1.Esp. with reference to direct impact, collision, confrontation, etc. (cf. full on adv. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > straight or due rightOE rightlyOE evenc1300 plata1450 plain1509 straight1512 directly1513 fulla1529 flat1531 due?1574 dead1800 slap1829 plunk1866 squarely1883 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > a straight course > [adverb] forth847 righteOE forthrighta1000 rightlyOE anonOE evenc1300 even-forthc1300 straight13.. streck13.. gainc1330 streckly1340 right fortha1382 straightly1395 evenly?c1400 outrightc1400 straightway1461 endlong1470 fair1490 directly1513 fulla1529 forth on1529 straightforth1530 directedly1539 aright?a1560 direct1568 endways1575 point-blank1607 progressivelya1716 unswervingly1805 straightforward1809 undeviatingly1812 undeviously1813 slap1829 arrow-straight1831 a1529 J. Skelton Ware Hawke in Certayne Bks. (?1545) sig. B.vi He gaue her [sc. a hawk] a bounce Full vpon the gorge. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias lxvii. 137 Our Ordinance beeing shot off, did all light full amongst the enimies. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft ii. v. 26 [They] dare not looke a man full in the face. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vi. 248 An olde Arch of stone..standing ful in the high Way. 1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation iii. 188 Always..shoot..rather side-ways or behind the Fowl than full in their faces. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 25 For which the Winds served them well enough, though full in our Teeth. 1709 A. Pope Chaucer's January & May in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. 205 Full in the Center of this Spot of Ground, A Crystal Fountain spreads its Streams around. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxiv. 129 Trim's foot..getting into the cuvette, he tumbled full against the bridge too. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. x. 241 Full in his face the lightning-bolt was driven. 1832 H. Martineau Demerara ii. 16 With these principles full in his mind, he began to observe all that surrounded him. 1883 E. Ingersoll in Harper's Mag. Jan. 196/1 A sudden escape from curtaining oak branches brought us full upon the summit. 1910 S. E. White Rules of Game iii. ix. 217 ‘Mighty poor business,’ put in Bob quietly. Baker turned full toward him. ‘Think so?’ 1971 tr. Y. Okura in Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 31 167/2 Passing Awaji, which lies Full opposite those lands,..we rowed along. 2006 W. Boyd Restless 309 The two blunt stubby barrels were aimed full at his face. Phrases P1. Phrases formed on the adjective or adverb. †a. in (also mid, with) full will: quite ready or willing (to do something); readily, willingly. Obsolete. ΚΠ eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) (2009) I. xxv. 498 Hwæt wilt ðu þonne cweða[n], gif hwa..mid fulle willan forlæt ælc good & fulgæð ðæm yfle, and bið ðeah gesceadw[i]s. ?c1430 (c1383) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 22 Þei were..in fulwille to suffre..for þe loue of ihesu crist. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 163 (MED) Whanne þou consentyst ful to þe dede of leccherie, wyth full wyll,..it is dedly synne. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Impetus Beastes runne with full will and minde to pleasure. 1583 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (ed. 4) I. 472/2 His sinnes bene forgeuen of God, if he be sory with all his hart for them: and is in full wil to leaue them for euer. 1614 H. Nelson tr. G. Zanchi Speculum Christianum 212 They obey sinne..neither vpon perfect knowledge, nor intentiue cogitation of that which they doe, nor with full will, and full consent. †b. full iwis: most certainly, for certain, assuredly. Frequently as one word. Also to full iwis (cf. to iwisse at iwis n.). Obsolete. ΚΠ OE Vision of Leofric in Rev. Eng. Stud. (2012) 63 549 Ða geseah he full gewisslice þæt he stod on middan þære flore aþenedum earmum mid mæsse[reafe] gescrydd.] c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2529 Þatt witt tu fuliwiss. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 47 (MED) Is hit god for to hiheren godes weordes and heom athalden? Ȝe, fuliwis. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13397 Ich wulle bitachen þe ful iwis [c1300 Otho foliwis] minne castel inne Paris. a1300 (c1275) Physiologus (1991) 395 Fro ðe noule niðerward ne is ȝe no man like, Oc fis to ful iwis mið finnes waxen. c1330 (c1250) Floris & Blauncheflur (Auch.) (1966) l. 259 (MED) Now þourt him neuere, ful iwis, Willen after more blisse. a1400 (a1325) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Trin. Cambr.) (1887) App. G. 795 (MED) Þeos tutes þou soke ylome brenni, la voliwis. †c. full and whole: entirely, completely; = whole and some at whole adj., n., and adv. Phrases 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > that is all or the whole [phrase] > in all or altogether by numbera1375 in numbera1375 in allc1380 first and lastc1390 all wholea1393 in companya1393 in sum1399 full and whole1402 in great1421 whole and somec1425 in (the) whole1432 one with another1436 in (the) hale1437 all in great1533 up and down1562 one and other1569 in (the) aggregate1644 all told1814 1402 in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1932) 8 261 Wat hende that frome and ȝe Makȝ with hym ful and hol I wol stonde þerto. c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 33 (MED) Þilk ful and hool bileeue whiche is tauȝt bi crist. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 281^v His souldiours full & whole salutyng hym with the title of Emperour. 1555 J. Ponet Apologie sig. G3^v These doings of the pope agre full and whole with the heretiques called Montanists, Cataphrygians, [etc.]. 1614 J. Budden in tr. P. Ayrault Disc. Parents Honour sig. I8^v The Fathers assembled in Councell..prooued full & whole, that it was an act far more Christianlike and Religious, to worship and loue our parents..than so to serue God, as thereby to [etc.]. 1654 P. Goodwin Dies Dominicus Redivivus 7 God would have him [sc. Adam] full and whole to set himself one day in seven to serve him. d. Nautical. full and by: close-hauled but with all sails full and drawing. Also figurative. ΚΠ c1500 Piers of Fulham (Trin. Cambr.) in C. H. Hartshorne Anc. Metrical Tales (1829) 129 What worde to sey, he [sc. the loodsman] is in doute, Eyther warae the lof, or ells full and by. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 32 Than the master cryit on the rudir man, mait keip ful and by. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 42 Fill the sailes, keepe full, full and by. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. i. 4 We set in the Lee-braces..and hawl'd over the Missen Tack to Windward, and kept her full and by as near as she would lye. 1835 United Service Mag. Feb. 217 ‘Shall I bring her to the wind, Sir?’ ‘Yes, luff her up, boy! full-and-by.’ 1881 W. C. Russell Ocean Free-lance I. vi. 265 They held on after us nevertheless, sailing full and bye. 1902 ‘Q’ White Wolf 101 He jogged along steady, keeping her full and by, and letting her take the seas the best way she liked them. 1930 New Statesman 5 July 412/1 And, take it full and bye, it is one of the very few things to be honoured in our nature. 1972 Motor Boating & Sailing Jan. 44/1 The technique of going to weather by half boards is a matter of sailing full and by, fore reaching into the wind.., and then bearing away on the original tack. 2001 S. McGrail Boats of World ix. 343/2 With a foul wind, the boat was sailed full and by, and estimates made of the deviation from the direct track. e. Phrases with full of. (a) full of oneself: thinking only of or about oneself; (in later use chiefly) having an exaggerated sense of self-worth, self-important, arrogant. ΚΠ a1628 J. Preston New Covenant (1629) ix. 42 While a man is vnsoundhearted, while he is full of himselfe, (as euery man is till he be regenrate, till his heart bee changed). 1633 G. Herbert Church Porch in Temple 11 Mark what another sayes: for many are Full of themselves, and answer their own notion. 1650 E. Marbury Comm. Habakkuk (new ed.) (i. 11) 91 As we read of Alexander, that after his many victories, he was so full of himselfe as to suffer himself to be flattered with that high appellation [sc. of a god]. 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. ii. 79 These Sort of Petit Maitres are so full of themselves, that they reject all wise Counsel. 1788 J. Wesley Let. 7 Nov. (1931) VIII. 103 Off all the men I have conversed with..I think you have the most pride, you are above measure self-conceited and full of yourself. 1817 M. Edgeworth Ormond in Harrington & Ormond II. viii. 5 The heroine's perpetual egotism disgusted him—she was always too good and too full of herself. 1863 Standard 5 Oct. 7/1 The lady is young enough to learn, and we feel assured not too full of herself to receive a well-meant and friendly hint. 1939 D. C. Fisher Seasoned Timber v. 70 Other people get impatient with her because her being so full of herself gets in the way of their being full of themselves. 1966 P. Larkin Let. 28 Apr. in Lett. Monica (2010) 358 I've never met a man so full of himself. 2005 R. Bean Harvest 89 Every single one of my daughters has upped and offed to university and become so bloody full of themselves that I never see them. (b) colloquial. to be full of it. (i) To be fully preoccupied with, or consumed by interest in, something implied by the context. In later use also: to be full of excitement, energy, vivacity, etc. Now somewhat rare. ΚΠ 1774 C. Dibdin Waterman i. 15 You and your mother are the laughing stock of the whole place; I never pop my head into the Black Raven, to get my pennyworth in a morning, but all the folks are full of it. 1778 J. Hutton Let. 4 Mar. in B. Franklin Papers (1987) XXVI. 41 Our..Coffee Houses and Bet-makers are full of it, that some Treaty was signed. 1898 R. E. Gale & R. M. Baker Bachelor Hall ii. 40 It's funny, I'm not a bit nervous, now. (Puts down rouge and powder.) There! I look as well as ever. Oh, I'm just full of it, now! (Dances a step or two.) a1916 H. James High Bid i, in Compl. Plays (1949) 571 Yule. Who in the world's there? Chivers. (Coming down, full of it.) A Party! 1961 D. de Jong Tree & Vine iii. 41 We were making vacation plans; Erica was full of it. 1976 L. Thomas Dangerous Davies (1980) vi. 61 ‘I don't know about her virginity, I'm sure. They used to keep it longer in those days, didn't they... But they were all full of it. You know..flirty.’ (ii) Originally U.S. euphemistic = to be full of shit at Phrases 1e(c). ΚΠ 1964 Tulane Drama Rev. 9 ii. 65 If you feel something's wrong with the scene, and the director says ‘Don't worry, it's fine’—he's full of it. 1998 Melody Maker 14 Nov. 20/4 We're so full of it. We agree to do things and then halfway through doing them we're just wrecks. 2006 H. O'Neill Lullabies for Little Criminals 34 When another kid in the foster home would ask me if I thought Linus was full of it, I would say, ‘No way! He's the real thing!’ (c) slang (originally U.S.). to be full of shit (also crap, etc.): to lack credibility; to talk nonsense; to lie or make unfounded claims. Also (euphemistic) . ΚΠ 1915 Anaconda (Montana) Standard 28 Nov. iii. 4/6 ‘He said I was full of bull.’ ‘Why, that's just an expression we use here in America.’ 1932 Amer. Speech 7 332 Full of crap,..expression of disbelief or contempt. ‘Nonsense.’ 1934 H. Roth Call it Sleep (1977) 247 ‘Aa, yuh full o' shit!’ sneered the second lieutenant angrily. 1962 H. S. Thompson Let. 6 June in Proud Highway (1997) 341 The people at the Embassy and the USIS are so full of shit that the stench floats down to the street and disrupts traffic. 1968 I. Horovitz Indian wants Bronx 20 Murph. What the hell kind of story's that? Joey. It's a true one, that's all. Yours is full of crap. 1984 T. McClenaghan Submariners in Gay Plays I. 39/1 Housey: You're full of shite Roach. 2002 C. von Ziegesar Gossip Girl 68 ‘You're so full of shit, Dan,’ Jenny Humphrey told her brother. 2013 Pittsburgh Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 30 Sept. (Sports section) d1 They're the ones who are going to have to..decide if this old guy knows what he's talking about or he's full of crap. f. colloquial (originally Australian and New Zealand). the full shilling: in full possession of one's mental faculties; (occasionally more generally) in accordance with requirements or expectations. Frequently in negative constructions. Similarly the full quid, two bob, etc..Cf. short of a —— at short adj., n., and adv. Additions. ΚΠ 1913 E. W. Howe Trav. Lett. N. Z., Austral., & Afr. 112 ‘I don't believe,’ said Mr. A. today, ‘that he is a full shilling.’ Meaning, ‘I don't believe he has good sense.’ 1944 Austral. New Writing 36 He'll back down; I said he wasn't the full quid, just a skite. 1960 N. Hilliard Maori Girl iii. vi. 213 Not that she was simple in the sense that she was short of the full quid. 1969 Private Eye 23 May 14 P'raps old Eric's idea was the full two bob after all! 1971 C. Eagle Hail & Farewell ii. 100 He described her as ‘a good old lady, but..she's just not the full shilling, you know what I mean.’ 1979 Bulletin (Sydney) 11 Sept. 20/2 R. Gough's quite unprovoked personal attack on me..is so wildly off-beat that one can't help wondering if he is the full two bob. 1982 W. H. Oliver Poor Richard 24 Or they say he isn't quite the full pound though useful enough in the front row. 1991 J. Kelman Burn (1992) 141 There's that way you can tell when somebody isn't very bright..and that nephew was a bit like that, I don't think he was the full shilling. 2001 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 20 Oct. (Spectrum section) 2 It's already obvious from her weirdly prosaic thought processes..that Minty's not the full quid. 2011 G. O'Donovan Priest (2012) 301 Mulcahy knew how scared and confused a man could get in police custody, especially a man like Byrne, who clearly wasn't the full shilling to start with. P2. Phrases formed on the noun. †a. by (the) full: to the greatest possible extent, in full, fully, completely. Obsolete.Only in Old English. ΚΠ OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 289 grammaticvs is, se ðe can ðone cræft grammatican befullan [OE Julius befullon]. OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) xl. 65 We þa geðafunga þæs drynces on þa wisan doð, þæt þær næfre seo fyl be fullum ne weorðe. OE Poenitentiale Theodori & Capitula d'Acheriana (Corpus Cambr.) in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws & Instit. of Eng. (1840) II. 228 Gif hwylc man hine wið fæmnan forlicge, fæste III gear, oþþe II be þam fullan. †b. all the full: in all its fullness; fully, completely. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 8423 (MED) Þou se al þe fulle, Wiche socour don we schulle. c. to the full (formerly also †to full): to the greatest possible extent, completely, fully, quite; †to the point of satiation or repletion (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > in full or to fullest extent to the full1340 at the fulla1375 at one's righta1425 in (the) wholea1475 every (each) whit1526 full due1574 in gross1606 in full habitudea1661 to capacity1958 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 156 Þe sergons..nome steues and byete þane asse riȝt to þe uolle. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. l. 948 (MED) I ne mai noght to the fulle Atteigne to so hih a lore. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xiv. l. 178 (MED) Þo creatures þat..selde soupen to þe fulle. ?a1425 Constit. Masonry (Royal 17 A.i) l. 682 in J. O. Halliwell Early Hist. Freemasonry in Eng. (1844) 37 The angele Gabryelle, Wol kepe hem to the ful welle. c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 134 Oure lorde Jesu multiplied a fewe loues of brede and therwith fedde many thowsandes of men to the fulle. c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (1901) l. 4560 (MED) Ther is no man this day so wys That to the fulle kan yive aprys Of hir myght. ?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. ix. sig. I.iij^v One of Satanas officers, that usest..so many chosen meates to the ful, bulkyng out capons. 1574 St. Avstens Manuell in Certaine Prayers S. Augustines Medit. sig. Ti^v Although I cannot do it to the full in this lyfe: yet let me profite from day to day untill it may come to the full. 1611 Bible (King James) Exod. xvi. 3 When we did eate bread to the full . View more context for this quotation 1629 J. Gaule Panegyrick 60 in Practique Theories Christs Predict. Done, Done to full, whatsoe're he came to doe. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xxi. 190 We thought our money had satisfied them..to the full. 1701 W. Penn in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1870) IX. 53 I must expect my right to the full. 1798 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1893) XIV. 73 To keep them out of it; or which is to the full as likely, to direct them into another course. 1855 Harper's Mag. July 209/1 Clive..shared to the full his sire's antipathy against his cousin. 1885 Liverpool Daily Post 1 June 5/4 The University match promises to illustrate to the full the delightful uncertainty of cricket. 1918 Times 16 Dec. 9/2 Saturday showed that women realize to the full their new position in the State. 1955 R. Kee tr. H. H. Kirst Revolt Gunner Asch 46 The relatively small garrison town was hardly an ideal place in which to enjoy one's leisure to the full. 2002 C. C. Jones Year Russ. Feasts (2003) 47 Everyone is free to enter and imbibe to the full. 2013 Smith Jrnl. Winter 39/2 Living life to the full wasn't something Ralph Izzard had ever struggled with. d. at (the) full. (a) Fully, completely; at full length, in full; to the full extent. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > advancing or progressing [phrase] > at the highest point at the fulla1375 at the height1487 at float1594 in the (its, etc.) heighta1616 in float1797 at its height1839 the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > in full or to fullest extent to the full1340 at the fulla1375 at one's righta1425 in (the) wholea1475 every (each) whit1526 full due1574 in gross1606 in full habitudea1661 to capacity1958 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 4325 Þann were spacli spices spended al a-boute, fulsumli at þe ful to eche freke þer-inne. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. cxxvii. 801 A penne may nouȝt wryte atte fulle þe preisynge of þis kyngedome. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 4008 But who so god helpe wol May sauely go at þe fol. a1425 (?c1384) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 347 Lord! where he were not chargid at þe fulle, as apostlis weren? a1500 (c1380) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 464 (MED) Men shulen loue in staat of blis, for þere shal loue be at þe fulle. 1556 Trewe Mirrour sig. A.iii Ye know they haue been disputed withall at ful, so largely as they coulde wishe or desier, but nothynge can preuayle. 1614 C. Brooke Ghost Richard III Ep. Ded. sig. ❧3^v That the comfortable and nourishing flame of it [sc. love], can neuer want fuell to maintaine and keep it euer at full. 1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 35 Eight Foote in length, being at full the space which the Horse doth possess when..he lyeth stretcht on his Litter. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 641 His Regal State Put forth at full . View more context for this quotation 1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 22 Nov. Giving his Reasons at full. 1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fifth 51 He drops his Mask, Frowns out at full. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 66 The power of the house of commons..is..great; and long may it be able to preserve its greatness..at the full . View more context for this quotation 1810 Edinb. Rev. Aug. 272 Putting forth that strength at full, which has, without effort, accomplished so many wonders. 1824 C. Swan tr. Gesta Romanorum I. xxi. 107 She..gradually removed the waxen covering and exhibited the legend at full. 1892 Messenger of Math. 21 104 This stigmatic series, though too long for printing at full in the restricted space of this Journal, is given later on in a condensed tabular form. 1899 C. G. Harper Bath Road xxxvi. 215 It is while wheeling such hills and such road-metal that one appreciates at the full the pluck and endurance of those early cyclists. 1905 Mich. Alumnus Nov. 77/2 Tom Hammond has played at full in the majority of the games. 1965 T. Gunn in Encounter Aug. 25 You must, If you can, pause; and..Turn out toward others, meeting their look at full. (b) Of the moon or (occasionally) another celestial object: fully illuminated; = sense A. 6b. Also figurative. ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xiii. xxi. 668 When þe mone is fourtene daies olde and atte þe ful. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 361 Thanne shal she [sc. the moon] been euene at the fulle alway. a1500 in G. Henslow Med. Wks. 14th Cent. (1899) 76 (MED) A leche xal take kep of þe mone, wanne he is atte þe full. 1566 J. Barthlet Pedegrewe Heretiques f. 64 The Euening..sodaynly became so bright..as that the Moone which then was at the full, was altogether vnapperceyued. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 150 He made an Instrument to know If the Moon shine at full, or no. 1676 R. W. tr. J. Drexel Spiritual Repository x. 237 In so doing we resemble the Moone, each month, each weeke, nay every day we are decreasing or increasing, we are either at the full or in the wane. 1763 J. Bell Trav. from St. Petersburg I. xi. 59 The festival of the new year..is always when the moon is at the full. a1818 M. G. Lewis Jrnl. W. India Proprietor (1834) 28 She is to be at her full to-morrow. 1919 H. Maxwell Memories of Months 6th Ser. 260 By the time the hunter's moon is at the full he [sc. a stag] will be as proudly attired as ever. 1994 Times of India 18 Apr. 14/3 The moon was at the full but so dense was the vegetation that..the surrounding area was swathed in mysterious shadows. 1998 S. S. Tepper Six Moon Dance xviii. 141 Three of the biggest moons were out when the ship left, one almost at full. e. With in. (a) in the full. †(i) = in full at Phrases 2e(c)(ii). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [adverb] > in detail or fully in the full1552 1552 J. Caius Bk. against Sweatyng Sicknesse f. 4 A woorke of Erasmus..I dyd geue..not in the ful as the authore made it, but abbreuiate. 1658 Contention for Truth 31 This was the Henrician Heresy in the full: They who did condemn and excommunicate these Men, were the Pope, his Cardinalls, and Councell; and Bernard, the fairest flower among them. (ii) = at (the) full at Phrases 2d(b). Now rare. ΚΠ 1561 G. Gilby tr. J. Calvin Admon. against Astrol. Iudiciall sig. A.viii To know..wherfore the moone is in the full or in the weane according as shee either draweth from the sonne or draweth nere. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. E3 Court humours like cutting of haire must either bee obserued when the Moone is new or in the full, or else [etc.]. 1624 Weekely Newes 24 Nov. 19 The King of France..whose power as it is not yet in the full, so yet it is not in the Wayne. 1659 J. Harwood Ministers Office sig. A2 A Sect whose Faith is in the full, their Charity in the wayne. 1677 J. Seller Atlas Cælestis 63 When the Moon is in the Full, then the shadow of the Moon shews the true Hour of the Night. ?1755 Court & Country 2 He was so big with prophecy, he said he was like the moon in the full. 1832 W. Irving Alhambra I. 281 They still, according to her account, may be seen occasionally when the moon is in the full. 1938 N.Y. Times 10 Sept. l33/3 The moon, in the full, rises today at 7:24 P. M. †(iii) (So as to be) plump, swollen, or well rounded. Obsolete.In quot. 1593 figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > [noun] > types of spindle-shank1570 in the full1593 trapstick1680 mill-post1739 spider-leg1765 leglet1821 pin leg1862 pipestem1872 piano leg1894 scissor legs1920 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 34 His Spite like a poysonous toade, swelleth in the full. 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iii. sig. E4 I haue a good head of haire..a legge, faith, in the full. (b) in full of: in full discharge or settlement of (a debt, obligation, etc.). Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > [adverb] > in full discharge of (bill or debt) home1527 in full of1622 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo i. xiii. 103 A receit made of the said eight pound, expressing that is [sic] was in full of his part. 1652 Declar. & Instr. Revenue & Stores Ireland 8 To Pay unto A.B. the Sum of [blank] for his Salarie..or (in full of the within-written Bill) for Work don..for the States Service. 1693 G. Baillie Househ. Bk. (1911) 1 To said Coptain in full of all acct. betwixt him and me ather by bill or otherwise except what he has my bond for. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 368 To assign her Five hundred Pounds, in full of all her Demands upon her Family. 1754 D. Hume Hist. Great Brit. I. 262 A regular contribution of 850 pounds a-day, in full of their subsistence. 1836 D. Maclaren Hist. Resistance to Annuity Tax (ed. 2) 23 The six ministers had agreed to accept of 15,000 merks, in full of their claims against the Annuity and other Ecclesiastical revenues. 1864 A. Trollope Can you forgive Her? I. xiii. 98 We took Mr. Grimes' receipt for three hundred pounds... Not on account, but in full of all demands. 1951 Jrnl. Accountancy 91 861 L promises to accept during the remaining four years $400 each month in full of the rental. 1991 Garden Hist. 19 147 £100 was paid to Mr Ellis in full of the first payment concerning the building. (c) in full. (i) With reference to payment, receipt of money owing, etc.: to the full amount.Cf. earlier in full of at Phrases 2e(b). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > [adverb] > to full amount in full1641 1641 Great Discoverie Plot Scotl. sig. A4^v Money for pay, you shall have in full, as wee agreed. 1704 J. Pitts True Acct. Mohammetans iv. 23 The Cause..may be for not paying in full to two or three Shillings. 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 222 A satisfactory receipt in full. 1845 Western Luminary 15 Mar. 87/3 The following have paid in full for the current volume. 1879 in Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. (1885) 14 814 A sufficient sum to pay the trade-creditors of my aforesaid sons in full. 1910 Carpenter Aug. 29/1 A candidate failing to present himself for initiation within the time of four weeks, after his initiation fee had been paid in full. 1967 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 21 Apr. 19/2 Under the law all purchased life annuities are taxable in full. 2012 Steam World Aug. 62/2 (advt.) I wish to purchase whole or part collections of Railwayana... Payment is always prompt and in full. (ii) With reference to a statement, text, etc.: at full length, in extenso; without abbreviation or abridgement; so as to include the full text or particulars. ΚΠ 1656 S. Hunton Golden Law 8 As for his Right, it hath in part been answered at §16. and see in full §75. 1658 T. Bradley Præsent for Cæsar sig. A3^v I have made bold to..present unto your Highness own hand and view, in short, and yet in full too, the whole substance of the matter. 1790 T. Wilkinson Mem. Own Life I. 190 The landlord..informed them [sc. his neighbours] in full of this unfortunate alledgement of his Grace. 1839 Boston Morning Post 4 July She made a remark, which, if reported in full, would make one of O.F.M. [= Our First Men] feel decidedly striped. 1885 Manch. Examiner Nov. 3/2 Reproducing in full instead of simply summarising the..documentary material. 1908 R. Bagot Anthony Cuthbert xxi. 261 The address..was there in full, and she noticed that it was also stamped on the envelope. 1977 J. Esherick in S. Kostof Architect 251 (in figure) The program is so brief that it is worth quoting in full. 2008 New Yorker 10 Mar. 122/3 Here, in full, is Turin's review of Lancôme's Tresor. Compounds C1. Compounds of the adjective. a. (a) (i) Parasynthetic.Some of the more established compounds of this type are treated separately.For similarly constructed compounds formed on the adverb, to which some of the instances given here may belong, see Compounds 2a(c). ΚΠ 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxvi. 116 The large, and goodly full-flockd Oulds [= Wolds]. a1644 F. Quarles Solomons Recantation (1645) vii. 19 Full clusterd Vineyards. 1682 London Gaz. No. 1768/4 A white grey Roan Gelding..well Crested..full gascoign'd. 1839 T. Miller Fair Rosamond III. xi. 228 Lest I cram thy curses down thine own throat, and send thee full-mawed to Sathanas. 1845 C. Mathews Big Abel & Little Manhattan vi. 52 They were now setting toward the Tombs, and passed on their way a rusty, full-chopped fellow, in charge of an officer. 1880 Times 2 Nov. 4/6 No cub is he, but a full-brushed, high conditioned, dog-fox. 1903 ‘Shubael’ Dark Strain xii. 110 He was a tall, handsomely proportioned man..broad shouldered and full chested, as well as full abdomened. 1968 J. Cheever Jrnls. (1991) 246 There is something intensely interesting about the three-finger squeeze, the full-fisted yank. 2015 ginnungagaps.blogspot.co.uk 23 Sept. (O.E.D. Archive) An hour later I emerge [from the supermarket], full trolleyed, and the car park is heaving. (ii) full-bagged adj. ΚΠ 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xiv. 227 The full-bagd Cow. 1630 J. Taylor Wks. 15 No full bag'd man would euer durst haue entered. 1839 Farmer's Monthly Visitor 15 July 106/1 We were the little driver of the full-bagged cows from pasture. 1980 D. Ackerman Twilight of Tenderfoot xx. 214 One day, we had to milk a full-bagged heifer into a Seven-Up bottle. full-banked adj. ΚΠ 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxviii. 143 Many a full-bankt Flood. 1875 C. McKnight Our Western Border i. 2 The fierce and untamed savages, who..paddled their birchen barks on the full-banked streams. 1997 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 6 Dec. a11 A 10-man diving team was scouring the full-banked, swift-running river for the murder weapon. full-bearded adj. ΚΠ 1715 T. Brereton George 21 In the Golden Season of the Year, When the tall Grain full-bearded does appear. 1880 Harper's Mag. July 308/2 The full-bearded and mustached and finical artist whom we were accustomed to see. 1929 A. Shaw Abraham Lincoln II. xiv. 131 Tall, full-bearded and sharp-featured gentleman who has now become the standard type. 2002 N. Lebrecht Song of Names ii. 21 A portly, full-bearded personage of obvious self-importance. full-bellied adj. ΚΠ 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xx. 351 Ful bellied drunkards are no better then traytors in this spirituall warre. 1681 London Gaz. No. 1638/8 Stolen..a dark Brown Nag..pretty full-bellied, and reasonable fat. 1831 Examiner 16 Jan. 37/1 A sound resembling that which an active full grown bee..makes in the interior of an empty full-bellied pitcher. 1937 N. Coward Present Indicative viii. 333 A full-bellied roar of laughter. 2008 T. Sabine Tsantsa x. 104 If you wish to grow old..do not sleep full-bellied at night. full-bloomed adj. ΚΠ 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xxxvi. f. xlix^v Whan it [sc. broom] is full blomed, with a hedgynge byll cutte the stalkes halfe a yarde aboue the erthe. 1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 21 Lo! a mouth, whose full-bloom'd lips At two deare a rate are roses. 1888 Young Folks Paper 22 Sept. 189/3 I sat and watched the magnificent scenery; the tall, full-bloomed bushes, the towering trees, the silvery rivers. 2011 D. Lodge Man of Parts iii. iii. 167 Her beauty was already at its full-bloomed, voluptuous perfection. full-blossomed adj. ΚΠ 1614 J. Cooke Greenes Tu Quoque sig. K3^v I must thrust out into the world againe Full blossomd with a sweete and golden Spring. 1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. xi. 26 (heading) Vpon the sight of a Tree full blossomed. 1843 H. W. Longfellow Spanish Student i. iii. 28 The full-blossomed trees Filled all the air with fragrance. 2004 R. Daly tr. N. J. Ringdal Love for Sale v. 81 The scent of lilies and other flowers wafted forth, full-blossomed and fragrant. full-bosomed adj. ΚΠ 1603 M. Drayton To Maiestie King James sig. A 4 The fruitfull, and ful-bosom'd Spring. 1832 J. K. Paulding Westward Ho! I. xv. 135 Who can contemplate her..full-bosomed hills, and cloud-capped mountains, without a feeling of awful recognition of Infinite Power? 2012 F. E. Lamca Gypsies & Devil Hound 18 His alcohol-induced thoughts often returned to Florica, the full-bosomed Gypsy woman. full-bowed adj. ΚΠ 1747 Fool (1748) II. 300 Full-bowed Ships, in what the Seamen call a Head-Sea, will make better Way through the Water. 1883 Harper's Mag. Aug. 376/2 The full-bowed schooners lean over on the beach at low tide. 2008 Newcastle (New S. Wales) Herald (Nexis) 15 Feb. 33 It's quite a trick for a full-bowed, high-volume hull to ride so well. full-brained adj. ΚΠ 1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. B7^v Whose full-braind temples deck't with laurell crowne. 1860 G. W. Thornbury in All Year Round 28 Apr. 59/1 A full-brained, but sorrowful, simple-hearted, honest Mussulman. 2010 E. O. Wilson in New Yorker 25 Jan. 57/2 The..future Queen of the Trailhead Colony, full-brained and powerfully muscled, hurried to find shelter. full-busted adj. ΚΠ 1854 Sharpe's London Mag. Jan. 356/1 The slim girl..had grown into the full-busted woman. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 30 Her full-busted figure-head Stared o'er the ripple feathering from her bows. 2003 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 27 Sept. m4 She had a very good figure—full-busted and thin-waisted. full-buttocked adj. ΚΠ 1649 ‘Mercurius Elencticus’ 1st Pt. Last Wil & Test. Philip Earle of Pembrooke sig. A3^v A great Flanders jade, too ful buttock'd for him. 1672 London Gaz. No. 657/4 A Bay Mare..with..a black List down the Buttock, and full Buttockt. 1898 W. C. Russell Romance of Midshipman iii. 50 The full-buttocked smacks rolled lightly upon their own black shadows. 2010 S. Stern Frozen Rabbi (2011) 353 Mr. Womack hoisted his full-buttocked bulk from his chair and blew his nose. full-cheeked adj. ΚΠ 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida i. sig. B4 A full cheekt gallant, with a bouncing thigh. a1711 T. Ken Preparatives for Death in Wks. (1721) IV. 92 It chanc'd, just as the full-cheek'd Moon Reach'd her nocturnal Noon. 2006 G. A. Knoblock Hist. Burial Grounds New Hampsh. Seacoast 60 (caption) This simple gravestone, with its round-faced, full-cheeked angel, was made by John Stevens of Newport, Rhode Island. full-chested adj. ΚΠ 1641 T. Heywood Life of Merlin xiv. 117 This Prince..was somewhat high-coloured, but of a good aspect, and pleasant countenance, fat, full chested, and low of stature. 1681 London Gaz. No. 1620/4 A black brown Gelding..short Neck, full Chested. 1999 Cincinnati Mag. Sept. 136/2 Until recently, Hamilton says full-chested women often ended up ‘fashion losers’ because designers never bothered to pair the necessary support with the latest styles. full-eared adj. ΚΠ 1621 J. Vicars in J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) sig. A6^v All thy full-ear'd Harvest-Swathes. 1845 C. Norton Child of Islands 107 Whose mass of full-eared sheaves the reapers bind. 1998 H. C. Brichto Names of God iv. 151 The wind..is used here to flatten—as a scythe the high and full-eared grainstalks—the crests of the presumptuous swells. full-flanked adj. ΚΠ 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion iii. 46 Many a plump-thigh'd moore, & ful-flanck't marsh. 1897 Chapman's Mag. May 97 Hay-wains break up the monotony of the glowing roads, with full-flanked horses sedately striding in front. 2015 Queensland Country Life (Nexis) 22 Jan. 72 Pattinson displays a lot of depth of body, heavy fleshing, softness of cover and is full-flanked. full-fleshed adj. ΚΠ 1598 L. A. tr. M. Martínez Seuenth Bk. Myrrour of Knighthood xx. sig. Gg4^v His colour was white: and his face full flesht & well proportioned. 1832 W. Motherwell Poems 59 In full-fleshed pride, Bright roses burst in June. 2004 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 20 Mar. d22 He is as full-fleshed and physical as any character in literature. full-foliaged adj. ΚΠ 1794 R. Southey in Morning Chron. 18 Sept. The Church-yard Elm, whose wide-embow'ring boughs, Full foliag'd, half conceal'd the House of God. 1807 Salmagundi 2 June 219 The whispers of the full-foliaged grove, fall on the ear of contemplation. 2012 Sunday Mail (Queensland, Austral.) (Nexis) 19 Aug. 63 Modern propagation techniques..have resulted in varieties with..a more compact growth habit, making for an even more attractive, full-foliaged pot plant. full-formed adj. ΚΠ 1655 S. Hartlib Reformed Common-wealth Bees 22 Others like to a white Maggot,..others now almost shaped like a Fly, others full formed, and able to crawle. 1691 E. Taylor in J. Behmen's Theosophick Philos. 67 Those greater Kinds of Fishes which bring forth young, large full-formed Fishes. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xx. 201 The feeling..of which he had had some old foreshadowing in older times..was full-formed now. 2012 G. Tononi Phi xxviii. 280 I saw the trace of a man's effigy at the embryo's earliest stages, ready to unfold into a full-formed person. full-fortuned adj. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. xvi. 25 Th' Imperious shew Of the full-Fortun'd Cæsar. View more context for this quotation 1900 G. C. W. Warr tr. Aeschylus Agamemnon in Oresteia 15 Troy..is humbled 'neath the heavy yoke Of our full-fortuned worthy, elder heir Of Atreus. 1940 S. O'Casey Star turns Red iv. ii. 148 They're all full-fortuned that are stirring now. full-haired adj. ΚΠ 1689 London Gaz. No. 2513/4 A grey Mare..only gallops and trots, and a full haired bob Tail. 1888 S. Lockwood Animal Mem. I. xx. 256 The rabbit, like the guinea-pig, brings forth its little ones full-haired and open-eyed. 2003 C. Elliott Better than Well v. 109 Television advertisements showed a handsome full-haired young man looking into a mirror. full-handed adj. ΚΠ c1570 J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1830) 162 The King of Ingland..thocht best to remane fulhandit, and thairfore refuset to deliver the said schippis. 1643 J. Angier Lancashires Valley of Achor 35 Mercies..have been granted..with full-handed favours. 1880 Harper's Mag. June 109/2 Mirth and full-handed hospitality held carnival in its stately halls. 2006 N. Burkes No Small Miracles i. 34 ‘Swing me! Swing me!’ she said, seizing my fingers with a full-handed grip. full-haunched adj. now rare ΚΠ 1685 London Gaz. No. 2019/8 Stolen..a brown bay Nag..full Haunched, and small Bodied. 1854 H. H. Wilson tr. Rig-veda II. 124 The full-haunched, slender-waisted, high-spirited, and celestial coursers (of the sun), gallop along like swans. 1964 G. Farwell Last Days Paradise xvii. 179 These buxom, full-haunched creatures, with their wild black manes and smudged crimson lips. full-headed adj. ΚΠ 1705 J. Stevens tr. ‘A. Fernández de Avellaneda’ Contin. Don Quixote v. viii. 295 The full headed Trees afforded a pleasant Shade. 1839 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 30 May The full leaf and rye full-headed speak the mute language of Summer. 2004 Evening Standard (Nexis) 21 Dec. 12 Linda buys a bunch of full-headed white florists' roses. full-hipped adj. ΚΠ 1820 T. Hamilton tr. Antar IV. xxxiv. 228 Amarah, leave alone the beautiful, full-hipped damsels. 1882 E. O'Donovan Merv Oasis I. 343 The..slovenly-looking full-hipped tunic. 2011 R. Merullo Talk-Funny Girl v. 46 My aunt was strongly built, full hipped and full breasted. full-jointed adj. now rare ΚΠ 1688 London Gaz. No. 2355/4 A dapple grey..full jointed in both his hinder Legs. 1893 M. E. Kennard Sporting Tales 98 His fore legs..were round, full-jointed, covered with blemishes, and tottered and shook. 1953 Billboard 5 Dec. 106/4 (advt.) Beautiful walking doll with washable Saran Hair. Made of plastic, full jointed and walks when led by hands. full-licensed adj. ΚΠ 1836 Manch. Times 13 Aug. (advt.) To be let, with immediate possession, a full licensed public-house. 1883 Goole Weekly Times 14 Sept. 5/3 To be let, the ‘Royal Oak Inn’.. a full-licensed House. 1903 Econ. Rev. 13 165 The justices had previously only had control over the full-licensed houses. 2013 Taranaki (N.Z.) Daily News (Nexis) 3 Sept. 3 Parnell's decision to drive without a full-licensed driver..had led to an accident involving multiple victims. full-limbed adj. ΚΠ 1659 T. Porter Compend. View World 80 The People are..for the most part full limb'd and tall. 1844 F. Lloyd Hampton Court III. vi. 114 That picture there, embodies this full-limbed commanding daughter of Eve. 2007 A. Roberts View from Attic Window vii. 44 The trees throughout the town were old, tall, and full-limbed, permitting only glimpses of the houses and buildings. full-lipped adj. ΚΠ 1637 N. Whiting Le Hore di Recreatione 126 Pray mother, gainst the young mon doe not rage, Sayes full-lipt Maudge. 1859 W. Bagehot in National Rev. 9 383 Lancelot, the great knight of many exploits and full-lipped enjoyment. 1932 E. Hemingway Death in Afternoon ix. 244 He had a full-lipped face. 2012 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 14 Dec. e4 One of those full-lipped beauties who populate every corner of France, if you believe its cinema. full-measured adj. ΚΠ 1645 King Charles I Let. 5 Mar. in Kings Cabinet Opened 7 My Commissioners have offered, to say no more, full measured reason. a1711 T. Ken Hymnarium 114 in Wks. (1721) II. God oft makes Thunder, Lightning, Storm, Hail, Snows, Pour on full-measur'd Sin, full-measur'd Woes. 2002 S. Letter & W. M. Letter Affirmative Action in Antidiscrimination Law & Policy iv. 134 Helping protected minorities achieve full-measured participation in American life. full-minded adj. ΚΠ 1628 O. Felltham Resolves (new ed.) 113 To be poore, is to be made a pauement for the tread of the full-minded [1628 (earlier ed.) full-mined] man. 1826 J. M. Sherer Notes & Refl. Ramble Germany 118 My companion proved a most agreeable, full-minded man, with a well-thumbed Euripides in his pocket. 2011 Pittsburgh Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 20 Dec. (Arts & Entertainment section) 14 For him, full-minded, full-bodied attention is the basis of morality. full-natured adj. ΚΠ 1823 C. Lamb in London Mag. June 678/1 Those full-natured angels tended it by turns. 1964 N.Y. Times 11 Oct. (Book Review section) 44/2 How can an intelligent, full-natured man live a complete life in such a madhouse? 2009 E. E. Brown Compl. Tassajara Cookbk. 33 When food is always fancy or elaborate,..we forget the plain, full-natured, actual taste of things. full-necked adj. ΚΠ 1667 Duke of Newcastle New Method to dress Horses 96 That Colt..shall have a great Fleshy-Head, and Thick and Full Neckt. 1863 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 19 Dec. 10/5 Though rather stout and full-necked, he is a young man of gentlemanly appearance. 2014 M. B. Baptiste Altitude Adjustment iii. 9 I peered at the regal, full-necked animals. full-paunched adj. ΚΠ 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 344^v Now ye see hym ful paunched, as lyons are. 1614 J. Cooke Greenes Tu Quoque sig. I2^v Such food As..Children, nay sometimes full paunched Dogges, Haue ouerlickt. 1779 T. Horde Pretended Puritan i. i. 8 A full-paunched sneaking alderman servilely thanking a minister of state for the honour of his company. 2003 E. Hay Garbo Laughs x. 67 He was..a full-paunched graduate student with bushy hair and beard. full-personed adj. ΚΠ 1855 G. R. Gilmer Sketches First Settlers Upper Georgia i. 21 Mary Peachy, the oldest daughter of Peachy R. Gilmer, was a round-faced, full-personed, black-eyed brunette. 1873 W. D. Howells Chance Acquaintance i. 14 The full-personed good-humored looking gentleman. 2009 P. E. Martin Relig. Conversion 24 The ‘act’ of conversion requires a full-personed response. full-plumed adj. ΚΠ ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xvi. 249 They giue their wings their full-plum'd Law. a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 54/2 With full plum'd Wing thou Faulkon-like could fly. 1861 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 58 He will be a full-plumed Royal Academy Student. 2010 D. Trussoni Angelology 45 His mother's wings were gorgeous, shimmering, healthy, full-plumed. full-powered adj. ΚΠ 1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 22 To-day is Yesterday return'd..Full-power'd. 1884 Whitaker's Almanack (Advt. section) 20 These large, highest classed and full-powered Steamships..are fitted up in the latest and most approved fashion. 2010 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 19 Feb. (Life & Leisure section) 7 Applications run more or less as they would on a full-powered desktop PC. full-proportioned adj. ΚΠ 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 762 Two full proportioned figures in brasse. 1828 N.Y. Mirror & Ladies' Lit. Gaz. 30 Aug. 68/1 Her fine and full-proportioned form had shrunk up into the likeness of age and sorrow. 2014 L. Marshall Doctor for Keeps iii. 61 She'd let her hair down and wore a colorful dress that..clung to her full-proportioned body. full-rayed adj. ΚΠ 1823 Rejected Addr. New Theatre Philadelphia 43 These full-rayed stars of patriot pride. 1858 Fraser's Mag. July 92/2 Their canvas sails are painted in radiant colours; and from the centre the Greek cross or the full-rayed sun blazes in gold. 2012 R. Olmstead Coldest Night (2013) xxvi. 177 The full-rayed sun had become a diffusion of reds and violets. full-sailed adj. ΚΠ 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. B Mercenarie attendants on his ful-saild fortune. 1608 G. Chapman Conspiracie Duke of Byron ii. sig. D2^v A full-saild Argosea. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad i. 50 The fullsail'd ship..Dash'd into fragments by the floating rock. 2012 Irish Times (Nexis) 1 Sept. (Weekend section) 16 Full-sailed wooden boats crowding the wharfs. full-shouldered adj. ΚΠ 1684 R. Johnson Enchiridion Medicum iii. xx. 253 If the Woman be little, and her Husband big and full shouldred, then there is a great Child, which will cause tough work. 1893 Table Talk Jan. 29/2 The sole trimming on the full-shouldered sleeves are similar buttons set along the inner seam. 2001 M. Ryan Hope (2003) vi. 87 The boy who had left them was now a man, full-shouldered, moustached. full-sized adj. ΚΠ 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 28 As priest Laocoon by lot to Neptun apoyncted A bul for sacrifice ful sizde dyd slaughter at altars. 1665 Recs. Gen. Court 12 Oct. in J. H. Trumbull Public Rec. Colony Connecticut (1852) II. 25 Porke, 3£. 10s. p^r Barrill ful sized. 1787 J. Ledyard Jrnl. 16 Aug. in Journey through Russia (1966) 156 The size [of the fruit] is that of a full-sized pea in France. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. xxxviii. 31 A full-sized wine-bottle, carefully corked. 2008 Independent 10 Mar. 10/2 The pygmy hippo grows to about half the height of its full-sized cousin. full-skirted adj. ΚΠ 1679 London Gaz. No. 1456/4 A large Hogskin saddle, full skirted. 1828 Episcopal Watchman Feb. 364/3 He appeared in a long, full-skirted, collarless coat. 1999 Vanity Fair Apr. 302/3 This dress..was everything it should be: snug-bodiced, wasp-waisted, full-skirted, ankle-skimming. full-souled adj. ΚΠ 1689 E. Howard Caroloiades ii. 38 Which frontless guilt when well the King compar'd With such, full-Soul'd with Duty, him rever'd. 1838 Amer. Biblical Repository Apr. 513 As an essayist, terse, pungent, witty, ironical, full-souled, playful, and old English, we hardly know his equal. 2003 K. Kachtick Hungry Ghost i. 1 A drowsy, full-souled smile. † full-speeched adj. Obsolete ΚΠ 1692 London Gaz. No. 2809/4 Timothy Phillips..a Country-like Man, full speech'd, in a light grey Cloth Suit, a sad-colour'd riding Coat, and a black Hat. full-statured adj. ΚΠ 1640 J. Jackson Key of Knowl. Pref. sig. A9^v There are three sorts, or rather degrees in Religion, First, Beginners or probationers, Secondly, Proficients, or growers, and lastly growne and full statured Christians. 1663 J. Mayne tr. Lucian Part of Lucian sig. F 2^v She is grown handsome, and full statured of a suddaine. 1844 E. B. Barrett Lady Geraldine's Courtship in Poems I. 236 And my soul..sprang, full-statured in an hour. 2006 F. H. Wagner Yellowstone's Destabilized Ecosystem x. 200 There was a major decline..in the area of the northern range occupied by full-statured willow shrubs. full-stomached adj. ΚΠ 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. vii. f. 52 The squemish and full stomacked Reader. 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 63 Grosse full-stomacht tautology. 1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) ii. sig. D2^v The full-stomack'd Sea. 1846 H. Bacon in S. C. Edgarton Rose of Sharon 184 The sound..of a full-stomached idler sucking his teeth. 1993 M. Richard Fishboy (1994) 175 I remember feeling the cook's popularity spread among the full-stomached men seated at the galley table. full-streamed adj. ΚΠ 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 38 b Hearing riche London was the full-streamed wel-head. 1806 J. Grahame Birds Scotl. 72 And joins, with opened banks, the full-streamed Clyde. 1955 P. M. Dunne tr. J. Sedelmayr in Jacobo Sedelmayr 20 He crossed the full-streamed Río de la Asunción, and he saw that the Gila receives its waters. full-toned adj. ΚΠ 1696 J. Lead Fountain of Gardens sig. G4 Shouts of Victory the Skies shall rend: With full-ton'd Acclamation-Anthems clear. 1827 J. Keble Christian Year* II. xciii. 168 Mild As evening blackbird's full-ton'd lay. 1911 Strad Jan. 344/1 (advt.) 'Cello for sale, very full-toned instrument. 2000 Times 11 Jan. 36/6 Full-toned, freely projected, his voice rang out heroically and brilliantly. † full-tushed adj. Obsolete ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Miré,..long-tusked, full-tushed, as a full-growne Boare. 1905 R. A. Bennet For White Christ ii. vi. 291 The fox, the adder, and the full-tushed boar. full-tusked adj. ΚΠ 1772 S. Pegge tr. W. Fitz-Stephen Descr. London 50 Hogs full tusked, intended to be converted into bacon. 1874 T. Frost Old Showmen 370 There was a spirited competition for the two elephants, ending in the magnificent full-tusked male..being knocked down to Mr. Jennison for six hundred and eighty pounds. 1992 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 25 Oct. (Sunday Life section) a2 Lucas is neutered and will not grow to be a full-tusked boar. full-uddered adj. ΚΠ 1660 Don Pedro de Quixot (single sheet) The full udder'd pursed Kine. 1727 J. Thomson Summer 24 The full-udder'd Mother lows around The chearful Cottage. 2011 R. Coleman Kingdom of Childhood xxi. 244 The cow, large-eyed and full-uddered, swished her tail at Judy. full-voiced adj. ΚΠ 1640 J. Gower tr. Ovid Festivalls i. 14 She, when her brest with heavenly fire was fill'd, From full-voic'd mouth true prophesies did yield. 1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 43 There let the pealing Organ blow, To the full voic'd Quire below. 1816 M. Hodson Margaret of Anjou v. 219 The carol of the full-voic'd thrush. 1990 Opera Now May 24/4 The baritone's high notes in Verdi and Puccini are normally there to serve a full-voiced, resonant climax. full-weighted adj. ΚΠ 1773 London Evening-Post 16 Nov. Such numbers of base full-weighted guineas are now circulating. 1888 Daily News 5 Oct. 5/2 The Bank of Germany does not refuse full-weighted gold to those who can demand it. 2003 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 13 Apr. vii. 14/4 The star..is proud of her size, calling herself ‘full-weighted’ instead of ‘overweight’. full-whiskered adj. ΚΠ 1832 N.-Y. Mirror 24 Nov. 161/1 A short, thickset, plump, full-whiskered, middle-aged, English-looking man, briskly whirling round a corner. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xvii. 158 Such a..full-whiskered dashing gentlemanly man. 1994 M. Riebling Wedge xiii. 260 It was nothing new for CIA officers to come home full-whiskered from postings in Asia and Africa. full-wombed adj. ΚΠ 1630 M. Drayton Noahs Floud in Muses Elizium 90 The full-womb'd Women, very hardly went Out their nine months. 1883 G. Massey Nat. Genesis II. ix. 79 The primitive type of female beauty was the deep-bosomed woman, or full-wombed cow. 2003 C. Hamilton Celtic Bk. Seasonal Medit. 229 The great and glorious ocean..full-wombed and magnificent. (b) Complementary.Mainly with past participles.Some formations of this type may now be interpreted as compounds of the adverb (see Compounds 2a). full-built adj. ΚΠ 1616 F. Rous Medit. of Instr. lxxxiii. 441 Lanched forth like a full built ship into the world. 1709 London Gaz. No. 4510 The Hoy Burthen 9 or 10 Tun, very full built forward. 2014 G. A. Knoblock Amer. Clipper Ship, 1845–1920 i. i. 11 The early China trading vessels ran the gamut from large and full-built ships to small and fast schooners. full-charged adj. ΚΠ 1596 J. Harington Apol. sig. M When I had..in mine owne fantasie very sufficiently euacuated my head of such homely stuffe, of which it might seeme it was verie full charged. 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. ix. sig. H Canst thunder cannon oathes, like th'ratling Of a huge, double, full-charg'd culuering? 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. ii. 3 I stood i'th' leuell Of a full-charg'd confederacie. View more context for this quotation 1898 Pharmaceut. Jrnl. 3 Sept. 264/1 [The pressure] in a full-charged [gas] bottle is about eight times the amount employed in a modern locomotive. 2012 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 12 Mar. 6 Each full-charged battery will fuel about 100 miles of driving. full-crammed adj. ΚΠ 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. i. sig. G2 The chub-fac't fop Shines sleeke with full cramm'd fat of happinesse. 1613 G. Wither Abuses Stript ii. ii. sig. P Emptying their full cram'd bags. 1879 T. H. Huxley Hume i. 56 Unknown to this full-crammed and much-examined generation. 1947 M. S. Douglas Everglades i. 52 The full crammed tropic of the south. † full-farced adj. Obsolete ΚΠ 1578 T. Tymme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Genesis 189 The place..so full-farssed and stuffed up. 1662 J. Donne, Jr. Satyr 6 When this all-devouring Glutton puts More offas [i.e. morsels] in his full farc'd foul fat guts. full-fed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > fed or nourished > filled with food fullOE full-feedinga1382 repletea1400 satiate1440 full-fed?1530 full of bread?1570 strut1577 full-mouthed1610 crop-full1645 ?1530 R. Whitford Werke for Housholders sig. E.iv^v The full fedde gloton is apte vnto no good werke or labour. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. F1^v The full-fed Hound, or gorged Hawke,..Make slow pursuite. View more context for this quotation 1732 J. Thurston Fall ii. 33 Not twelve sleek chaplains could have read the page, Twelve full-fed chaplains of our modern age. 1887 Spectator 5 Mar. 320/1 We..have a notion that full-fed authors do bad work. 2010 New Yorker 13 Sept. 68/3 Full-fed, ale-colored cattle watch us from fields of grass so vivid..that each blade looks hand-tinted. full-flowering adj. ΚΠ 1761 I. Mauduit Occas. Thoughts Present German War 54 The same sentiment dressed out in bold poetical phrases, beautiful allusions, full flowering metaphors. 1781 S. Fullmer Young Gardener's Best Compan. 216 Some of the largest off-sets may be planted in beds and borders, among the full-flowering bulbs. 1820 J. Keats Lamia i, in Lamia & Other Poems 5 The taller grasses and full-flowering weed. 2003 Pasadena (Calif.) Star-News (Nexis) 18 Apr. Los Angeles has received 15.33 inches of rain..meaning greener grasses, full-flowering plants and lots of pollen. full-flowing adj. ΚΠ ?1548 J. Bale Image Bothe Churches (new ed.) iii. sig. Oo.viii^v He shall geue them drinke out of the full flowynge ryuer of hys eternal pleasurs. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xxiv. 73 Lady I am not well, els I should answere From a full flowing stomack. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Œnone in Poems (new ed.) 54 From his lip, curved crimson, the fullflowing river of speech Came down upon my heart. 2013 A. J. Erickson et al. Optimizing Stormwater Treatm. Pract. ix. 148 Measuring discharge in a full-flowing conduit with a weir or flume is not recommended. † full-fraught adj. Obsolete ΚΠ 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry f. 80^v Ill huswiferie bringeth, a shilling to naught, good huswiferie singeth, her cofers full fraught. 1607 F. Beaumont Woman Hater i. ii. sig. A4^v His tables are full fraught with most nourishing foode. 1715 Rise & Growth Fanaticism 11 Knox..return'd to his native Country, full fraught with democratical Principles, and an utter Aversion to the Government of Women. 1879 E. Dowden Southey iv. 81 He grew stronger, calmer, more full-fraught with stores of knowledge. 1919 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Mar. 147/2 The book is full fraught with examples of incompatibility. † full-freight adj. Obsolete ΚΠ 1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. vi. vi. §3. 623 If yee be ful freight, and haue stoare sufficiente of your owne, yet maie you diuide them emonge your poore Louanian Brethren. 1694 L. Echard tr. Plautus Epidicus iii. iii, in tr. Plautus Comedies 103 I'll teach her how t' act..and send her full-fraight with my Tricks. 1740 W. Somervile Hobbinol iii. 356 A full-freight Ship, Blest in a rich Return of Pearl, or Gold. 1777 J. Price 5 Lett. Free Merchant Bengal iv. 185 Had all the tonnage in India, come to Bengal full freight with grain. full-freighted adj. ΚΠ 1599 T. M. Micro-cynicon i. iii. sig. B7 The appointed caruer carefully Dischargeth them of their full freighted hands. a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo xi, in Wks. (1721) III. 319 His full-freighted Thought, Back on his Tongue, Hymn and Heroick brought. 1852 Sailor's Mag. June 686/2 When the full freighted ship flies before the fierce gale. 1990 J. Maraniss tr. A. Benítez-Rojo Sea of Lentils vii. 32 He'd return once more to Cape Verde or to Guinea, and from there, his holds full freighted, he would cross the ocean in a single stroke. full-gorged adj. now rare ΚΠ 1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia v. sig. I2^v Death that sees the Nobles blood so rife, Full-gorged triumphes, and disdaines my lyfe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. i. 177 She [sc. my Faulcon] must not be full gorg'd, For then she neuer lookes vpon her lure. View more context for this quotation 1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 167 The full-gorged savage. 1866 Daily News 29 Jan. 2/2 The loathsome and full-gorged serpents which crawl out of crevices in the accursed banks. 1930 O. Lattimore High Tartary ii. 21 Full-gorged at last, I rolled up in my coat, with my legs stretched out as far as I could stretch them. full-packed adj. ΚΠ 1706 Act 6 Anne c. 29 in Statutes of Realm (1821) VIII. 622 A Debenture..verified..as to the Quantity of Herrings actually shipped and that the same were well cured and merchantable and full packed.] 1758 Rep. Comm. Weights & Meas. (House of Commons) 22 By the Statute 2 Henry 6, the Barrel of Herrings, full packed, was to contain thirty Gallons. 1798 Rep. Brit. Fisheries (House of Commons) 41 It would be most desirable that the Buss Barrel Bounties be given upon the full-packed Barrels. 1840 Scioto (Ohio) Gaz. 26 Nov. Crowded pavements, thronged passages, full-packed rooms and creaking timbers, have been the order of the day here for some weeks. 1905 Daily Chron. 1 Sept. 8/3 These swift-passing, full-packed moments. 2006 N. Symington Healing Conversat. vi. 118 Although she has a full-packed life, she feels that she is ‘missing out’. full-resounding adj. ΚΠ 1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. i. 16 Dryden taught to join..the full resounding [in some later edd. full-resounding] line. 1788 Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 1787 1 Polite Literature 76 Teach the full-resounding chords, To speak the wonders of thy proud domain. 1848 Ainsworth's Mag. 14 125 The tumultuous swell and full-resounding streams of music ceased. 1927 Classical Weekly 11 Apr. 172/2 The huge round stone, as Pope says in a wretched travesty of my full-resounding verse,..thundered impetuous on. 2015 www.cvneweng.org 21 Dec. (O.E.D. Archive) A flute and harp duo..performed a remarkably full-resounding ‘Histoire du Tango’ by Astor Piazzolla. full-stuffed adj. ΚΠ 1529 J. Frith Pistle Christen Reader sig. C.v And live them silf with full stuffed belies, idle, riche, mighty. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xiv. 230 When twixt their burly Stacks, and full-stuft Barnes they stand. 1979 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 99 106/2 He lies on the bed like a full-stuffed sack. full-swelling adj. ΚΠ 1606 J. Hind Eliosto Libidinoso 57 Her soft cheekes, her full swelling pappes. 1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. 297 Each spacious room was one full-swelling bed. 1959 H. Trevelyan tr. H. von Kleist Penthesilea xv, in E. Bentley Classic Theatre II. 380 Weak women, hampered still By the full-swelling bosom. (c) (i) With nouns, forming phrases used attributively, or (occasionally) as predicative adjectives, most commonly in the sense ‘having (what is denoted by the second element) full’ or ‘containing or involving the full amount of (what is denoted by the second element)’. Cf. high adj. and n.² Compounds 2.Some of the more established compounds of this type are treated separately. ΚΠ 1852 Meanderings of Memory I. 79 Where full-dug foragers at evening meet In Cow-bell concert. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. iii. 46 I have manufactured a full-draught pipe for our smoky stove. 1877 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 27 Nov. 918/2 A full-bust corset provided with means for drawing the upper and lower portions of the bust toward each other. 1906 Times Engin. Suppl. 22 Aug. 267/3 The use..of a large full-voltage battery for regulating purposes. 1947 Billboard 21 June 44/3 She was in good voice... Wound up with I'll Be Seeing You giving it a full voice treatment that paid off handsomely. 2013 Independent on Sunday 10 Nov. 21/1 I had 75 per cent full-thickness third-degree burns. (ii) full-hand adj. ΚΠ 1511 in J. Robertson Illustr. Topogr. & Antiq. Aberdeen & Banff (1857) III. 107 It war gud to tak it [sc. the teind] at him and to be full hand and win with him. 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 22 The..profuse sacrificatory expences of ful-hand oblationers. 2014 S. Gupta ElectriSense iv. 93 The user was asked to first perform a five-finger touch, followed by a full-hand touch. full-plate adj. ΚΠ 1817 Supporter (Chillicothe, Ohio) 21 Oct. (advt.) Full plate curb Bitts. 1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 108 A full plate watch has a top plate..of a circular form. 2012 Platts Metals Week (Nexis) 28 May Premiums for full-plate cathodes were said to be around $100/mt. full-power adj. ΚΠ 1842 Trans. Inst. Civil Engineers 3 393 The full power steamers, as now built, are bad sailers, their spars and rigging being very inefficient. 1872 Jrnl. Royal United Service Inst. 15 659 Let us get a good and effective result for a full-power trial with as high a speed as we can possibly obtain. 1916 Boston Daily Globe 30 Dec. 14/5 The four-hour full-power run scheduled for tomorrow will complete the Allen's tests. 2009 New Yorker 11 May 114/2 Speed and strength—a hail of full-power punches—drive through an opponent's defenses. full-size adj. ΚΠ 1772 St. James's Chron. 15 Dec. (advt.) A full Size Billiard Table, at a low Price. 1787 World 6 Nov. (advt.) Three full-size Window Curtains. 1888 P. N. Hasluck Model Engin. Handybk. (1900) 41 The Figs. are reduced from full-size drawings. 1957 Times Surv. Brit. Aviation Sept. 7 A full-size mock-up of the Vanguard's cockpit. 2006 Art Bull. 88 277/2 Transforming a small model into a full-size sculpture..was not something easily achieved. full-tank adj. ΚΠ 1877 J. A. Jones in Papers relating to Water-supply Schemes India (1889) 16 The cylinder would be provided with valves at various depths below the full tank level. 1927 W. H. Todd Tiger, Tiger! 25 The water..had already reached to within a foot or so of the designed full-tank level. 2014 Times of India (Nexis) 11 Aug. I pray, the city gets so much rain that the lake attains its full-tank level. full-throttle adj. ΚΠ 1909 Motor Boating Aug. 49/1 Under full throttle conditions, both sections of the devices act together. 1933 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 4 July 2/3 (caption) Jimmie Mantz is performing a full-throttle power dive, a trail of smoke showing his course. 1991 Esquire Oct. 193 (advt.) A rip-snorting, full-throttle novel that mixes bikers, murder, a blood-curdling prison riot, and a powderkeg murder trial. 2011 N.Y. Times 15 May (Late ed.) (Automobiles section) 1/5 At 3,583 pounds, the A5 coupe isn't light... So full-throttle acceleration is subdued. full-top adj. ΚΠ 1723 London Gaz. No. 6206/9 He is..pale fac'd, a full-top Wig. 1854 North Amer. & U.S. Gaz. (Philadelphia) 13 Sept. (advt.) Full-top gloves. 1946 Bradford (Pa.) Era 11 Apr. The silhouette [of the coat] focuses on dropped, rounded shoulder lines, deep cut armholes, full-top sleeves and rounded hips. full-value adj. ΚΠ 1820 Morning Post 18 Feb. Gold and silver can never long be both together current with us, in full value coins. 1896 Daily News 31 Mar. 9/3 Any full-value gold pieces in circulation will have to be called in. 2002 Internat. Jrnl. Middle East Stud. 34 241 The established regime was still ineffective and did not provide..for a full-value taxation system. full-voice adj. ΚΠ 1927 V. McNabb Catholic Church & Philos. iii. 119 The full-voice assertion of the rights of reason to reason. 2013 Jrnl. Musicol. 30 118 Both move without pause into rhythmically identical full-voice homophony. full-weight adj. ΚΠ 1737 London Mag. Feb. 58/2 Our new coined full-weight Guineas. 1866 A. Crump Pract. Treat. Banking x. 234 The Bank..would supply new and full-weight coin. 2013 D. Rugg & J. D'Agnese Blind Spot i. 13 Learning how to fight with a full-weight saber was dangerous. b. Some of the uses listed here may belong at Compounds 2c. full bastion n. Fortification (a) a bastion, the interior surface of which is level with the rampart; = solid bastion n. at solid adj. Compounds 5 (now rare); (b) a bastion having two faces and two flanks, as opposed to a demi-bastion or half-bastion, having only one (cf. demi-bastion n., half-bastion n. at half adj. Compounds 2). ΚΠ 1711 tr. Abbé Du Fay in J. T. Desaguliers tr. J. Ozanam Treat. Fortification App. 202 The whole Bastion is a full Bastion. 1810 W. Duane Mil. Dict. 174/1 Full bastion,..when the level ground within is even with the rampart; that is, when the inside is quite level, the parapet being only more elevated than the rest. 1869 Times 12 Oct. 8/5 The citadel has four full bastion fronts and one half bastion. 1970 Post-Medieval Archaeol. 4 15 The flank of the demi-bastion and one flank of the full bastion. 1993 Proc. Meeting French Colonial Hist. Soc. 17 27 The defences..were to consist of two full bastions, two half-bastions, and three connection curtain walls. † full-belly n. Obsolete a person who has or makes a point of having his or her belly full (cf. fill-belly n. at fill v. Compounds). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [noun] > gluttony > glutton glutton?c1225 glutc1394 globberc1400 glofferc1440 gluttoner1482 gourmanda1492 ravener1496 belly1526 golofer1529 lurcher1530 cormorant1531 flesh-fly1532 full-belly1536 belly-godc1540 flap-sauce1540 gourmander1542 gully-gut1542 locust1545 glosser1549 greedy-guts1550 hungry gut1552 belly-slave1562 fill-belly1563 grand paunch1569 belly-paunch1570 belly-swainc1571 trencher-slave1571 slapsauce1573 gorche1577 helluo1583 gormandizer1589 eat-all1598 engorger1598 guts1598 guller1604 gourmandist1607 barathrum1609 eatnell1611 snapsauce1611 Phaeacian?1614 gutling1617 overeater1621 polyphage1623 tenterbelly1628 gut-head1629 stiffgut1630 gobble-guts1632 gulist1632 polyphagian1658 fill-paunch1659 gype1662 gulchin1671 stretch-gut1673 gastrolater1694 gundy-gut1699 guttler1732 gobbler1755 trencher-hero1792 gorger1817 polyphagist1819 battenera1849 stuff-guts1875 chowhound1917 gannet1929 Billy Bunter1939 guzzle-guts1959 garbage can1963 foodaholic1965 1536 T. Revel tr. F. Lambert Summe Christianitie xii. f. 44^v To gyue cappes, gloues, or make greate coste of feastes, to ryche men, and full belyes. 1537 M. Coverdale tr. Original & Sprynge of all Sectes f. 10 Paul fasted, but they [sc. members of the Pauline order] are fulbelyes: he was poore, but they are rych. 1637 R. Humfrey tr. St. Ambrose Christian Offices i. 30 Lazy lubbers, and full bellyes, drowned in worldly delights. 1653 Bp. J. Taylor XXV Serm. xvi. 207 An intemperate man, whose sin..is..applauded by fooles and parasites, full bellies, and empty-heads, servants and flatterers. full belt adv. colloquial (chiefly British and Australian) at maximum speed, power, or volume; with full force; also in at full belt. [Apparently an alteration of full pelt at pelt n.² 3a; perhaps compare belt n.⁴ or belt v. 10b.] ΚΠ 1895 E. Rydings Manx Tales 30 The organ and the singin' was goin' at it full belt. 1931 F. D. Davison Forever Morning xix. 206 There are some men who can go at full ‘belt’ from daylight to dark. 1987 T. Winton Blood & Water (1993) 164 He..locks the door, turns the shower on full belt, and cries. 2016 Yorks. Post (Nexis) 23 Mar. I used to sing it full belt to my infant daughter in the car. full bleed n. Printing an image, photograph, etc., that is printed or trimmed so as to extend up to the edges of the support material, leaving no margin; = bleed n. 2; frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1940 Amer. Printer Feb. 30/2 A second form of outline pages in full bleed size, printed in color over the above black form, shows the size and position of a full form of bleed pages. 1994 Computer Reseller News 18 July 24 The printer prints full bleeds and includes an autotrim feature. 2011 G. Allen Artists' Mag. iv. 95 Texts and photographs cascading across the page, full-bleed images alternating with spare, white pages. full-body adj. (a) (esp. of clothing) that covers most or the whole of the body; (b) that is for or involves the whole body. ΚΠ 1930 Iola (Kansas) Daily Reg. 23 Dec. 1/4 Katharine Ronsick..has returned from a Kansas City hospital in a full body cast. 1975 Port Arthur (Texas) News 7 May 33/8 The Nautilus Spa is an advanced body-building area that takes but 18 minutes of time and gives you a full-body workout. 1982 Offshore (Nexis) Dec. Volunteer subjects wore..full body deck (survival type) suits while floating in a cold-water research tank. 2012 Atlantic July 48/2 The suit he wore was one used by high-altitude pilots, a painfully uncomfortable full-body costume known as a ‘partial pressure’ suit. 2013 M. Zailckas Mother, Mother (2014) 40 Will leaned forward to crack his window and had a full-body pins-and-needles sensation. full-breasted adj. having a full breast (in various senses); also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > breast or breasts (of woman) > [adjective] > types of milky1557 milkful1589 full-breasted1611 liberal?1624 milkless1636 busty1867 bosomful1870 pneumatic1910 bosomy1928 top-heavy1934 breasty1937 well-endowed1951 chesty1955 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vi. xxi. 226 He was of an honorable and Maiesticall presence, strong of body, large and full breasted. 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. ii. xv. 125/1 A prouident, and full-brested mother. 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 120 Our Wheat is large, full-brested, and thin-rined. 1842 E. J. Morris Notes Tour through Turkey I. xi. 216 The high cap, full breasted jacket, camese, and gaiters, answering for the helmet, breastplate, mailed shirt, and greaves of the ancient warrior. 1904 W. Gilbey Poultry-keeping i. 3 An Indian Game cock..gives very full-breasted and rapidly-growing chickens. 1999 A. Arensberg Incubus ii. vi. 53 Her beauty was full-breasted and womanly. full-bred adj. (of a domestic animal) bred from parents of the same breed or variety; pure-bred. ΚΠ 1742 Daily Advertiser 8 Oct. (advt.) A full-bred bay gelding. 1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin 221 ‘She's a well-bred one, that's clear.’ ‘Nearly full-bred; the least bit of cocktail in the world.’ 1912 Scotsman 7 Aug. 12/7 Mr T. L. Anderson, Damside, excelled with some full bred cattle, carrying off the challenge cup. 2003 Budget Living June 18/3 There was the backlash against BL 's beloved miniature mascot because of his pricey, full-bred pedigree. full-brimmed adj. (a) full to the brim, brimful, overflowing; (b) (of a hat) having a large and full brim. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > full to the brim brerd-fullc1000 bret-fullc1200 staff-fulla1400 chock-fullc1440 brimful1530 brink-full1553 top-full1553 brim-charged1582 bankfullc1600 crowned1603 full-brimmed1614 brimmed1624 teemful1673 brimming1697 stock-full1782 throat-fulla1800 jam-full1835 cram-full1837 stodge-full1847 chockc1850 top-filled1860 1614 A. Gorges tr. Epitaph in tr. Lucan Pharsalia sig. B3^v When wonders come, I make them slide Like to a full-brim'd swelling tide. 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxix. 153 Two faire and full-brim'd Floods. 1811 W. Saint Mem. John Fransham 117 This jacket, however, in hot weather, he would hang across his arm, and he would carry his large full-brimmed hat in his hand. 1825 T. Hood Friendly Epist. to Mrs. Fry in Odes & Addr. Great People 29 I like the pity in your full-brimm'd eye. 1926 Times 23 July 17/4 Most of the women's hats were large..and full-brimmed. 2006 J. Lindbergh Thrall's Tale 334 Full-brimmed sacks of rough-ground grain. 2015 S. Kuehn Delicate Monsters i. 5 He wore his knee socks rolled up and a full-brimmed hat. full-butt adv. [ < full adj. + butt n.³] now rare squarely, head-on; full-tilt. ΚΠ c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 5247 Galathin smot first Guinbating Wiþ his sword ful but. c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 1112 (MED) Full butt in þe frunt, the fromonde he hittez. a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) l. 4587 (MED) He..smote Darel..In middes of the sheld ful butt. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes i. f. 27 Socrates mette full butte with Xenophon, in a narrowe backe lane, where he could not stert from hym. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. ii. xix. 56 Tarquinius Superbus..ran full but against him. 1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 30 I..met full-but with my Comrade. 1702 J. Savage Compl. Hist. Germany 188 Count Walbourg..immediately drew, and ran at Otho full butt. 1752 H. Fielding Amelia III. viii. i. 108 Before he arrived at the Shop, a Gentleman stopt him full Butt. 1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow (ed. 2) I. vi. 60 The corporal..ran full butt at the lieutenant. 1873 C. Camden Hoity Toity iii. 51 Hoity Toity steered a beetle stem-on against Benjie's nose, just as before..he had sent one full-butt against Benjie's spectacles. 1905 Western Gaz. 23 Dec. 2/3 The Salamander took a post at full-butt sending me over her head into the deep snow beyond... There is a kind of Providence who cares for bobbers. 1913 A. Conan Doyle Poison Belt ii. 60 Makin' a week-end visit and finding you've run full butt into the Day of Judgment. 1941 J. Pinckney Hilton Head xxiii. 209 The ship's bluff bows came full butt against a comber and tons of water swept aft. full-cell adj. (attributive) designating a method of timber treatment in which the greatest possible amount of preservative is injected; frequently in full-cell process.Cf. empty cell adj. at empty adj. and n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > seasoning or preserving beathing1591 seasoninga1642 natural seasoning1856 impregnation1872 Burnettizing1885 fuming1893 haskinization1899 Rueping1904 full-cell1909 Powellizing1913 pressure treatment1914 pressure-treating1924 fixation1968 boucherizing- 1909 W. F. Sherfesee Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric. No. 78. 14 Each of these classes may be further subdivided into the ‘full-cell’ and ‘empty-cell’ processes. 1935 J. D. MacLean Man. Preservative Treatm. Wood by Pressure 105 The full-cell treatment of low-density species like the spruces. 2000 B. Ridout Timber Decay in Buildings ix. 104/1 This pressure is commonly about one-tenth of that used in the full cell process. full character n. [after Chinese shízì ( < shí full + zì character, single-character word)] (with reference to Chinese) a character used to denote a full word (see full word n. and adj.). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > [noun] > content word > specifically in Chinese full word1854 full character1863 1863 J. Edkins Gram. Chinese Colloq. Lang. (ed. 2) ii. iii. 105 They call significant words..full characters, while the auxiliary words or those which are non-significant, they term..empty characters. 1975 tr. G. Wiet et al. Great Medieval Civilizations ii. i. vi. 374 There appeared the notion of empty characters (hiu tseu) and full characters (che tseu). full-charge v. rare transitive to charge fully (cf. full-charged adj. at Compounds 1a(b)). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electric charge, electricity > charge [verb (transitive)] > to capacity full-charge1768 saturate1901 1768 Philos. Trans. 1767 (Royal Soc.) 57 89 I now..several times full-charged her with the electric matter. 2012 T. Kawakami & S. Takata in M. Matsumoto et al. Design Towards Sustainable Soc. 404/1 Although this method is effective, it cannot always be used to full charge the batteries. full choke n. a gun or gun barrel with the maximum amount of choke-boring. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > barrel > types of pistol barrel1663 rifle barrel1766 stub-barrel1833 twist barrel1833 stub1853 full choke1876 1876 Country 12 Oct. 330/2 The gun of the future for pigeon shooting will be a modified choke in the right barrel and a full choke in the left. 1990 Amer. Rifleman Feb. 30/2 The gun can be ordered with a fixed full choke or with special choke tubes of proper diameter for the big barrel. 2002 Outdoor Life Feb. 16/1 Most single-shot shotguns come with full-choke barrels. full-colour adj. (esp. of a picture or photograph) having the full range of colours; all in colour. ΚΠ 1886 Sat. Rev. 27 Feb. 301/1 ‘Ship on Fire’..is interesting in drawing and grouping, though it is not intended to produce a full-colour effect or present a logical scheme of tone. 1934 Amer. Home Mar. 233 (advt.) It is a beautifully illustrated book with 32 full-color plates and hundreds of illustrations direct from actual photographs. 1987 J. Saltman Mod. Canad. Children's Bks. 22 Ann Blades's Mary of Mile 18 was the first full-colour picture-book published by Tundra Books. 2008 Independent 21 Feb. (Extra section) 2/3 Featuring alfresco recipes alongside full-colour photographs of British plants and fungi in London's gardens. full committal n. Law (a) a hearing at which a bench of magistrates consider a prosecution case in full (including witness testimony) so as to decide if there is a case to answer; cf. committal hearing n. at committal n. Compounds 2; (b) Scots Law the second appearance in court for an accused person remanded in custody at an earlier committal.A full committal is usually heard in private and is held to confirm whether the accused should stand trial. ΚΠ 1844 Justice of Peace 27 July 509/2 There is no legal mode of bringing up a prisoner after full committal on one charge, to undergo a preliminary examination on another. 1847 Bankers' Mag. Nov. 590 All doubts as to the truth of these rumours have now been dissipated by the full committal of Mr. Edward Owen Bishop..to take his trial at the next quarter sessions on a charge of embezzlement. 1960 Univ. Pennsylvania Law Rev. 108 295 In Scotland in 1957, in proceedings in the higher courts after full committal, out of 431 persons convicted of housebreaking only 36 had no prior convictions. 2005 J. J. McManus & L. D. G. Thomson Mental Health & Scots Law in Pract. ii. 25 If the person is in custody, the indictment must be served within 80 days of full committal and the trial must commence within 110 days. 2008 C. Moisidis Criminal Discov. ix. 201 Committals were described as opportunities for abuse by defendants because they did not have to give reasons for requiring a full committal and could use the process to cross-examine witnesses at length in the hope of formulating a defence. full-contact n. and adj. (originally and chiefly in martial arts) (a) adj. designating a (form of) sport in which significant physical contact is allowed for within the rules; of or relating to such a sport; (b) n. sport of this kind. ΚΠ 1966 Black Belt Apr. 63/1 I only wish more of the meets were held like these full contact matches. 1972 Winnipeg Free Press 24 Oct. 51/5 The first Canadian open full contact Gung-Fu championships in Edmonton. 1992 Martial Arts Illustr. 2 July 34/1 Going back to your own training, you've done traditional wado-ryu karate, freestyle and full contact very successfully. 2009 Independent 19 Dec. (Mag.) 39/3 (advt.) Lorna..fell in love with Roller Derby (a fast-paced, full-contact sport played by two teams on skates) two years ago. full count n. and adj. Baseball (a) n. a count of three balls and two strikes against a batter; (b) adj. of or relating to such a count. ΚΠ 1940 Princeton Alumni Weekly 1 July 807/2 Just once in the four times Jones was up at the plate did the Yale pitcher get up to three balls on his Princeton opponent and then, with the full count on Jones, he bore down with a third strike that Umpire McDevitt had no hesitation in calling. 1946 Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Indiana) 27 Apr. 6/4 Gibson hit a full count pitch back into the mound. 2005 N.Y. Times 26 June viii. 1/3 After..Henn..tried an off-speed pitch on a full count, Floyd pounced, launching it deep into..right field. 2014 Toronto Star (Nexis) 4 June Vogt drilled a full-count pitch into the right-centre gap. full-court adj. Basketball relating to or involving the use of the whole court. ΚΠ 1940 Bradford (Pa.) Era 1 Mar. 14/6 The Owls experienced a full-court scrimmage yesterday for the first time since early in the campaign. 1981 J. Lehane Basketball Fund. v. 186 Constant drilling on making the transition from offense to defense is a requirement for effective full-court man-for-man pressure. 1993 Chicago Tribune 29 May ii. 3/2 The Bulls prefer a full-court, run-and-shoot, up-tempo offense, they like to play a fast style of basketball using the entire court. 2005 S. K. Fields Female Gladiators iv. 59 Colleges preferred players who grew up playing full-court basketball. full-court press n. Basketball a defensive strategy in which intense pressure is applied to the opposing team over the entire length of the court (cf. press n.¹ 11f); (also in extended use) a vigorous and concerted effort or campaign. ΚΠ 1947 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 3 Mar. 3/1 They shifted from an inept zone defense to a full court press that proved extremely troublesome to the Thunderbolts. 1967 Los Angeles Times 13 June c12/3 Nothing so embarrassing as humor which doesn't come off, and John Godey's actor mistaken for a gangster doesn't in spite of a full court press. 1992 Forbes 7 Dec. 236/2 It can..put a full-court press on the Federal Reserve to gun the money supply. 2000 N.Y. Times 20 Sept. s3/6 Coach Rudy Tomjanovich quickly sicced a full-court press on the defiant Italians with less than nine minutes left. full cousin n. a child of the brother or sister of either of one's parents, a first cousin; (in later use spec.) a child of the full brother or sister of either of one's parents, a cousin with whom one has two grandparents in common; also figurative. ΚΠ 1663 C. Hoole tr. Terence Andria iv. vi, in Six Comedies 70 Is not this Crito, Chrysis her full cosin [L. sobrinus]? 1787 A. Kincaid Hist. Edinb. App. i. 238 The lady to whom he was married was his full cousin. 1883 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 1 Feb. 4/5 A newspaper man in Richmond has been found to be a full cousin of Oscar Wilde. 2004 L. L. Cavalli-Sforza et al. Consanguinuity, Inbreeding, & Genetic Drift in Italy i. 9 The case of half-cousins (descending from only one common ancestor) is less frequent than the normal case of full cousins. full-cream n. (of milk) unskimmed; (of cheese or other dairy products) made from unskimmed milk; cf. full-fat adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [adjective] > relating to milk > whole or full-cream whole1527 full-cream1855 1855 Keokuk (Iowa) Disp. 7 June Full cream cheddars. 1878 Pacific Med. & Surg. Jrnl. May 566 The cheese made from full cream milk was seen to be of close texture. 1881 Chicago Times 16 Apr. The full-cream cheese manufactured in the states of Wisconsin and Illinois. 1929 Punch 8 May p. viii Fresh, full-cream milk. 1970 Guardian 14 Apr. 10/3 We needed full cream milk powder for the babies. 2014 Irish News (Nexis) 14 Jan. 17 We renounced streaky bacon, lamb shanks, full-cream milk and butter and became obsessed with our cholesterol levels. full disclosure n. (esp. in legal cases, business transactions, etc.) the disclosure of all relevant information, without the withholding of significant facts which may bias a decision. ΚΠ 1827 C. T. Swanston Rep. High Court Chancery 3 477 There must not only be good faith and honest intention, but full disclosure; and without full disclosure, honest intention is not sufficient. 1917 D. F. Burnett Cases on Law Private Corporations 367 If there be not an independent board, there must be unanimous consent of all the shareholders, given after full disclosure. 1959 Earl Jowitt & C. Walsh Dict. Eng. Law II. 1797/1 Contracts of suretyship and partnership..are..such as to require full disclosure and the utmost good faith. 2011 J. Madrick Age of Greed 210 The SEC [= Securities and Exchange Commission] demands full disclosure and a complete registration statement when new equity is issued. full duplex adj. †(a) designating an air compressor featuring two individual compressor pumps on a single tank (obsolete rare); (b) Telecommunications of or relating to a method of telecommunication in which two signals can be transmitted in opposite directions simultaneously; designating a communications device capable of this. ΚΠ 1893 Mining Jrnl. 12 Aug. 897/3 At the Wemmer Mine the new Ingersoll-Sergeant piston inlet full duplex Corliss air compressor..has been fixed. 1916 Telegr. & Telephone Age 1 July 326/2 It should not be used when working full duplex as it would kill the receiving leg on set used. 1963 Electr. Engin. (U.S.) 82 45/3 Each of the relay satellites would have 12 one-way channels and be capable of handling six simultaneous full duplex transmissions. 2014 M. W. Graves Digital Archaeol. xiv. 308 Cell phones are full-duplex devices, which means two people can speak at the same time. † full eld n. Obsolete (a) old age, the closing years of life; (b) adult or mature age; = full age n.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > adult > [noun] > adulthood or maturity full eldOE agec1275 douthc1275 full agec1390 maturitya1475 years?1532 just age1541 just years1541 consistencea1613 grown years1645 legal age1658 adultness1663 adultagea1670 muttonhood1841 adulthood1850 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxxii. 277 Se cyning Eglippus leofode his lif on eawfæstre drohtnunge, and on fulre ylde ferde to Gode. OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) iv. i. 202 Pueritia, adholescentia, iuuentute, senectute : cildhad, cnihthad, geþungen yld, fulre yld. a1300 Woman of Samaria l. 4 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 84 (MED) Þo he..wes to ful elde icumen, he venk to prechie. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 259 (MED) Þe ilke þet heþ uolle elde and leueþ ase a child. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Isa. lxv. 22 Þe werkis of þer hondis my chosen vn to ful elde shal vsen. c1400 Life St. Anne (Minn.) (1928) l. 412 (MED) Als þe lagh and custom walde, All þe vergyns þat ware In þe temple at þat full elde Suld take þam husbandes þam to welde. a1500 Ratis Raving (Cambr. Kk.1.5) l. 887 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 25 Quhen þow art ful eild cumyne to, and þow can knaw quhat þow can do. full employment n. the state of affairs in which virtually every individual in the labour force of a particular country, economy, etc., who is able and willing to work is employed or is readily able to find work (see also quot. 1948). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [noun] > absence of idle labour or capital full employment1758 1758 Universal Mag. June 299/2 All political writers lay it down as a maxim, that numbers of people without employment are a burden and disease to the body politic; and, where there is full employment, there the people multiply of course. 1835 M. Loudon Philanthropy 107 If the self same cause which gives cheap food, gives full employment to labour [etc.]. 1940 Economist 20 Jan. 88/1 Optimistic assumptions of the effect that the attainment of ‘full employment’ will have on the revenue. 1948 G. Crowther Outl. Money (ed. 2) v. 138 ‘Full employment’ does not necessarily mean that every man and woman has a job. It means only that there are no more supplies of idle labour or idle capital of the sorts that are actually being demanded. 2001 Times 19 Nov. 23/1 The suggestion that the UK was anywhere near full employment was always wide of the mark. full English n. [short for full English breakfast n.] = full English breakfast n. ΚΠ 1985 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 20 Nov. 20/4 Breakfast is available from 7 a.m.—full English (juice, two eggs, bacon or sausage, toast or muffins, coffee or tea, $6.95). 2000 M. Barrowcliffe Girlfriend 44 i. 19 Saturday morning would normally have seen him trying to remember some office girl's name while she rustled him up a full English. 2011 Independent 21 May (Traveller section) 3/2 Cross the road to St Pancras station, where the magnificent Booking Office restaurant serves a fine full English with flair. full English breakfast n. a substantial breakfast including hot cooked food such as bacon and eggs, esp. as contrasted with Continental breakfast at continental adj. 2; cf. English breakfast n. (a) at English adj. and n. Compounds 1c. ΚΠ 1950 Times of India 2 Dec. 2 (advt.) Two single bedrooms airy and well furnished..at Malabar Hill. Only morning tea and full English breakfast will be provided. 1990 Yankee May 92/2 On Saturday mornings Peter produces a full English breakfast—that rib-sticking starter-upper consisting of fried eggs, bacon, sausages, grilled tomatoes and mushrooms, and bread fried in bacon fat. 2003 J. Hegley in M. Hardee & J. Fleming Sit-down Comedy 132 The Morris dancers opposite are tucking into their full English breakfasts. full-eyed adj. (a) having full or large eyes; wide-eyed; †(b) perfectly visible; seen in the front (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] > clearly visible senec1175 well seenc1175 naked?c1225 well isenec1275 bremec1340 evidenta1382 apparent1393 palpable?1435 open1478 pointablea1555 faira1568 full-eyed1581 unmasked1590 eyeful?1611 plain1613 prospecta1640 unovercloudeda1658 intuitive1801 unmystified1822 shroudless1841 unforeshortened1846 trenchant1849 focusable1889 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > by size, shape, etc. > having goggle-eyedc1384 well-eyed1483 pink-eyed1519 hollow-eyeda1529 small-eyed1555 great-eyed1558 bird-eyed1564 out-eyed1570 large-eyed1575 full-eyed1581 bright-eyed1590 wall-eyed1590 beetle-eyed1594 fire-eyed?1594 young-eyed1600 open-eyed1601 soft-eyed1606 narrow-eyed1607 broad-eyed?1611 saucer-eyed1612 ox-eyed1621 pig-eyed1655 glare-eyed1683 pit-eyed1696 dove-eyed1717 laughing-eyed1784 almond1786 wide-eyed1789 moon-eyed1790 big-eyed1792 gooseberry-eyed1796 red-eyed1800 unsealed1800 screw-eyed1810 starry-eyed1818 pinkie-eyed1824 pop-eyed1830 bead-eyed1835 fishy-eyed1836 almond-eyed1849 boopic1854 sharp-set1865 bug-eyed1872 beady-eyed1873 bias-eyed1877 blank-eyed1881 gape-eyed1889 glass-eyed1889 stone-eyed1890 pie-eyed1900 slitty-eyed1908 steely-eyed1964 megalopic1985 1581 J. Maplet Diall Destiny f. 45^v Whither his eyes be eyther hollowe and deepe within, or whether he be ful eyed and often fiery coloured in the same. 1603 T. Powell Vertues Due sig. B6 No change, no liberty, no ful-eyde pleasure Could bring deuotions musike out of measure. 1633 G. Herbert Glance in Temple iii What wonders shall we feel when we shall see Thy full-ey'd love. 1742 Britannia in Mourning 47 A middle-aged Man, pale-faced, and full-ey'd, what the Vulgar call gogle-ey'd. 1842 K. Thomson Widows & Widowers III. xii. 207 A light-haired, lazy, full-eyed young lady, with the smallest possible proportion of intellect, and the largest possible of obstinacy. 1848 ‘Peter Lely, Younger’ Visions of Night 81 Think of my wonder, then—my full-eyed stare—When a dim, long, and lofty hall descrying! 1913 B. Tarkington Flirt 26 Cora..threw him a look over her shoulder: a full-eyed shot of frankest hatred. 1935 M. Sandoz Old Jules ix. 174 She had two daughters, tall, full-eyed girls, with ready laughter and kind hearts. 2006 Evening Standard (Nexis) 13 Oct. (Mag.) 28 His unsettling, full-eyed blue gaze never seems to dim or waver. full-feathered adj. = full-fledged adj. (literal and figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > young bird > [adjective] > fledged fledge1398 full-feathered1533 flush1561 full-fledged1579 1533 T. More 2nd Pt. Confut. Tyndals Answere vii. p. cccxvi When our yonge egle Tyndale lerned to spye this pray fyrste, he was not yet full fethered, but scantly comen out of y^e shell. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xi. 240/2 Summed, or Somed, full summed, is when a Hawk is in her Plums or Feathers: full Feathered, the Feathers and Quills at the full groath. 1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London II. xi. 254 Barton is a full-feathered pigeon. 1835 E. Shore Jrnl. 11 June (1891) vi. 104 In a fortnight the young ones [sc. coal-tits] were full-feathered, and flew away. 1906 Poultry Success Aug. 5/2 (advt.) Bucknam's largest and best ‘Mammoth’ light and ‘full-feathered’ imported English Dark Brahmas. 1994 J. Barth Once upon Time 334 Not an unusual state of affairs for a fledgling in any art, but disconcerting to a full-feathered mid-careerist. full-featured adj. (a) (of a person) having full or broad facial features; (b) (of computers, software, electronic equipment, etc.) having a wide or complete range of features; technologically up-to-date. ΚΠ 1787 St. James's Chron. 11 Oct. Arthur Harris..light grey eyes, full featured, with a fresh set Colour in his Countenance. 1838 Ladies' Compan. (N.Y.) Oct. 255/2 Joel Thrasher Esq., was a short, thick-set, full-featured man. 1926 School Bull. (Minneapolis Public Schools Board Educ.) 20 May 7/1 She is a bright-eyed, full-featured woman, of 28. 1955 Rotarian Oct. 2/1 (advt.) Mister, you need a Smith-Corona..the lowest-priced, full-featured adding machine in America. 1972 Sewanee Rev. 80 575 She seems to be looking out, full-featured and pensive, Dedalic in character, slightly Asiatic, like the Lady of Auxerre in the Louvre. 2006 F. Wilczek Fantastic Realities 2 Actually World 6.0, the full-featured latest version, is a real kluge. full-feeding n. and adj. (a) n. the state or fact of feeding, or being fed, to the point of satiation or excess; repletion; (figurative) the full satisfaction of all want; (b) adj. tending to feed to satiation or excess; well-fed. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > fed or nourished > well fed or nourished fatc893 well-nourishedc1300 full-feedinga1382 well-feda1398 feasted1440 well-nurturedc1450 home-fed1573 corn-fed1576 stall-fed1589 repleted1592 well-feasted1611 high-fed1612 succulent1673 corn-fed1787 the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > fed or nourished > filled with food fullOE full-feedinga1382 repletea1400 satiate1440 full-fed?1530 full of bread?1570 strut1577 full-mouthed1610 crop-full1645 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [noun] > state of being overfed, gorged, or sated overfilleOE fullnessc1350 full-feedinga1382 repletionc1405 fulsomeness?a1425 saturitya1500 satiety1528 glut1594 overfullness1617 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. xli. 21 Oþer seuen oxen..the whych..no mark of full fedyng [a1425 Corpus Oxf. fulfedyng, L. saturitatis] ȝeuen. a1500 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Pierpont Morgan) (1966) 16 Tasteþ hem and knoweþ..suche wedis. Sauoureþ hem not for ful fedynge, for perilously þei worche. 1556 J. Olde tr. R. Gwalther Antichrist f. 125^v God..calleth him self our God, our full feding, & the perfite sufficience of al thinges. 1574 St. Avstens Manuell in Certaine Prayers S. Augustines Medit. sig. Nvij^v The place of fulfeedyng by the plentifull runnyng streames. 1618 M. Baret Hipponomie ii. 32 Feed him [sc. your horse] with such food as is best agreeing to his nature..yet if it be somewhat rough, it is not much materiall, (especially for a full feeding horse). 1741 D. Watson in tr. Horace Odes, Epodes, & Carmen Seculare 87 Lasciva Licentia, wanton Idleness, Full-feeding. 1868 R. Noel Beatrice 283 Yon pompous beadle, visaged like an ox, Clad in gold lace, full-feeding, orthodox. 1896 Rep. Kansas State Board Agric. 31 Mar. iii. 198 Raising and growing cattle is one thing, and full-feeding is another. 1965 Poultry Sci. 44 704/1 Chicks were randomized into restricted (R) and full-feeding (FF) treatment groups. 2009 Beef (Nexis) 1 Apr. 50 To make full-feeding of stockers economically sensible,..you've got to be flexible. full-figured adj. (a) (of a person) having a full or large figure; (now esp. of a woman) having a plump or curvaceous body; (b) (of women's clothing) designed for women with a full figure; designating a large size; cf. plus-sized adj. at plus prep., n., adv., and adj. Compounds. ΚΠ ?1796 Taylor's Compl. Guide xii. 159 It is very irksome to us either to meet or follow any of those full figured gentlemen, for their garments are generally so preposterously cut. 1896 Scribner's Mag Nov. 304 What was Coralie, with her pink silk, her golden hair and slender limbs, beside this magnificent, full-figured Cleopatra? 1906 T. Hardy Dynasts: Pt. 2nd iv. i. 147 The Archduchess, a fair, blue-eyed, full-figured, round-lipped maiden. 1986 Health Jan. 37/1 (advt.) For years, I'd been the ‘good sport’ who had to shop for ‘full-figured’ clothes. But I'd never even looked at swimsuits. 2005 M. H. Smith Delicious xi. 143 Jack turned and saw a cocktail waitress, a full-figured Latina with a thick Sinaloan accent, bending over him. 2011 Mercury (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 26 Aug. 13 Full-figured bras are essential to every plus-size wardrobe. full-flavoured adj. having a full or strong flavour; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [adjective] > strong-tasting strongeOE stithc1000 violenta1398 tartc1405 froughc1420 high?c1430 lecherous1474 strong1588 brusque1601 valiant1607 pertish1635 haut-goût1645 full-flavoured1736 lively1770 gamey1820 ory1854 zestful?1855 robust1873 tangy1875 stewy1895 1736 London Daily Post 21 Aug. Such fine strong and full flavoured Brandy and Rum. 1833 Ten Minutes Advice choosing Cigars 18 The strong or full-flavoured Cigars are much darker in their appearance, and seldom so thick in the middle as the mild Cigars. 1891 S. J. Duncan Amer. Girl in London 231 A very frank and full-flavoured criticism. 1913 C. F. Langworthy & C. L. Hunt Mutton & its Value in Diet 12 Such meat..is..even more suitable than the tenderer portions for making full flavored soups, broths, and stews. 2002 Cigar Aficionado Jan. 126 Years ago it was believed that a non-Cuban smoke could never equal the full-flavored power of a Havana. full-fledged adj. having a full growth of feathers; (more usually) figurative fully developed or qualified; having the fullest set of credentials or qualifying characteristics (cf. fully-fledged adj. at fully adv. Compounds 2).In quot. 1579 as part of an extended metaphor. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > young bird > [adjective] > fledged fledge1398 full-feathered1533 flush1561 full-fledged1579 the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adjective] > that is completely what is specified perfectc1387 just?1537 full-fledged1579 thorough1719 1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Ep. Ded. sig. ¶.iij So flew Theocritus, as you may perceiue he was all ready full fledged. So flew Virgile, as not yet well feeling his winges. 1641 E. R. in T. Shelton Tachygraphy sig. A3 Still may that full-fledg'd pen with moisture spring. 1769 St. James's Chron. 28 Nov. There is now at Coxwold..a Rook's Nest with full-fledged young ones therein. 1772 S. Paterson Joineriana II. 105 ‘Where then shall we look for them [sc. orators]?’ In the world—in ripe and full-fledged manhood. 1811 Edinb. Rev. Feb. 431 Though still in the vigour of life, he has been a full-fledged and industrious author for nearly twenty years. 1874 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 758/1 Mr. Dudley Buck comes before us again with a full-fledged cantata for solos, chorus, and orchestra, following close upon the heels of the performance of his Forty-Sixth Psalm. 1908 Daily Chron. 31 Jan. 3/3 When she came back from her first journey still hale and happy, she was accepted as a full-fledged Nigerian. 1964 Times of India 13 Sept. 8/5 The full-fledged chick jerked out of the old nest and..revealed itself to be anything but a respectable crow. 1976 Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry 133 38/1 At times..he experiences some stomach discomfort, weakness, and sweating, but he has never had a full-fledged withdrawal syndrome. 2002 New Yorker 25 Nov. 102/2 He..became, at the age of seventeen, a full-fledged crime reporter on the New York Evening Graphic. full forward n. †(a) Association Football = centre forward n. at centre n.¹ and adj. Compounds 3 (obsolete rare); (b) (in Australian Rules football, Gaelic football, and hurling) each of the group of three players who constitute a team's forward line, esp. the central player of this group; the position occupied by such a player.The use of the term to refer to the flanking members of the forward line is more commonly retained in Gaelic football. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > Australian football > [noun] > players or positions goalkicker1871 full forward1880 rover1887 ruck1889 position player1900 centreline1911 1880 Glasgow Herald 24 Apr. 3/2 With many a joke they..jumped into the field, young M^cCorkindale, who played full forward, shouting..‘It's all the go at Balmulyeuch.’ 1889 Sydney Morning Herald 19 Aug. 3/4 The teams were placed as follows:— Sydney:..half-forwards, Graham, Jepson, and H. K. Wilson; full-forwards, Pike, James O'Meara, and Faust. 1891 N.Y. Times 16 Nov. 8/7 A game of Gaelic Football... The men played in positions as follows..Kearnes: Goal keeper..Dolan: Full forward. 1928 G. Moriarty Teaching Game of Football by Post iii. 4 The full forward is your goal kicker; shepherd him and play to him. 1933 Irish Times 8 Nov. 10/7 Walsh, as full forward, though light, seems the man for Martin Kennedy's place. 1969 Sun-Herald (Sydney) 13 July 48/1 Hawthorn full-forward Peter Hudson kicked five goals although heavily guarded by Essendon's defenders. 2001 Irish Times (Nexis) 28 Sept. 19 Denise McDonagh and Marcella Heffernan switch positions, with the latter now lining out at full forward. 2011 F. Parrett Past the Shallows (2012) 100 It was Gary Bones standing there. Gary Bones. The big full forward who took hard marks and broke grown men. full-frame adj. designating a camera designed to use 35mm film, or (in later use) a digital camera whose sensor is the same size as one frame of 35mm film; of, relating to, or produced by such a camera. ΚΠ 1950 Jrnl. Soc. Motion Picture & Television Engineers May 617 30 users were interested in the future development of a 35-mm full-frame, high-speed motion picture camera. 1987 Sun (Lowell, Mass.) 8 Feb. h9/4 We used a full-frame fisheye lens to document our veal in white sauce, the wine bottle on the starkly white tablecloth and our friendly dinner partners. 2003 HWM Feb. 20/1 We feel that full frame digital cameras are impractical due to the price. 2015 N. Fancher Studio Anywhere Introd. p. xii The 5D has a full-frame sensor and 21 megapixels; it's an all-around badass piece of equipment. full function adj. (a) that offers a complete range of services or functions; (b) able to fulfil a specific function or perform a designated role wholly or completely; fully operative. ΚΠ 1931 Wholesale Distribution 1930: 15th Census U.S. (U.S. Dept. Commerce) 21 Wholesale merchants, sometimes designated as service wholesalers or full-function wholesalers, perform all of the principal wholesale functions. 1936 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 4 July 12/1 Full function power of the wrist was regained in one week after the removal of the plaster splint. 1960 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 28 June e45/1 (advt.) The most simplified, full-function accounting machine made. 2004 Seguin (Texas) Gaz. Enterprise 21 Nov. 11 (advt.) Robosapien [toy]... Fast dynamic walking and turning. Full function arms with grippers. 2014 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 17 Sept. b12/3 (advt.) Blue Star stables... Full function gated facility. 2016 Fair Disclosure Wire 21 Apr. In February..we announced plans to close 33 in-store branches.., and replace them with full function image-enabled ATMs. full gainer n. Diving a dive in which a complete backwards somersault is performed before entering the water feet first. ΚΠ 1918 Alton (Illinois) Evening Tel. 8 Aug. 1/5 For diploma in advance swimming and life saving, the following events must be successfully completed: Swimming—Crawl stroke, spiral stroke,..and..one of the following six events: Full one-half gainer, full gainer, [etc.]. 1974 Ebony Oct. 54/1 He [sc. Rick White] was the first ever to do a full gainer off the cliffs in Acapulco. 2003 J. D. Miller Greek Summer xvii. 182 One of the Marines, that guy who used to do full gainers off the low board. full-grain n. and adj. (a) n. a leather grain which has not been sanded, buffed, etc., and shows the natural markings of the animal skin; (also) a leather skin with such a grain; (b) adj. designating leather with a grain which shows the natural markings of the animal skin. ΚΠ c1872 Cassell's Techn. Educator IV. 88/1 The French have the pre-eminence in the species of levant skins..which are..marked with a handsome full grain. 1913 Boot & Shoe Recorder 15 Oct. 65/1 He contends that..only full grain leathers should be used in the manufacture of shoes likely to meet with rough usage. 1918 Chem. & Metall. Engin. 18 98/1 These splits are then embossed and given the appearance of a full grain. 1950 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 12 Oct. 3 (advt.) A wonderful selection of cordovans, saddle leathers, cow-hides and full grains. 1972 Materials & Technol. V. xii. 398 Nappa is a soft textured and full-grain leather made from unsplit sheep, lamb, or kidskins tanned with either alum or chromium salts. 2006 Hi Life Issue 5 54 Made from denier polyamide and with full-grain cowhide leather accents and chrome finishing, this Samsonite duffel bag is the perfect travel companion. full hand n. Poker = full house n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [noun] > type of hand two bullets and a bragger1807 full1843 full hand1846 pat hand1865 blind hand1872 full house1879 blaze1880 tiger1889 kilter1895 drawing hand1910 bust1932 made hand1974 1846 Spirit of Times 3 Oct. 380/3 Full Hand, consists of three of equal value, and one single pair. 1950 Hoyle's Games (ed. 20) i. 118 With Full Hands the higher threes win, e.g. 3 threes and 2 fours are better than 3 twos and pair aces. 1998 P. Grace Baby No-eyes (1999) xxxiv. 254 People banged down their pairs and flushes, their full hands, their bluffs, their straights and ace-highs. full-line adj. designating a type of store, brand, etc., which offers or includes many different products and services, esp. the complete selection of goods and services available. ΚΠ 1933 Burnet (Texas) Bull. 1/1 (advt.) The full line store. Yes, we have it, if it's to be had in any first class drug store. 1946 Fortune Aug. 178/2 The project is powered by thirteen West Coast processors and one Florida freezer, each of whom produces only a few items and wants the protection of a full-line brand. 1991 Sci. Amer. Feb. 27/1 ‘We are a full-line insurer,’ he explains, and that means the Winterthur covers the territory from casualty to life to reinsurance. 2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 13 July c4/1 That person will oversee all of the company's existing full-line stores in the United States and its recently announced expansion of off-mall stores. full lock n. the state or position of being turned as far as possible in one or other direction; cf. lock n.² 19. ΚΠ 1851 Illustr. London News 31 May 493/3 The carriage is shewn on the ‘full lock’ by fig. 2, when the bolt A has been moved down the full length of the groove B. 1881 J. W. Burgess Pract. Treat. Coach-building ix. 92 When on the full lock the wheel will stand 4 inches from the position it would occupy if the bed were straight. 1926 C. T. B. Donkin Elem. Motor Vehicle Design 211 For a cross arm angle of 67-7° with external connections the maximum error is 0-7°, and steering is correct at full lock. 1947 Terminal Res. Rep. Artif. Limbs (Nat. Res. Council (U.S.)) 73/2 A hydraulic device should..provide a full lock at any point of knee flexion as and when desired. 2013 Nottingham Post (Nexis) 18 Oct. (Motoring Post section) 7 Look out for damaged wheel-arch liners, usually the result of reversing the car on full lock. full-made adj. [compare earlier full-make vb. at Compounds 2b] now somewhat rare fully or perfectly realized, consummate, perfect; (also) made in such a way as to be full or sumptuous; well filled out; well-built. ΚΠ ?1527 L. Andrewe tr. Noble Lyfe Bestes i. sig. aiij/1 The Man..is also the moste perfitest and full made thinge of all leuynge creatures that euer god created. 1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. G Hee's noe full-made Courtier, nor well strung, That hath not euery ioynt stucke with a tongue. 1790 J. Hawkins & J. Richardson Polit. Miscellanies 58 With full-made sleeves and pendant lace. 1829 La Belle Assemblée Aug. 67/2 Drawing himself up—he was a full made majestic man—he demanded of Don Alvarez thus. 1871 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 206 He was attired in [a] shabby velvet coat, with very full-made trousers. 1915 J. London Jerry of Islands (1917) xii. 184 To trespass into the sacred precinct of the full-made, full-realised, full-statured men of Somo. 1985 Grand Street 4 60 At that, I am a thief, full-made. full man n. (a) a man whose mind is richly stored with knowledge (chiefly after Bacon's use: see quot. 1597); †(b) Nautical a crew member receiving full pay (see quot. 1867) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] > sailors of lower ranks or classes foremast man1626 seaman1702 guinea pig1748 foremast seaman1793 full man1860 lower deck1874 1596Full man [see sense A. 2e]. 1597 F. Bacon Ess. f. 1 Reading maketh a full man. 1821 S. C. Wilks Correlative Claims & Duties ii. 420 This practice..will have great effect in making him what Lord Bacon calls ‘a full man’. 1850 R. W. Emerson Shakspeare in Representative Men 155 He was a full man who liked to talk; a brain exhaling thoughts and images. 1860 G. J. Williamson Ship's Career 11 I left her to go on board a brig; on whose books I was first placed as half-man, but I soon got the pay of a full man. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Full man, a rating in coasters for one receiving whole pay, as being competent to all his duties; able seaman. [Also in later dictionaries.] 1932 C. T. Goode Byron as Critic ii. 34 To add a third [asset], a desire to know,..was to make the Baconian ‘full man’, in his [sc. Byron's] instance, an assured product. 2002 Spectator (Nexis) 2 Nov. 38 I..despair at ever being what Francis Bacon called ‘a full man’. full-motion adj. (attributive) designating the reproduction of moving images in a realistic way, without jerkiness, and typically so as to fill the screen displaying them; displayed by or involving such a process. ΚΠ 1971 H. Ohlman Communication Media & Educ. Technol. ii. 45 Any system for transmitting still-picture television programs should be compatible with full-motion television. 1993 D. Shay & J. Duncan Making of Jurassic Park 134 Composited into the Hawaii background plate would be a full-motion CG brachiosaur. 2003 BusinessWeek 20 Jan. 73/1 It's likely to be years before most Americans have the broadband ‘pipes’ into their homes that can support the delivery of full-motion TV-style ads. full-motion video n. moving images of television quality (at least 25 frames per second) reproduced on a computer or television screen, and typically involving digital compression techniques; abbreviated FMV. ΚΠ 1978 Sci. Amer. Apr. 26/1 Using a satellite to transmit data, voice, full-motion and freeze-frame video, and facsimile documents..Satellite Business Systems (SBS) has undertaken a pace-setting experiment in advanced communications. 1994 CD-ROM World Apr. 18/3 There are very few CD titles on the market that use MPEG encoding for full-motion video. 2002 Times 13 Mar. 6 (advt.) NEC technology that brings high-speed internet access and full-motion video to your mobile phone. full name n. a person's whole name, including his or her first name and surname, and often any middle names. ΚΠ 1607 ‘W. S.’ Puritaine iii. sig. F2^v Maister Edmund Pius, is my full name at length. 1701 W. Wotton Hist. Rome 166 (notes) Herodes Atticus's full Name was Tiberius Claudius Herodes Atticus. 1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 446/2 Parties applicant are expected to send their full name and address, for the purpose of identification. 1910 O. Johnson Varmint 27 ‘What's your full name?’ ‘John Humperdink Stover, sir.’..‘Well, Rinky Dink, you've got a rotten name.’ 2007 A. L. Best Representing Youth ii. vi. 168 She called the roll using each student's full name and assigned class number. full-orbed adj. chiefly literary (a) (esp. of the moon) having its disc completely illuminated; also figurative; (b) consisting of or having the form of a complete sphere. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > phase > [adjective] > full fulleOE high-fullc1300 full-faced1595 full-orbed1638 plenilunary1646 plenilunar1767 full-sphered1832 plenilunal1882 1638 T. Nabbes Covent Garden iii. iv. 36 The full orb'd Moone Borne on nights dewie wings. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 42 Now reignes Full Orb'd the Moon. View more context for this quotation 1717 J. Bulkeley Last Day i. 6 The full-orbed Sun shall wast His golden Showers. 1843 H. B. Stowe Mayflower 146 Bright golden squashes, and full-orbed yellow pumpkins. 1871 R. B. Vaughan St. Thomas of Aquin II. 644 The steady full-orbed revelation of Jesus Christ. 1909 A. C. Benson Ode to Japan in Poems 47 The pointed bud outbreaks the full-orbed flower. 1986 D. Carey Battlestations! xi. 244 Behind them, other vessels appeared, all different—claviform, turnip-shaped, biform, full-orbed. 2001 R. H. Shickler & E. M. Eveland Lake Trout ii. 45 Instead of a darkened new moon, a brilliant full-orbed satellite illuminated the land and waterscape. 2014 J. Read Catherine Booth viii. 205 This chapter argued that Catherine's ordo salutis represented a full-orbed scheme of salvation in which [etc.]. full-orbedness n. rare the quality or state of being full-orbed (chiefly figurative). ΚΠ 1891 Good Words Jan. 645/2 This incident is an excellent illustration of the full-orbedness of Christ's nature. 1948 R. P. Shuler Inq. Nietzsche's Critique Christian Ethos ii. 144 He was to accept this suffering as one of the expressions of true life in its full-orbedness and over-flowing richness. 2008 H. Yung in D. C. Marks Shaping Global Theol. Mind viii. 66 The Social Gospel..lacked the full-orbedness of the Bible's message. full-page adj. occupying the whole of a page (in later use esp. of an advertisement or feature in a newspaper or magazine). ΚΠ 1839 Morning Post 2 Dec. 6/4 There is a full page steel etching under the taking title of ‘Limnings from Life’. 1889 Spectator 14 Dec. 849 We may select for notice the full-page illustrations of ‘Dundee’ and ‘Stirling’. 1898 W. C. Brann Brann the Iconoclast I. 417 The Republic gave it [sc. the wedding] a full-page ‘spread’. 1911 A. Bennett Card xi. 245 The only hotel in the Five Towns seriously pretending to be ‘first-class’ in the full-page advertisement sense. 1954 M. Rickert Painting in Brit.: Middle Ages iv. 81 The few uncoloured full-page miniatures which precede a copy of the gospels. 1989 W. Taubman & J. Taubman Moscow Spring (1990) 198 A full-page exposé entitled ‘“Conspiracy” in the Red Army’. 2008 Independent 26 July 41/3 I discovered that The Times had run a full-page ad for East Germany's nuclear plant at Dresden. full pay n. the full amount of a person's salary or wages (see also quot. 1867); frequently contrasted with half pay n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > sailor's pay > types of address1562 full pay1579 river pay1708 flag-pay1719 port pay1758 allotment1766 portage1809 1579 G. Gates Def. Militarie Profession 28 The Commander Don Lewes de Requezes the new lieuetenant..set downe an order for the soldiers full pay. 1647 Addit. Ordinance Parl. for Indempnity Officers & Souldiers 3 The Common Souldier both of Horse and Foot of Sir Thomas Fairfax his Army shall have their full pay upon their Disbanding or ingaging for Ireland. 1698 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 333 Six dayes full pay to each private trooper and non commission officer of the horse and dragoons. 1764 J. Boswell Let. 26 Dec. in Mem. & Papers Sir A. Mitchell (1850) II. xv. 357 The Lieutenant is on half-pay... Surely it would be no very hard matter to get him put upon full-pay. 1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 65 Officers upon the Half-Pay who are desirous of being employed upon Full Pay, are to report their wish to the Military Secretary. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Full pay, the stipend allowed when on actual service. 1920 Michigan Technic May 109/2 This commission grants to its employees thirty days' vacation on full pay every year. 1951 Jrnl. Criminal Law & Criminol. 41 675 It has remained for police departments to lead the way toward liberal sick leave with full pay. 2003 H. Hoel et al. in S. Einarsen et al. Bullying & Emotional Abuse in Workplace 156 At this stage the alleged offender was suspended on full pay. full pitch n. and adv. Cricket = full toss n. and adv.In quot. 1825 perhaps referring to a delivery of full length. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [adverb] > motion of ball full pitch1825 uppishly1904 1825 New Monthly Mag. 13 498 I..admired the dexterity of the block at hand, which frustrated the perilous three-quarter ball, and anticipated the success of the stroke which sent it from the full pitch to the utmost limits of the long fag's range. 1836 J. H. Pratt Math. Princ. Mech. Philos. 184 The ball flies from him [sc. the bowler] with the velocity acquired, and (supposing he delivers the ball full pitch) after moving in a curve..is received upon the bat. 1843 ‘Wykhamist’ Pract. Hints Cricket 16 The player being enticed to play to it as to a full-pitch. 1895 H. G. Hutchinson Peter Steele, Cricketer i. 29 One or two [balls] went over the wicket altogether, and were taken, full pitch, by the wicket-keeper. 1929 Morning Post 17 June 16/2 Off the next ball—a full-pitch—he only just failed to carry the ring. 1996 Observer 9 June (Sportsweek section) 4/4 He bowled a full pitch to Ward that on another day would have cost him four. 2000 Times of India 26 Dec. 18/1 The first delivery either full pitch on the toes or a short, fast and furious one hammering straight into the face. full-pitched adj. Cricket (of a delivery) pitched right up to the batter, or (in early use) reaching the batter without bouncing; cf. short-pitched adj. at short adj., n., and adv. Compounds 1a, good-length adj. at good adj., n., adv., and int. Compounds 1c. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [adjective] > types of delivery or ball wide1827 shooting1833 full-pitched1834 bumping1851 overpitched1855 hand over head1862 bumpy1864 right arm1877 breaking1881 fast-breaking1893 leg-breaking1896 hittable1898 off-breaking1904 inswinging1920 underpitched1927 outswinging1929 1834 Bell's Life in London 28 Sept. The ball did not chance to hit the bat, notwithstanding their opponent accommodated them by sometimes throwing a full pitched ball. 1867 Notts. Guardian 16 Aug. 7/4 Jackson drove Oscroft for two, but the next ball, a full-pitched one, clean bowled that batsman. 2008 Irish Times 30 Dec. 29/8 Symonds edged a full-pitched ball from Steyn to Jacques Kallis at second slip. full powers n. documentation issued by a government authorizing a person or body of people to conduct treaty negotiations on its behalf. ΚΠ 1692 W. Temple Mem. Christendom ii. 186 The French Ambassadors soon after my coming, demanding an audience, came to make us the offer of exhibiting their Plein pouvoirs into our hands. [margin] Full Powers. 1698 E. D'Auvergne Hist. Campagne Flanders 1697 29 In this first Conference the Ambassadours produc'd their full Powers which were reciprocally communicated, and authentick Copies deliver'd. 1855 E. Grenville Embassies & Foreign Courts x. 120 Both full powers and credentials are given to an ambassador; for although the full powers may be included in the credentials, it has not been the recent practice to unite them in the same document. 1908 T. H. S. Escott Story Brit. Diplomacy viii. 183 These men [sc. the plenipotentiaries] meet and show each other their full powers. 1968 Internat. & Compar. Law Q. 17 278 Each [member of the delegation] was armed with Full Powers. 2013 J. Klabbers Internat. Law 46 Sometimes the full powers may include authority to sign; in other cases it may be limited to negotiating. full price n. and adj. (a) n. the normal or stated price at which something is offered for sale, as opposed to a reduced or discounted price; (now esp.) the recommended retail price; (b) adj. designating goods for sale at the full price or a retailer who sells goods at such a price. ΚΠ 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 591 The very same plot of ground whereon hee was encamped, happened at the same time to be sold: not underfoot, but at the full price. 1785 Beauties of Brinsleiad 20 How half-pay captains paying, ah! full price, Mix'd with loud laughing peals, alternated sighs, 'Twould cost five shillings more to see it twice. 1815 Rep. Comm. Laws Manuf., Sale, & Assize Bread 81 in Parl. Papers 1814–15 V. 1341 The Bakers would be enabled to charge more where credit is given by them, than they are now enabled to charge; there is no distinction between ready money, at a full price shop, and credit. 1918 Iowa Homestead (Des Moines) 17 Jan. 11/2 B can keep the property, even though there be a flaw in the title, but if he does keep it he must pay the full price. 1989 Holiday Which? Jan. 41/1 This [sc. card] gives reductions of up to 50% on the second and any subsequent full price rail fares in 17 countries. 1992 New Hampsh. Sunday News (Manchester, New Hampsh.) 5 July 4 b/1 The practice..of manufacturers and full-price retailers cooperating to keep products off the shelves of discounters who would drive prices down. 2011 Guardian 11 June (Weekend Suppl.) 35/1 A planet of obsessive dealseekers, addictively chasing the next bargain, never prepared to pay full price. full professor n. originally and chiefly U.S. a professor of the highest grade in a university or college. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > teacher > university or college teacher > [noun] > professor professorc1400 Doctor of the Chair1528 professoress1744 associate professor1812 adjoint professor1828 full professor1852 1852 H. P. Tappan Disc. Inauguration Chancellor Univ. Michigan 21 The best graduates as tutors or assistants, under the full professor, may teach the lower classes in College. 1882 Ann. Rep. Pres. & Treasurer Harvard Coll. 1881–2 29 There are now six full professors in the Divinity Faculty against three twelve years ago. 1934 J. W. Burgess Reminisc. Amer. Scholar iii. 42 The faculty of the college was at that time a strong body of teachers, most of them being full professors of long experience and high standing. 1971 Nature 4 June 275/1 Even Berkeley is only able to boast that two per cent of its full professors were women in 1970. 2003 Isis 94 182/2 This wunderkind who failed during his first year of studies at MIT progressed from instructor to full professor at Harvard University at the age of 33. full professorship n. originally U.S. a professorship constituting the highest ranking position on the teaching staff of a university or college. ΚΠ 1902 Princeton Alumni Weekly 13 June 607/1 Changes in the faculty made at this meeting of the Trustees included the promotion of Dr. Fred Neher '89 to a full professorship in analytical and organic chemistry. 1982 C. H. Page Fifty Years in Sociol. Enterprise iv. 123 (note) These sentiments were reinforced when, with no prewarning, the news of my promotion to a full professorship appeared in the local newspaper. 2015 E. Balbachevsky in M. Yudkevich et al. Young Faculty in 21st Cent. ii. 31 In all public institutions, the only position with a restricted number of places is the full professorship. full ride n. North American Education colloquial a grant funding the total cost of attending a university, including tuition and other expenses; a fully subsidized course of study at a university; cf. free ride n. 1b. ΚΠ 1936 Sat. Evening Post 3 Oct. 36/2 Before his final high-school season had ended, scouts came from many colleges... Most of them offered a full ‘ride’, which meant that he would receive board, room, tuition, fees and books. 1949 Sat. Evening Post 19 Nov. 133/2 On the present fifty-five-man squad, the great majority have scholarships or job assistance, or both. Five get a full ride because of their high scholastic standing. 1956 Chicago Tribune 1 Aug. iii. 1/4 All Big Ten schools..gave ‘full ride’ scholarships to one or more football players. 1986 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 27 Sept. c8 I had a full ride there but it meant I couldn't play any football, just track eight months of the year. 2004 U.S. News & World Rep. (Electronic ed.) 6 Sept. 72 Jones..had a 3.8 GPA.., not good enough for a full ride to his first-choice school. full score n. Music a score in which the parts for all voices and instruments are given on separate staves; cf. short score n. at short adj., n., and adv. Compounds 6a, vocal score n. at vocal adj. and n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > [noun] > score > type of score full score1786 vocal score1819 short score1876 compressed score1877 open score1899 condensed score- 1786 Public Advertiser 2 Mar. (advt.) Six select Oratorios of Handel... Elegantly and correctly engraved, with the Choruses in Full Score. 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 191/2 Full score, a score in which all the parts for voices and instruments are displayed. 1946 Penguin Music Mag. Dec. 15 Purcell never saw an Italian opera... He may just possibly have read a full score—we know that Pepys possessed one. 1991 Music & Lett. 72 119 Berlioz presents a more familiar image in conducting from a full score with a baton. full-screen adj. (a) Film and Television (of an image or shot) that fills the entire screen; (b) Computing (of an application) that uses all (or nearly all) of the available space of a display; relating to or involving such applications. ΚΠ 1954 Audio Visual Comm. Rev. 2 107 The full screen close-up and the zoom into a full-screen close-up. 1978 Computerworld 13 Mar. 58/1 (advt.) Edit with full screen capability. 1997 E. Pearce Windows NT in Nutshell ii. 7 Hit ALT-ENTER to toggle between full-screen mode and window mode. 2011 R. Nelson Stephen Poliakoff on Stage & Screen 114 A full-screen shot of the bath water infused with the grey particles of plutonium. 2013 Pocket-lint.com (Nexis) 17 Oct. If you like full-screen applications, or watch a lot of Netflix, then the whole thing is great. full snipe n. British (now rare) the common snipe, Gallinago gallinago.Cf. half-snipe n., double snipe n. at double adj.¹ and adv. Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > genus Gallinago > galinago gallinago (common snipe) snitec725 snipec1325 brewea1475 mire-snipea1525 heather-bleater?1590 jack snipe1664 earn-bleater1754 weather-blate1802 full snipe1824 heather-bleat1824 shad-bird1879 gutter-snipe- 1824 P. Hawker Instr. Young Sportsmen (ed. 3) 241 The ‘old hand’ therefore keeps the jack for his own eating, and sends the fine looking full snipe to his friend. 1913 H. K. Swann Dict. Names Brit. Birds 90 The Common Snipe is also sometimes termed Full Snipe to distinguish it from the Jack (or Half) Snipe. 1965 Jrnl. Lancs. Dial. Soc. Jan. 15 Snipe,..full snipe, scape snipe: Heywood. full-spectrum adj. (of lighting, light sources, colour, etc.) having all visible wavelengths present in the proportions that constitute white; (in extended use) covering an entire range or set. ΚΠ 1902 F. E. Ives in H. Jenkins Man. Photoengraving (ed. 2) vii. 131 The fact that the white of a color print is ordinarily a full spectrum white instead of a white made by mixing red, green and blue-violet spectrum rays, introduces a new factor. 1958 R. L. Sorenson & F. S. McKnight in R. H. Brown Illumination & Visibility of Radar & Sonar Displays i. 37 Full spectrum illumination best meets the needs for most work positions. 1992 C. Willis Doomsday Bk. i. v. 53 Ms. Engle has had full-spectrum antivirals and T-cell enhancement. 2010 Wall St. Jrnl. 23 Oct. a14/3 The U.K. has nevertheless emerged..as a full-spectrum military power. full-sphered adj. literary, now rare (a) of, relating to, or involving the whole sphere (of the sky, of human existence, etc.); (b) fully perfected (cf. sphere v. 2b); (c) (of the sun or moon) showing its full globe (= sense A. 6b). ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > phase > [adjective] > full fulleOE high-fullc1300 full-faced1595 full-orbed1638 plenilunary1646 plenilunar1767 full-sphered1832 plenilunal1882 1832 Ld. Tennyson Palace of Art lvi, in Poems (new ed.) 84 Not the less held she her solemn mirth, And intellectual throne Of fullsphered contemplation. 1862 W. M. W. Call Manoli in Cornhill Mag. Sept. 350 The true, noble life that passed away, To round their labour to full-sphered success. 1883 J. D. Hylton Heir of Lyolynn 352 The full sphered moon its lustre shed. 1902 Frank Leslie's Pop. Monthly Nov. 2/2 The sun..has scarcely risen full-sphered above the sky-line before it sinks again. 1917 Hist. Class of 1910 (Yale Coll.) II. 10 Knowledge full-sphered of deeds and men Our roving dreams have sought. 1986 J. W. McClendon Ethics I. viii. 218 A Lord's supper that focused exclusively on solidarity or on redemption would be untrue to full-sphered Christian morality. full suit n. chiefly Surfing a wetsuit that covers the full length of the arms and legs. ΚΠ 1964 Dive June 5/1 A full suit fulfills several functions. It protects against coral, barnacles and other underwater hazards. 1990 Surfer Aug. 180/2 Overhead sets, water temps in the sixties and air in the eighties had surfers at North Carolina's Frisco Pier shedding their fullsuits in favor of springsuits and even vests. 2011 Orange County (Calif.) Reg. 6 Nov. (Travel section) 5/6 The water is chilly here; pack a full suit. full-suspension adj. designating or relating to a (mountain) bike which has suspension on both wheels.In quot. 1977 with reference to a moped. ΚΠ 1977 T. Arthur MoPed Handbk. 26 I've ridden rigid frames over the same route as I've ridden full suspension models and the trip seems twice as long on the rigid frame. 1992 Bicycling May 148/1 This season's line of full-suspension, hydraulic-damped bikes..is new from the knobbies up and vastly more refined. 2003 Newsweek (Nexis) 26 May 73 Single-track mountain biking is exploding in popularity thanks to butt-friendly full-suspension frames that soften rocky trails. full-text adj. Computing that searches or uses the whole of a database, text corpus, or other source; (of a database, source, etc.) that comprises the full text of a document or documents. ΚΠ 1960 Science 21 Oct. 1100/2 The development of techniques for automatic full-text search and retrieval is prerequisite to automatic indexing. 1979 Columbia Law Rev. 79 269 Under the ‘full text’ method, the text of each document is coded into the data base... Every word of the document can serve as an index for the identification of relevant documents. 1989 Lit. & Ling. Computing 4 271/2 So far 2,000 full-text sources containing 9 million word-tokens have been processed. 1993 Computer Shopper July 478/1 The Viewer application adds some electronic niceties such as full-text search capabilities. 2000 Wired July 123 [The database] features SGML full-text versions of nearly 600 lit classics. full-thickness adj. Surgery Medicine affecting, involving, or consisting of the entire thickness of a layer of tissue or a structure, esp. the skin or the wall of the intestine. ΚΠ 1916 A. B. Johnson et al. Operative Therapeusis V. 561 When the scar to be removed is extensive.., the surgeon has recourse to skin transplantation. For this purpose, to avoid recurrence of contraction, full thickness grafts must be used. 1949 Lancet 29 Oct. 804/2 Partial-thickness burns showed diminished pain sensibility, whereas full-thickness burns were completely or almost completely anæsthetic. 1993 S. J. Ettinger Pocket Compan. Textbk. Vet. Internal Med. lxxxvi. 462 The greatest risk in full-thickness surgical biopsy of the intestines is dehiscence of the enterotomy incision. 2013 Independent on Sunday 10 Nov. 21/1 I had 75 per cent full-thickness third-degree burns and two gunshot wounds to my right leg. full toss n. and adv. Cricket (a) n. the delivery of a ball which does not touch the ground in its flight between the wickets; (b) adv. (of a delivery) so as to reach the batter without first touching the ground. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball full toss1826 long hop1830 twister1832 bail ball1833 bailer1833 grubber1837 slow ball1838 wide1838 ground ball1839 shooter1843 slower ball1846 twiddler1847 creeper1848 lob1851 sneak1851 sneaker1851 slow1854 bumper1855 teaser1856 daisy-cutter1857 popper1857 yorker1861 sharpshooter1863 headball1866 screwball1866 underhand1866 skimmerc1868 grub1870 ramrod1870 raymonder1870 round-armer1871 grass cutter1876 short pitch1877 leg break1878 lob ball1880 off-break1883 donkey-drop1888 tice1888 fast break1889 leg-breaker1892 kicker1894 spinner1895 wrong 'un1897 googly1903 fizzer1904 dolly1906 short ball1911 wrong 'un1911 bosie1912 bouncer1913 flyer1913 percher1913 finger-spinner1920 inswinger1920 outswinger1920 swinger1920 off-spinner1924 away swinger1925 Chinaman1929 overspinner1930 tweaker1938 riser1944 leg-cutter1949 seamer1952 leggy1954 off-cutter1955 squatter1955 flipper1959 lifter1959 cutter1960 beamer1961 loosener1962 doosra1999 1826 Manch. Guardian 5 Aug. 4/3 Barker, the Nottingham bowler,..so far lost his temper, as to give a full toss, as we thought, at the face of the player, instead of his wicket. 1861 Notts. Guardian 4 Apr. 8/2 The first of V. Tinley's was hit by Clarke for 4, it being a full-toss. 1864 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 16 June 4/2 The balls were pitched full toss, so as to give chances to the wicket-keeper and the field. 1906 A. E. Knight Compl. Cricketer iii. 113 Over-pitch the ball and it presents the easiest of full tosses. 1961 Times 19 Aug. 3/1 Harvey was busy using his feet before being leg-before to Flavell, the ball hitting him full toss on the toe. 2006 Daily Tel. 3 July 19/4 He..returned bristling to his mark before following up next ball with a lightning full toss. † full-trussed adj. Obsolete (apparently) having full hindquarters (cf. trussed adj. 1b). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > having strong or broad hind-quarters well-spreadc1540 well-coupleda1642 strong-dockeda1652 full-trussed1683 broad-spread1687 1683 London Gaz. No. 1846/4 A full trust Nag, a good Trot, short Rack. full veil n. (with the) a garment worn by some Muslim women which covers the head and face, such as the niqab, or whole body, such as the burka. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > veil > types of flockard1465 power1526 crispa1592 fall1611 mant1651 mantilla1717 bridal veil1769 litham1839 voilette1842 yashmak1844 weeper1845 birdcage veil1888 fingertip veil1888 ghoonghat1916 spiderveil1922 niqab1936 full veil1937 1937 Washington Post 24 Oct. b4/ The announcement that Farida would wear the full veil ended widespread speculation. 1957 Marriage & Family Living 19 340/2 The full veil has seldom been worn by the villagers and never by the nomads except for the wives of the sheikhs. 2015 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 Feb. a7/4 ‘[France]..imposes all these things on you’—unemployment.., a ban on the full veil.., a paucity of mosques and a pervasive sense of being ‘écarté’, or rejected. full wave adj. (a) designating a rectifier (rectifier n. 4) that converts the entirety of the waveform of an alternating current into one of constant polarity; (also) designating such rectification; (b) designating an aerial or antenna that is the same length as the wavelength of the signal it is intended to receive.In both senses, frequently contrasted with half-wave n. at half adj. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1916 Electric Vehicles Oct. 144/2 The principles already briefly discussed are applied equally well to half-wave or full wave rectifiers. 1923 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Electr. Engineers 42 644/2 In a number of comparisons the full wave antenna has always shown noticeably better stray ratios than an antenna half the length. 1951 Pop. Sci. Jan. 214/1 For electroplating, hum-free relays, and other applications that need full-wave rectification, you can hook up the disks in two ways. 1987 G. Walker Astron. Observ. (1989) iii. 78 The 22 MHz..T-shaped array at Penticton, British Columbia, consists of 624 full-wave dipoles. 2015 H. J. Pain & P. Rankin Introd. Vibrations & Waves xi. 247 The accompanying circuit denotes the potential of an applied full wave rectifier. full-way adj. Mechanics designating a valve in a pipe that when fully open provides no obstruction to the flow; designating a pump employing such a valve.Cf. clearway n. Compounds. ΚΠ 1873 Minutes Inq. Supply Water to Metropolis 172/1 in Parl. Papers (C. 679) XXXVIII. 1 The three-eighths one [sc. screw-down stop-valve], by Underhay, was a full-way one, a good one. 1953 D. G. E. Axford Low Pressure Hot Water Heating i. vi. 51 Type of pump. Whether it be fullway or centrifugal as the two types mainly employed. 1993 Collins Compl. DIY Man. (new ed.) viii. 356/4 The pressure may be so low that you will have to fit a full-way valve to the WC cistern to get it to fill quickly. full-winged adj. (of a bird) having large or full wings, or wings that are not clipped; (of a mayfly) having fully developed wings, as when fully adult. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. iii. 21 The full-wing'd Eagle. View more context for this quotation 1786 North-country Angler 51 The May Fly lives but a little while, after she is full-winged. 2013 T. Fox & A. Whiteley in M. D. Irwin et al. Zookeeping v. 321/1 It may be desirable to render a full-winged bird flightless. Birds..can have their wings clipped to prevent them from flying off. full-witted adj. in full possession of one's wits (frequently in contrast to half-witted). ΚΠ 1841 J. F. Cooper Deerslayer I. x. 177 ‘Why nobody want to marry you?’ ‘I am not full-witted, they say.’ 1842 Examiner 26 Nov. 758/1 Mr Hudson had the half-witted vanity of Tattle, and Mr Selby the full-witted impudence of Jeremy [in Congreve's Love for Love]. 1912 R. Kauffman & R. W. Kauffman Latter-day Saints ii. 23 The young people of the town considered him not quite full-witted and..made him the butt for their practical jokes. 2002 L. McClendon Sweet & Lowdown 117 Ah, but one English half-wit was as good as most full-witted Americans. full word n. and adj. Linguistics (a) n. a word that has an independent meaning, as distinct from a function word (originally spec. with reference to Chinese grammar; cf. empty word n. at empty adj. and n. Compounds 2); (b) adj. consisting of a complete word. [Originally after Chinese shízì (see full character n.); in later use after Chinese shící ( < shí + cí word, term), which is now the preferred term.] ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > [noun] > content word full word1854 object word1876 plereme1939 content word1940 lexical word1963 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > [noun] > content word > specifically in Chinese full word1854 full character1863 1854 F. M. Müller Let. to Chevalier Bunsen on Classif. Turanian Langs. ii. §6 131 The Chinese themselves distinguish between full words (shi tsé) and empty words (hiu tse). 1892 H. Sweet New Eng. Gram. I. 22. §58 When a form-word is entirely devoid of meaning, we may call it an empty word, as opposed to full words such as earth and round. 1934 R. C. Priebsch & W. E. Collinson German Lang. iii. 249 Other full-word suffixes are -bar, -haft. 2000 P. Baldi & C. Dawar in G. Booij et al. Morphologie I. 968 (heading) Full word suffixes. 2013 G. L. Campbell & G. King Compend. World's Langs. (ed. 3) 1770 The Chinese distinction between ‘full words’ (shící) and ‘empty words’ (xūcí) can be usefully applied to Vietnamese. C2. Compounds of the adverb. a. (a) With present and past participles (cf. Compounds 1a(b), to which some of these might be referred; cf. also sense C. 3a).Some of the more established compounds of this type are treated separately. ΚΠ OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) lxxiii. 133 Þara gemen and gehealdsumnes gelæt mannan to fulþungenre fulfremednesse [a1225 Winteney fullþungenre fremednesse; L. ad celsitudinem perfectionis]. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1083 Hi comon into capitulan on uppon þa munecas full gewepnede. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) i. l. 182 She stood..With ful assuryd lokyng and manere. 1590 A. Prowse tr. J. Taffin Of Markes Children of God f. 31 Not a little or halfe saluation, but the full accomplished saluation of eternall life. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 494 The full descending blow Cleaves the broad Front, and beardless Cheeks in two. 1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. i. 6 This is..staring, with a full-levelled eye, the great luminary of spirits in the face. 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xx. 459 Th' impatient Steel with full-descending Sway Forc'd thro' his brazen Helm its furious Way. 1735 R. Moncrieff Magnanimity 21 When thus she shews Her full-exerted Influence, who can hide The raptur'd Admiration of his Soul? 1744 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons (new ed.) 167 The full-adjusted Harmony of Things. 1757 J. Dyer Fleece iii. 92 Sinewy arms of men, with full-strain'd strength, Wring out the latent water. 1824 Oriental Herald & Colonial Rev. Sept. 29 The victor now, with full accomplished vows, Departed pleased along the sacred strand. 1836 J. Poole Paul Pry's Jrnl. Resid. Little-Pedlington i. 29 Some whose manners, whose acquirements, or whose genius may fail to satisfy my full-strained expectation. 1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 215 The full-assured faith. 1851 W. W. Lord Christ in Hades viii. 167 On his mighty shoulders lay..his huge spear, inclined, But not full-levelled. 1863 Dundee Courier & Argus 26 Feb. The piles were full driven, and were fourteen feet below low water. 1906 W. Hall Via Crucis 45 Full-assured, in his shrewd cunning, that thy trust hath been misplaced. 1922 I. S. Cobb Sundry Accts. i. 27 He slept..in the full-lighted room of a house which was all aglare with lights from cellar to roof line. 2002 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 7 Nov. 71 (advt.) San Diego, CA. Academic wants to exchange well-located, full-furnished 2 BR SD apartment for furnished Manhattan apartment. 2004 U. Pietsch et al. High-resolution X-ray Scattering (ed. 2) xiii. 321 The uniform strain relaxation of the wires leads to a shift of the wire Bragg peaks with respect to the full-strained lattice. (b) full-armed adj. [armed adj.¹] ΚΠ a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 3686 (MED) This worthi kniht of Grece Ful armed up at every piece.] ?a1563 W. Baldwin Royall Elegie (1610) sig. B2^v If this Winter time thou maiest him marke, To ride all day full arm'd about the Parke. 1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad i. 31 Full-arm'd they came, for brave defence prepared. 1868 J. T. Nettleship Ess. Browning's Poetry 219 The full-armed, full-muscled god will be ready to do battle. 2000 B. Ramthun Earthquake Games (2001) xv. 165 He was settling into a full-armed firing position. full-assembled adj. ΚΠ 1735 J. Thomson Rome: 3rd Pt. Liberty 260 Her full-assembled Youth innumerous swarm'd. 1808 J. Fitchett Alfred ii. 71 Let him conduct Back to our camp his full-assembled train. 1999 J. Hansen & D. Cook Econ. Growth with Equity vi. 27 The company is exporting the full-assembled cars from Korea to a neighboring country. full-beaming adj. ΚΠ 1703 tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Cassandra ii. i. 113 Is it possible thou shouldest appear in thy full beaming Luster without a Cloud. 1735 W. Somervile Chace ii. 142 Had not her Eyes, With Life full-beaming, her vain Wiles betray'd. 1876 Jrnl. Bath & West of Eng. Soc. 8 111 The mild, serene, placid countenance and full-beaming, expressive eye. 2000 M. J. Eberhart Ten Million Steps (2007) v. 498 The young lady comes over and with a full-beaming smile says, ‘That's a great article about Chief Buffalo Tiger, isn't it?’ full-bearing adj. ΚΠ 1717 W. Sutherland Britain's Glory: Ship-building Unvail'd 56 This is in full bearing Vessels. 1718 S. Switzer Ichnographia Rustica II. 251 The full-bearing Buds of the Pear-Tree appear very visible in November, when the Leaves are off. 1896 Daily News 17 June 4/5 The thousand acres is never all full-bearing altogether. 2012 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 30 May 42 Growing global demand for Australian almonds makes this a good time to invest in a well-established, full-bearing orchard. full-digested adj. ΚΠ 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. ii. 113 We shall..partake in the expertness and full digested remembrance belonging to that. 2005 C. L. Moore Grounded Hebrew Semantics iii. 165 Metaphorically speaking, the coveted wealth of the wicked person never makes it to the full digested product which would satisfy him. † full-distended adj. Obsolete ΚΠ 1722 J. Wainewright Anat. Treat. Liver 94 I might farther deny..that the bilious Ducts are always employ'd in their full distended Capacities. 1728 J. Thomson Spring 12 The full-distended Clouds Indulge their genial Stores. a1820 J. Woodhouse Life Crispinus Scriblerus vi, in Life & Poet. Wks. (1896) I. 118/2 With strong blasts, from full-distended mouth. a1872 E. Atherstone Pelopidas ii. ii. in Dramatic Wks. (1888) 31 Each full distended grape Glow'd like an amethyst in the bright sun. † full-driven adj. Obsolete ΚΠ c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 522 This bargayn is ful dryue, for we ben knyt. full-extended adj. ΚΠ 1684 T. Beverley Great Line Prophetical Time iii. 22 in Scripture-line of Time Each Community hath its just share in the intimate and full extended Time of this Line. 1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 176 The long lines of full-extended war In bleeding fight commixt. 1833 Gardener's Mag. Apr. 166 Operating as so many breezes for wafting them with full-extended sails along the tide of improvement. 2006 G. Morgan in B. Schick et al. Adv. Sign Lang. Devel. xiii. 337 For the full-extended uses of signed language to develop..further learning about discourse construction may have to come from literacy-based activities. full-glowing adj. ΚΠ 1792 Morning Chron. 30 Nov. Then lift up the song, and with spirit advance, The full-glowing glass to the Genius of France. 1842 I. Williams Baptistery I. i. 77 The Sun..Blending them in the golden blazonry Of his full-glowing orb. 1910 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 11 20 It seems easy..to trace in the rich, full-glowing nature of Isabel Hampton, the unison of qualities at once progressive and conservative. 2015 L. Saintcrow Trailer Park Fae xxvi. 177 Full-glowing now, her lips were a sweet curve, redder than any red. † full-greased adj. Obsolete rare ΚΠ a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Deut. xxxii. 15 Ful made fat [altered to fulfat maad] ys þe loued & aȝeyn wynsed: fol fattyd folgrecyd [L. impinguatus] out larged. 1909 A. M. Thomas Plain Econ. Facts 387 The inevitable result must be to expose..a grinning expenditure of fulsome falsehoods for a future full greased palm. full-knowing adj. ΚΠ 1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion To Rdr. sig. A2 What the Verse oft, with allusion, as supposing a full knowing Reader, lets slip. 1854 E. O. P. Smith Bertha & Lily 156 A mature man, a full-knowing man, a calm, self-poised man. 2007 Tax Advisor 38 549 FIN 48 asks that state and local income tax positions be analyzed from the point of view of a full-knowing tax auditor. † full-known adj. Obsolete ΚΠ 1387–8 Petition London Mercers in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 34 Nichol Brembre..with stronge honde, as it is ful knowen..was chosen Mair. 1603 G. Estey Certaine Godly & Learned Expos. ii. f. 58 Not wraying full known sinnes. a1675 B. Whitelocke Notes uppon Kings Writt (1766) II. xcviii. 339 It is a full knowne trueth, that both the king, and the house of lords, and the house of commons have each of them a negative vote. full-nerved adj. ΚΠ 1800 M. L. Weems Life G. Washington 25 Full-nerved with patriot rage, he rushes upon the murderers of his countrymen. 1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 86 Dare, with fullnerved arm the rage of all. a1918 W. Owen Compl. Poems & Fragments (1983) I. 158 Are limbs, so dear achieved, are sides Full-nerved, still warm, too hard to stir? 1984 L. Gordon Virginia Woolf xii. 233 She re-created members of her circle as prime specimens, not necessarily the best of their kind but the most full-nerved. full-opening adj. ΚΠ 1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 146 The pack full-opening, various. 1827 B. Maund Bot. Garden II. iii. No. 120 Flowers of various formation; some quilled and some flat petalled, double and semidouble, full-opening and tasselled. 1992 Oil & Gas Jrnl. (Nexis) 30 Nov. 51 The pipelines must be equipped with full-opening valves. full-pulsing adj. ΚΠ 1869 Beloit College Monthly May 190/1 Let them feel this glow of health, this tingling of the full pulsing blood. 1878 J. Morley Carlyle 189 No feeling for broad force and full-pulsing vitality. 1967 Anniston (Alabama) Star 4 June 10 c/8 Hemingway was very much an ‘immediate’ sort of man, as the full-pulsing course of his novels bears out. full-ripened adj. [compare Old English full-rīpod fully mature] ΚΠ 1656 A. Cowley Pindarique Odes 62 in Poems The..bloody battel now begins, The plenteous Harvest of full-ripened Sins. 1878 J. T. Trowbridge Guy Vernon in G. P. Lathrop Masque of Poets 214 Brings to northern shores full-ripened tropic fruits. 2009 Food & Beverage Close-up (Nexis) 11 June Our fruit is full-ripened, ready-to-eat and bursting with farm fresh flavor. † full-thriven adj. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] i-selic888 wealyc893 blaed-fastOE i-sundfulc1000 full-thrivenc1175 well-donea1200 wealfulc1230 i-selec1275 neotsumc1275 prosperc1350 wealsomea1382 well begonea1393 prosperable?c1422 thriftyc1440 prosperousc1450 quartful?c1475 wealthyc1480 wella1500 prospering1587 felicious1599 thriving1607 felicitous1641 prospered1651 well-faring1712 well-doing1800 made-up1956 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 5130 Swa fullþrifenn þatt itt nohht. Ne maȝȝ na mare waxxenn. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 868 (MED) Þe Loumbe hym stande On þe mount of Syon ful þryuen and þro. full-trimmed adj. ΚΠ 1735 C. Coffey Merry Cobler vi. 16 A full-trimm'd Suit in Cucumber-time. 1755 Connoisseur No. 100 (1756) 602 I was equipped..in a tye-wig, full-trimmed coat and laced-waistcoat. 1826 W. Scott Malachi Malagrowther ii. 59 A full-trimmed suit of black silk, or velvet. 2011 Telegraph (Kolkata) (Nexis) 20 Feb. Tiretta once danced in a full-trimmed suit of rich velvet at the height of the Calcutta summer on the King's birthday. full-tuned adj. ΚΠ 1790 Coll. Hymns & Sanctuses 56 in Select Portions Brady's & Tate's Version of Psalms Happy nations..let your full tun'd praises flow. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Love & Duty in Poems (new ed.) II. 85 When thy low voice, Faltering, would break its syllables, to keep My own full-tuned. 1954 Memorial Bk. (N.Y. Bar Assoc.) 16 Up to the last moment he had been ‘like a full tuned fiddle string, then snapped.’ † full-waxen adj. [compare Middle Dutch, Dutch volwassen , Middle Low German vulwassen , German †vollwachsen (Old High German follawahsan , Middle High German volwahsen ), Old Icelandic fullvaxinn ; in quot. 1874 after Old Icelandic] Obsolete ΚΠ OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) iii. 19 Iohannes..ferde ða to westene, and ðær wunode oð þæt he fullweaxen wæs. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 10890 He wass full waxenn mann. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 74 I haue thre ful waxen children which ben hardy and stronge. 1874 R. Cleasby & G. Vigfusson Icelandic-Eng. Dict. (new ed.) 10/2 He..strode through the full-waxen [Icel. fullvaxinn] rye-field. (c) With adjectives in -ed formed on nouns, with the sense ‘fully or plentifully provided with (what is denoted by the noun)’, as full-acorned, full-spotted, etc., adjs. See also full-witted adj. at Compounds 1b.The sense is now more commonly expressed using fully as the first element: see fully adv. Compounds 1c. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Oeuf Harenc aux œufs, a full-rowed, or hard-rowed Herring. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) ii. v. 16 Like a full Acorn'd Boare. View more context for this quotation 1815 C. Lamb Let. 9 Aug. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1978) III. 174 My full-happinessed friend is picking his crackers. 1828 A. H. Haworth Lepidoptera Britannica iv. 512 The Full-spotted [Ermine moth]. 1833 H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker i. i. 7 The full-buckramed fancy dresses of the young gentlemen. 1838 T. Miller Royston Gower I. iv. 66 Thou who wert fat with impurities, even to the fatness of full-acorned swine. 1843 Magnet 16 Oct. 1/6 It was a very choice and full-meated dairy, and the cheese averaging about 120 lbs each. 1861 A. Smith Edwin of Deira iv. 154 A land all shadowed by full-acorned woods. 1871 L. P. Brockett Year of Battles xiii. 474 Behind all were the full-medalled veterans, invalids, old warriors, yeomen of the palace, and royal gendarmes. 1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 374 In November, when schooling begins, the fish are full-roed. 1910 Sat. Evening Post 19 Mar. 30/2 A full-freckled, husky, six-foot-two product of the locality came hulking in. 1940 Bull. Inst. Jamaica Science Ser. No. 1. 71 Specimens from the Kingston area vary from the full-spotted pattern to practically spotless. 1950 Times 5 Oct. 3/5 A dozen herring drifters..were all rewarded with good hauls of first-class full-roed herrings yesterday. (d) With other adjectives, with the sense ‘very ——’ or ‘fully or completely ——’. Obsolete.Apparently rare except in late 19th cent. ΚΠ OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) i. Introd. 7 Gif ic þe þa ana asecge be fullmedemum [OE Hatton fulfremedum; L. perfectis] & gecorenum werum. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxiv. 70 And I suppose too, she'll say, I have been full-pert. 1871 F. T. Palgrave Lyrical Poems 35 She..Blushed like a full-ripe apple. 1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 53 A league beyond the wood, All in a full-fair manor and a rich, His towers..received the three. 1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. iii. 50 As being a full-free member of the community. 1911 F. O. Bower Plant-life on Land 15 Such full-green Algae as Struvea. 1925 Inco 5 iv. 10 Half-hard, twenty-two gauge nickel and Monel Metal sheets are equivalent to full-hard, sixteen gauge copper sheet. b. With verbs, with the sense ‘fully, to the full, completely’. See also full-work v. [Sometimes after Latin formations with an intensifying prefix such as per- and ex- ; compare also full-do v. and fullfreme v.] full-bring v. now rare transitive to bring to a conclusion or to completion, to finish. [Compare Old Frisian fulbrenga (West Frisian folbringe), Middle Dutch volbringen (Dutch volbringen), Middle Low German vulbringen, Old High German follabringen (Middle High German vollebringen, German vollbringen).] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > execute, perform, or carry out [verb (transitive)] lasteOE ylastc888 wieldeOE doeOE dreeOE forthOE fremeOE workOE affordOE full-bringc1175 fulfila1225 perfurnisha1325 complishc1374 performc1384 achievea1393 chevisea1400 practic?a1425 exploitc1425 execute1477 furnish1477 through1498 practa1513 enure1549 chare1570 enact1597 act1602 to carry out1608 outcarry1611 celebrate1615 complya1616 peract1621 tide1631 implement1837 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 16335 Ȝure temmple timmbredd wass. & all full brohht till ende. 1526 Grete Herball sig. Cc.iv^v/2 Y^e vryne y^t is pale lyke flesshe y^t is hole soden betokeneth a good beghynnyng of dysgestyon not ful brought. 1859 J. R. Lowell in Atlantic Monthly Nov. 643/2 The Germans have a striking proverb: Was die Gans gedacht, das der Schwan vollbracht: What the goose but thought, that the swan fullbrought; or, to de-Saxonize it a little.., What the goose conceived, that the swan achieved. 1904 W. V. Moody Fire-bringer i. 21 'T is there to have, If one by sacrifice and rites full-brought Could find the way. 1960 Janus 49 95 A verb ‘km’..meaning ‘to complete, to bring to a close, to execute (the preparation of ointments), to finish (metalwork), to fullbring’. † full-burn v. [after classical Latin exārdēscere] Obsolete intransitive to burn intensely.In quot. with reference to fierce or determined pursuit. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > follow behind [verb (intransitive)] > follow eagerly full-burna1382 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. xxxi. 36 For what my synne hast þou þus ful brent [a1425 Corpus Oxf. fulbrent; L. exarsisti] after me. † full-forth v. [ < full adv. + forth v.] Obsolete transitive to complete, to carry out fully. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)] to make an endc893 afilleOE endc975 fullOE full-doOE full-workOE fullendOE fullfremeOE full-forthlOE fillc1175 fulfilc1300 complec1315 asum1340 full-make1340 performa1382 finisha1400 accomplishc1405 cheve1426 upwindc1440 perfurnish?c1450 sumc1450 perimplish1468 explete?a1475 fullcome1477 consume1483 consomme1489 perimplenish1499 perfect1512 perfinish1523 complete1530 consummate1530 do1549 to run out1553 perfectionate1570 win1573 outwork1590 to bring about1598 exedifya1617 to do up1654 ratifyc1720 ultimate1849 terminate1857 lOE tr. R. d'Escures Sermo in Festis Sancte Marie Virginis in R. D.-N. Warner Early Eng. Homilies (1917) 138 We secgeð þæt heo synderlice fullforðede Marthen geswyncfulle wica. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 15597 Ær þann þiss temmple mihhte ben Fullwrohht. & all fullforþedd. a1225 (?OE) MS Vesp. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 237 He..ȝiaf miht and strencþe þurl [read þurh] þe gief of his gaste his hesne to fulforðie. c1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 76 (MED) Fulfurthed be þi sawe; þat ics, sithen his wil is, maiden, withhuten lawe of moder, haue þe blis. † full-make v. Obsolete transitive to complete, perfect. [Compare Middle Dutch volmāken (Dutch (now regional: West Flanders) volmaken ), Middle Low German vulmāken . In early use partly after classical Latin perficere (see perfect adj.).] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)] to make an endc893 afilleOE endc975 fullOE full-doOE full-workOE fullendOE fullfremeOE full-forthlOE fillc1175 fulfilc1300 complec1315 asum1340 full-make1340 performa1382 finisha1400 accomplishc1405 cheve1426 upwindc1440 perfurnish?c1450 sumc1450 perimplish1468 explete?a1475 fullcome1477 consume1483 consomme1489 perimplenish1499 perfect1512 perfinish1523 complete1530 consummate1530 do1549 to run out1553 perfectionate1570 win1573 outwork1590 to bring about1598 exedifya1617 to do up1654 ratifyc1720 ultimate1849 terminate1857 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 201 (MED) Ac þe yefþe of þe holy gost..uolmakeþ þise uayrhede. a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) xvi. 6 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 147 Fulmake [L. perfice] mi steppes in sties þine. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Boke yf Eneydos xxvii. sig. Gvii^v Fulmake thoblacyon to pluto. 1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (ix.) f. 156 Aftir y^e finisshinge of the temple, ther were .vii. yeres ere y^e cyte and wallis were full made. 1611 tr. P. de Mornay Disc. Lords Parl. sig. C4 Let them come to aske vs Rent, after the accompts are cast vp, and the reckoning full made. † full-serve v. Obsolete transitive and intransitive to serve fully. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > serve [verb (transitive)] > serve fully or diligently beservea1300 full-serve1340 serve1629 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 33 Huo þet serueþ and naȝt uolserueþ, his ssepe he lyest. c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 443 (MED) Þow arte full seruyde Of cunndit and credense; kayre whene the lykes. † full-sound v. [after classical Latin personāre] Obsolete intransitive to sound loudly. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > make a loud sound or noise [verb (intransitive)] flitec900 beme?c1225 thunderc1374 full-sounda1382 claryc1440 reird1508 shout1513 to make the welkin ring1590 rally1728 din1798 alarm1839 trombone1866 clarion1885 blast1931 blare1955 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) Judges vii. 18 Whanne fulsowneþ [L. personuerit] þe trumpe in myn hand. † full-timber v. Obsolete transitive to complete construction of (a building). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > build or construct [verb (transitive)] > build strongly or completely full-timberc1175 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 16323 Godess temmple..wass i sexe ȝeress all. & fowwerrtiȝ full timmbredd. c. full-auto adj. and n. (a) adj. (chiefly of firearms) fully automatic; (b) n. a mode of operation in which a firearm performs fully automatically; (also) a fully automatic firearm. ΚΠ 1900 Age of Steel 16 June 34/1 (advert) Full-Auto Screw Machine. 1922 U.S. Patent 1,403,623 7/1 In the full line position marked ‘Full auto’.., the trigger and trigger bar may be retracted to the full extent. 1963 Pop. Mech. Sept. 110/1 I had made five hits—amazing for a full-auto rifle. 1992 J. Mowry Way past Cool 3 A full-auto fired from a battered black van. 2006 S. M. Stirling Sky People xi. 235 The Neanderthals..weren't even wasting ammunition by firing away on full-auto. † full-begotten adj. Obsolete lawfully begotten, legitimate. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > legitimate full-bornlOE born in (or under or out of) wedlockc1275 kindlya1300 mulierc1400 legitimatea1464 mulieryc1475 lawfulc1480 naturala1500 mulierly1506 lawfully1512 native1567 loyal1608 lineala1616 full-begotten1636 (on) the right side of the blanket1842 1636 S. Rutherford Let. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 25 Your Father counteth you not a bastard: ful-begotten bairns are nurtured. 1705 Observator No. 2. 10 The greatest part of their Armies by Sea and Land, are made up of Scotsmen or the off-spring of Scotsmens [sic], Bastards and full begotten. full-bound adj. Bookbinding (a) (of a barrel) bound with a full set of iron hoops (now historical); (b) Bookbinding bound entirely in leather; cf. half-bound adj., quarter-bound adj. at quarter n. Compounds 4. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > type of binding > [adjective] full-bound1705 super-extra1774 half-bound1775 Etruscan1792 antique1794 Russia-bound1808 vellum-bound1836 vellum-covered1836 quarter-bound1842 cloth-bound1860 limp1863 cottage1874 monastic1880 parchment-bound1881 yapped1882 all along1888 Grolieresque1889 Maioli1890 perfect1890 treed calf1892 Lyonnais1893 hardback1894 dos-à-dos1952 perfect bound1960 spiral-bound1961 spiral1977 1705 Boston News-let. 16 Apr. 2/2 Several full bound Barrels. 1766 W. Gordon Gen. Counting-house 319 45 barrels full bound mess-beef. 1783 Bks. Sold in T. Boston Serm. Sovereignity & Wisdom God (end matter) Vincent's Catechism, 8d. full bound, 10d. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 545 Bible, 8vo., full-bound in maroon Turkey morocco. 1880 J. W. Zaehnsdorf Art of Bookbinding 171 When the sides and back of a volume are covered with leather it is said to be full-bound. 1914 Canada Gaz. 29 Aug. 3 The name of the maker..shall be stamped..in the space between the upper quarter hoop and the end hoop, on quarter hooped barrels, and close to the lower hoop on full bound barrels. 1946 H. Whetton Pract. Printing & Binding xxxi. 381 The book may be full-bound..that is, the leather may fully cover the boards. 1993 D. Dickson in P. O'Flanagan & C. G. Buttimer Cork x. 371 City buyers sought only to distinguish between common salted butter..and premium butter to which a pickle..was added, usually after repacking in full-bound firkins. 2008 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 16 Mar. (Money section) 16 The quantity and quality of the leather binding affects the value of the book, with full-bound sets having higher estimates. full-fashioned adj. = fully-fashioned adj. at fully adv. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > that fits in specific way > close-fitting straita1387 justc1440 sitting1440 close1488 well-fitted1590 close-bodied1677 succinct1714 tightish1775 tight1784 full-fashioned1812 skintight1838 snug1838 fully-fashioned1844 tight-fitting1846 close-fitting1870 slim1884 skin-fitting1915 skinny1915 slinky1921 tight-ass1969 1812 Universal Mag. Mar. 258/2 To his arguments about full price and full-fashioned work, they returned reproaches upon himself, and blows upon his frames. 1883 Glasgow Weekly Herald 21 Apr. 8/2 Ladies' full-fashioned black Lisle thread hose. 1927 T. Woodhouse Artificial Silk: Manuf. & Uses 92 Originally, the spring beard needles were used in full-fashioned (flat) machines. 1971 Financial Times 18 June 17/4 A downturn in demand for plain classic full fashioned garments. 2009 Sunday Star-Times (Auckland, N.Z.) (Nexis) 26 July 5 Michael pulls out a pair of those ‘full-fashioned’ stockings of old. full-fatted adj. (a) (esp. of cattle) fully fattened; (b) (of milk, etc.) = full-fat adj. ΚΠ a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Deut. xxxii. 15 Ful made fat ys þe loued & aȝeyn wynsed: fol fattyd [L. incrassatus] folgrecyd out larged. 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes (new ed.) f. 115 Full fatted bulls, As forceth kindled yre the Lyons keen: whose greedy gutts the gnawyng honger pricks. 1836 Vermont Chron. 11 Aug. 127/2 The full fatted animal is now taken to market at one-fourth the expense which it formerly took to transfer the half fatted animal. 1914 J. L. Baker in Rep. Local Govt. Board Public Health & Med. Subj. No. 80. ii. 77 A mixture of one third full fatted dried milk and two thirds of hydrolysed starch products. 1945 Chester (Pa.) Times 20 Dec. 10/7 (advt.) Young full fatted geese. 2007 P. Hawken Blessed Unrest 156 Thin wafers bearing full-fatted cheeses daubed with slices of purple figs. † full-front v. Obsolete transitive to face directly; to present a full front to; to confront. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be or make visible [verb (transitive)] > present full front to full-front1738 1738 Curious Relations I. i. 47 A large Parlour, full fronting a handsome Garden backwards. 1855 R. Browning Saul (rev. ed.) xvii, in Men & Women II. 278 Perfection, no more and no less, In the kind I imagined, full-fronts me. 1913 Drama Nov. 177 Some stand and wait, full-fronting the breath of the Most High. full-fronted adj. (a) having the face fully turned forwards, face-on; (b) having a full front (in various senses). ΚΠ 1729 A. Boyer Grand Théatre de l'Honneur 81/1 Cat,..which in Heraldry is always represented with its Face full-fronted. 1809 T. Jones Hist. County Brecknock II. i. 406 A Black's head couped at the shoulders full fronted proper. 1829 Times 22 Aug. (advt.) Full size shirts from 9s. 6d. per dozen to the finest quality, full fronted ditto, 18s. per dozen. 1889 Mag. of Poetry 1 490/2 Few see thy face full-fronted. 1963 Atlantic (Iowa) News-Tel. 2 Apr. 3/4 (caption) Bud Kilpatrick's new shortened overblouse barely slides over the waistline of a full-fronted skirt for his spring two-piece dress. 1983 J. McLachlan Joseph Priestley 62 The full-fronted face is that of late middle-age and is modelled after the portrait by Artaud. 2013 News (Portsmouth) (Nexis) 23 Apr. Looking altogether very much like a trolleybus coming towards you, the full-fronted double deckers were once a common sight in Gosport and Fareham during the 1960s. full-fruited adj. full of fruit (in various senses); fully in fruit; having much fruit; (of wine) having a strong fruitlike flavour. ΚΠ 1809 R. Hawker Poor Man's Morning Portion (ed. 2) 251 Neither will thy ripened faculties, even when full-blown and full-fruited, be found sufficient. 1834 R. M. Milnes Memorials of Tour in Greece 30 Only the full-fruited vine Trails o'er the home. 1853 W. J. Hickie tr. Aristophanes Comedies II. 543 Shaking the full-fruited chaplet about your head. 1922 Daily News-Record (Harrisonburg, Va.) 31 May 3/5 (advt.) Full-fruited bread—generously filled with luscious, seeded, Sun-Maid Raisins. 1988 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 28 Sept. This [wine] is..a fine, full-bodied, full-fruited job, drinking well now and likely to develop for a while. 2006 O. Clarke Bordeaux 118/2 This is good, full-fruited wine benefitting from the hot conditions of 2003. full-leaved adj. having the leaves fully out; full of leaves. ΚΠ 1572 L. Mascall Bk. Plant & Graffe Trees v. 34 For to graffe in Sommer so long as the trees be full leaued. 1630 M. Drayton Muses Elizium ii. 16 With full-leau'd Lillies I will stick Thy braded hayre. 1781 Beauties of Spring i. 19 Slow glides the river,..now conceal'd Beneath the full-leaved wood, and gleaming now With silver lustre thro' th' uncover'd glade. 1864 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 148 Now while the full-leaved hursts unalter'd stand. 1917 J. Masefield Lollingdon Downs 74 The full-leaved summer bore no fruit. 2011 Bristol Post (Nexis) 2 Apr. 12 It is the bluebell's time to shine before the full-leaved canopy closes in for the summer. full-rigged adj. (a) (of a ship) having its full complement of masts, sails, and spars; (b) having three or more masts that all carry square sails; also in extended use. ΚΠ 1734 London Jrnl. 16 Nov. The King had sent Orders..to lay up half the Fleet in that Harbour, and keep the other half full rigged and manned till further Orders. 1763 T. Jefferson Let. 20 Jan. in Papers (1950) I. 7 I may have the pleasure of sailing up the river again in a full-rigged flat. 1830 N. S. Wheaton Jrnl. 342 A full-rigged [French] baggage waggon is a curious spectacle. 1867 Dover Castle News 29 June (Suppl.) 46/2 Yesterday morning a brig-rigged screw steamer passed us on the starboard side..and astern of her a full rigged ship. 1890 H. Paasch Illustr. Marine Encycl. 5 Full-rigged ship, a three masted ship fore-mast, main-mast, and mizen-mast..all are square rigged. 1903 C. Protheroe Life in Mercantile Marine 4 The Chatto was a full-rigged ship of a thousand odd tons. 1985 K. A. Franks & P. F. Lambert Early Calif. Oil 29 (caption) A full-rigged schooner, the Santa Paula held 8,200 barrels of oil. 2014 J. Roberts Brit. Raid on Essex v. 61 Brigs were square-rigged two-masted vessels ranging from sixty to one hundred ten feet and full-rigged ships were three-masted square-rigged vessels ranging from seventy-five to one hundred twenty-five feet. † full-stated adj. Obsolete designating a lease for three lives (see life n. Phrases 2c) such that all three of the named persons are still living; relating to or held by such a lease.Chiefly with reference to leaseholds in south-west England. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [adjective] > held in leasehold or by tenant > in specific manner full-stated1746 ryoti1772 sub-rented1796 tied1887 untied1888 1741 London Evening-Post 12 Feb. (advt.) To be Lett or Sold..The Remainder of a Lease for 99 Years, determinable on three Lives full stated, an easy Fine Fix'd, at Chettle in the County of Dorset.] 1746 Exmoor Courtship 23 You know es kep Challacomb-Moor in Hond; 'tes vull-statad. 1746 ‘Devoniensis’ Let. in Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 406/2 Full-stated, spoken of a leasehold estate, that has 3 lives subsisting on it. 1829 Bristol Mercury 11 Aug. (advt.) The above Premises are Leasehold, full stated with three healthy lives. 1850 Rep. Episcopal & Capitular Revenues Commissioners 5 in Parl. Papers XX. 35 Assuming the case of a full-stated lease:—Upon the dropping of the first life the Central Board should [etc.]. 1920 Rep. & Trans. Devonshire Assoc. 52 178 When the three Lives were all surviving, the property was said to be ‘full-stated’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). fullv.¹ Brit. /fʊl/, U.S. /fʊl/ Forms: Old English fullian, Middle English ffulle, Middle English folle, Middle English ful, Middle English fulle, 1500s– full. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: full adj. Etymology: < full adj. Compare fill v., and also fulfil v.It is unclear whether there is any continuity between Old English fullian and the later attestations from the 14th cent. onwards. Furthermore, in Middle English in west midland and south-western sources it is difficult to distinguish forms of the present word from those of fill v., since the latter typically show u as the reflex of Old English y (compare e.g. quot. c1390 at sense 1a; contrast quot. c1390 at sense 1b(a) from the same source, which more certainly shows full v.¹). With use in sense 3a compare earlier fulling n.² 3. In Old English the prefixed form gefullian (compare y- prefix) is attested in sense ‘to fulfil’. 1. a. transitive. To make full (in various senses); to fill. Also with up.In later use regional (esp. Scottish and Caribbean), and nonstandard. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > fill afilleOE fillOE fullOE chargea1250 replenish?a1425 replete?a1425 steek?1440 upfillc1440 plenish1488 prime1513 accloy1581 supplya1616 adimplete1657 OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) iv. vi. 270 Þa..ungesewenlican [gesceaft] gefyllende onstyriað & gyt fulliað þa mænniscan lichaman, þa þe magon beon mid lichamlicum eagum gesewene. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. v. 184 In Couenant þat Clement schulde þe Cuppe fulle. a1400 Prymer (St. John's Cambr.) (1891) 39 Thanne is oure mouth fulled [L. repletum est] of ioye. 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. lxxxvii. sig. Z6 Surely, Travaile fulleth the Man. 1657 T. Reeve God's Plea for Nineveh 296 The City he thinketh doth not eccho rightly til it be full'd with the shrieks of Infants. 1720 J. Steuart Let.-bk. (1915) 114 Please full up all yor empty room with fresh barrell hoops. 1797 Jrnl. & Acct. Bk. Braco Estate 1 Aug. in Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) 191/1 Carrying Dung & fulling Carts. 1835 J. K. Paulding Lett. from South (new ed.) II. xli. 204 I hold one hand, he full um. When I see dat, I hold t'oder—he full dat, too. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 476 Full, an old participle, is often heard in the South for filled, and almost exclusively used by the negroes, who sometimes improve it in their way by saying fulled. 1883 in W. S. Aitken Star-dust 54 O bring tae me a bowl o' brose, They're the thing tae full the hose. 1924 G. A. England Vikings of Ice 79 Safer out nigh the selvage, me son... A no'd-east wind'd full evvery bay out the Front an' might jam us. 1956 S. Selvon Lonely Londoners 106 Big City always confuse when he have forms to full up. 1965 ‘Lauchmonen’ Old Thom's Harvest v. 64 Village people poor so they cant afford for food to full their belly. 2000 J. Robertson Fanatic 64 When Cromwell occupied us in the fifties, he fullt the port o Leith wi English and had a muckle fortress biggit there. b. (a) intransitive. To be or become full; to fill up. Also †to gorge (obsolete). Now rare except as in sense 1b(b). Chiefly Caribbean in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up space [verb (intransitive)] > be or become full fulleOE replenish1579 filla1616 the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > phase > pass through phase [verb (intransitive)] > become full fulleOE the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > types of tide [verb (intransitive)] > flow in fulleOE flowc1050 make1840 to make up1898 eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) i. xxxviii. 93 Genim clæne hunig,..smire þa wunde mid, þonne fullað hio. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. xi. 44 Þei..demeþ God in-to þe gorge whon heore Gottus follen [c1400 Trin. Cambr. fullen]. c1450 MS Douce 52 in Festschrift zum XII. Neuphilologentage (1906) 57 (MED) When the fox fulles, then fleys he the gese. ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 317 (MED) Myn heed dullyth, myn herte ffullyth of sslepp. 1967 M. Anthony Green Days by River 93 Big man like you. Every two, three minutes you eyes full with water. 1984 P. Keens-Douglas Lal Shop i. 88 Nex' ting yu know she bag start to full up an' she begin to find it too heavy. (b) intransitive. spec. Of the moon. Also (occasionally) of the tide. Chiefly U.S. regional, esp. in later use. ΚΠ 1785 Med. Commentaries for 1783–4 9 325 I happened to see the eldest daughter in a fit on the day the moon fulled, the 10th of March. 1794 E. Drinker Jrnl. 9 Sept. (1889) 237 The moon fulled this morning about 8 or 10 o'clock. 1806 A. Newell Darkness at Noon (ed. 3) 13 The Sun is not eclipsed at every Change, nor the Moon at every Full, although she changes and fulls every month in the year. 1862 Ballou's Dollar Monthly Mag. Apr. 355/2 The tide fulled, turned and fell, and bore them steadily out to sea. 1878 B. F. Taylor Between Gates 40 It is as if a poor little aster should full like the moon and be a dahlia. a1900 W. F. Shaw in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1900) II. 516/1 [Kent] The snow will last till the moon fulls. 1909 L. J. Vance Bronze Bell iv. 56 The tide fulls about midnight to-night. 1972 R. Noorbergen Ellen G. White (2001) vi. 185 An eclipse was out of the question according to the records for that year, in view of the fact that the moon had fulled on the previous night. 1999 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 20 May 2 ji You'd think judges and jurors of that time..would know when the moon fulled without relying on an almanac. †2. transitive. To fulfil, complete. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)] to make an endc893 afilleOE endc975 fullOE full-doOE full-workOE fullendOE fullfremeOE full-forthlOE fillc1175 fulfilc1300 complec1315 asum1340 full-make1340 performa1382 finisha1400 accomplishc1405 cheve1426 upwindc1440 perfurnish?c1450 sumc1450 perimplish1468 explete?a1475 fullcome1477 consume1483 consomme1489 perimplenish1499 perfect1512 perfinish1523 complete1530 consummate1530 do1549 to run out1553 perfectionate1570 win1573 outwork1590 to bring about1598 exedifya1617 to do up1654 ratifyc1720 ultimate1849 terminate1857 OE Vercelli Homilies (1992) xiv. 246 Staðelian we ða dryhtenlican beboda on urum mode & þa dæghwamlican mid dædum fullian, on þam þe we fyrmest magon. OE Genesis A (1931) 2319 Ic þæs folces beo hyrde and healdend, gif ge hyrað me breostgehygdum and bebodu willað min fullian. c1400 (c1382) [implied in: J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 257 Her matere schulde be truþe and fullynge of Goddis lawe. (at fulling n.² 1)]. 1492 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 247/1 Þe saidis persons sall mak na payment of the said soume quhill the poyntis of þe said decrett be fullit efter the forme of þe samyn. a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 209 (MED) When tyme of the kynge was fullyd. 1540 Bible (Great) John iii. D This my ioye therfore is fulled [1539 fulfilled]. 3. a. transitive. Chiefly Dressmaking. To give volume to (fabric) by gathering, folding, ruffling, or pleating. Also with on. Usually in passive. Cf. earlier fulling n.² 3. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (transitive)] > gather frouncea1533 gather1576 full1815 to set in1858 gauge1881 bunch1884 kilt1887 1815 Repository of Arts Oct. 241/1 A round robe..lined with salmon colour; the upper part of the sleeve lashed with satin of corresponding colour, fulled and let in. 1829 La Belle Assemblée Sept. 123/2 Another rouleau..serves to support a broad blond, slightly fulled. 1884 West. Daily Press 2 June 7/2 Plastrons..are composed of a straight piece, fulled into a small band at the top. 1890 Daily News 4 Dec. 3/4 Many pretty little jackets..are composed of black lace fulled on over a foundation of silk or gold gauze. 1904 Delineator June 990/1 The armhole may be edged with narrow lace slightly fulled on. a1966 N. Waugh Cut of Women's Clothes (1968) iv. 273 The dot and dash line across the front and back illustrate the plan adopted when a yoke is desired, the lower part being often fulled on this line. 2011 C. B. Shaeffer Couture Sewing Techniques (rev. ed.) ii. vii. 130/1 If you don't plan to full the backing, match the seamlines precisely. †b. intransitive. To form a gathering of fabric; to bunch up, pucker. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > become corrugated [verb (intransitive)] > become wrinkled rivelOE snurpc1300 runklea1425 crumple?c1450 wrinkle1528 purse1597 pucker1598 crinklea1600 crimple1600 rumple1622 ruckle1695 ruck1758 crunkle1825 pocket1873 crease1876 full1889 concertina1918 furrow1961 1889 Cent. Dict. The skirt fulls too much in front. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). fullv.² Brit. /fʊl/, U.S. /fʊl/ Forms: Middle English ffoll, Middle English ful, Middle English–1500s fulle, Middle English– full. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French fuller; Latin fullare. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman fuler, fuller, Anglo-Norman and Middle French fouler, foller (French fouler ) to tread or beat (cloth) in order to clean and thicken it (11th cent. in Old French in Rashi as foler , subsequently from 1260), to trample or push (a person or thing) down (first quarter of the 12th cent.), to oppress, to subdue (a person) (second half of the 12th cent.), and its apparent etymon (ii) post-classical Latin fullare (attested in a glossary attributed to Pollux (2nd cent. a.d.); frequently from 12th cent. in British sources, and from 13th cent. in continental sources) < classical Latin fullō fuller (see fuller n.¹). Compare earlier fuller n.¹ With sense 2 compare foil v.¹ and the Romance forms cited at that entry. 1. transitive. To subject (cloth, esp. woollen cloth) to various mechanical processes in order to clean and thicken or felt it.Originally carried out by treading or beating the wetted cloth, with the addition of a cleansing agent such as fuller's earth; mechanization of the process of physically manipulating the cloth spread to northern Europe in the medieval period (see fulling mill n. at fulling n.¹ Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > treat or process textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > full full1383 cloth-walk1467 thick1482 mill1552 1383 [implied in: 1383 in J. L. Fisher Medieval Farming Gloss. (1968) 15 Fullyngstok. (at fulling n.¹ Compounds 1b)]. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xv. l. 445 (MED) Cloth þat cometh fro þe weuyng is nouȝt comly to were, Tyl it is fulled vnder fote or in fullyng stokkes. c1438 in Archaeologia Cantiana (1931) 43 202 (MED) The mille is redy for to fulle clooth. 1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 30 Colard..Can well fulle cloth. a1525 (?1472) Coventry Leet Bk. (1908) II. 375 (MED) [Ordained] þat euery walker frohensfurth shall [put] a knowen marck vppon euery cloth þat he shall full. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Follare, to full, as clothes in a presse. 1643 W. Prynne Opening Great Seale 20 One..man should be assigned..to seale the Clothes that shall be wrought and fulled in London. 1695 London Gaz. No. 3086/4 A new Invented Engine, which Fulls all sorts of Stuffs by Hand or Mans Labour. 1735 J. Barrow Dict. Polygraphicum I. at Fulling When it [sc. the cloth] is perceived to be sufficiently fulled, and brought to that quality and thickness it should be, it is scoured out for good in hot water. 1799 W. Nicholson tr. C. Pajot des Charmes Art bleaching Piece-goods xxviii. 286 This operation [sc. sulphuring] is usually commenced by washing or fulling the piece. 1812 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 7 63 In this manner a girl can full twenty pair of hose in four or five hours. 1872 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce 147 English cloths, at the outset were sent to be fulled and dyed in the Netherlands. 1921 E. Lipson Hist. Woollen & Worsted Industries (ed. 2) ii. 27 We have now to speak about the men and women who prepared the wool, wove at the looms, and fulled and dressed and dyed the cloth. 1988 Jrnl. Folklore Res. 25 205 She..not only cleans the whole house, but also shears six sheep, spins the wool, and weaves and fulls it into homespun cloth. 2006 Handwoven Nov. 40/1 The fabric is then fulled to produce solid yet soft feltlike areas around the holes. †2. transitive. More generally: to beat or trample down; (also) to oppress or subdue. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > press or squeeze [verb (transitive)] > crush > trample down treadc825 oftreadeOE fortreadc1000 overrunOE treadc1000 fulla1400 trample1530 trachlec1550 betrample1567 hobnail1875 to plough down1877 steamroll1900 steamroller1913 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17245 (MED) Þou most nu thol sum part o pine..þou ful þi flexs, þat wiþerwine, And seke þi saul medicine. c1440 Prose Life Alexander (Thornton) (1913) 76 (MED) Þay suld tred doun þe snawe & full it wit þaire fete. a1450 York Plays (1885) 75 And nowe kyng Pharo Fuls þare childir ful faste. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 82 Hee threwe his hey abroad a nights, afore hee lette them in,..because then they did not runne over it and full it soe much. 3. transitive. To gently knead or stroke (a part of the body) as a therapeutic technique in massage. Also intransitive. Cf. fulling n.¹ 2. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > physiotherapy > practise physiotherapy [verb (transitive)] > massage > with specific movement knead1609 hack1866 percute1867 full1868 percussion1887 pétrie1887 1868 Amer. Phrenol. Jrnl. Apr. 153/2 Tenth movement—fulling the back. 1895 J. H. Kellogg Art of Massage 138 Fulling about the verge of the anus. 1909 Med. Council Sept. 340/2 The operator is seen fulling the thighs. 2016 M. Biancalana Compl. Guide to Massage xiv. 186 Begin with fulling the hamstrings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † fullv.³ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: full n.⁴ Etymology: < full n.⁴ English regional (Kent). Obsolete. rare. transitive (only in passive). To deposit a ridge of shingle on (a beach). Cf. full n.⁴ ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > ridge > [verb (transitive)] > form sand ridge full1864 1864 F. Drew Geol. Folkestone & Rye 16 The beach is gradually ‘fulled’, that is pebbles are heaped up in front of the breaker, generally forming a small ridge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.¹OEn.³eOEn.⁴1749adj.n.²adv.eOEv.¹eOEv.²1383v.³1864
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