full tiden.adj.adv.
/ˌfʊl ˈtʌɪd/, U.S. /ˌfʊl ˈtaɪd/ A. n.
= high tide n. II. (literal and figurative).
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the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > [noun] > high
main floodc1303
full flooda1375
full sea1390
high water1422
full water1498
full tide1538
high tide1546
tide1570
headwater1594
young flood1611
pleni-tide1617
top of flood1867
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Flustrum, the fulle tyde in the see, or other water, whyche ebbeth and flowyth.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Conradus Celtis in Panoplie Epist. 395 Thinke you..that your ebb is so lowe, that you are never like to have a ful tyde?
1609 P. Erondelle tr. M. Lescarbot Noua Francia i. xiv. 99 When it was full tide..he went out, and retired himselfe into his said barke.
1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife & Kinross 121 The Water at full Tide Surrounds it [sc. a rock], and makes it an Island.
1845 G. Murray Islaford 78 Fortune's full-tide flowing Shall bring him back to me.
1852 Morning Chron. 5 June 8/2 The Eliza..was attempting to dock this morning at full tide, when, owing to the force of the water, she missed her stays.
1914 B. F.-R. Hale What Women Want viii. 128 We are now in the full tide of the propagandist novel.
1990 Cruising World Apr. 17/2 The engineless Duracell went aground at full tide.
1. poetic. Of eyes: streaming with tears. Obsolete. rare.
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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
1649 W. Peaps Love in it's Extasie i. iii. sig. B2v/2 My full tide eyes..how oft have they Replenished the waves?
2. Probably: = noontide adj. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > noon or midday > [adjective]
meridianc1400
meridialc1540
noontide1595
meridional1608
noondaya1651
full tide1702
midnoon1805
1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) xiv. lxxxiii. 214 Although the courteous Sun With free and fultide Raies about it flows.
Apparently: in a stream like that of water at high tide. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb]
heap-mealc897
by greata1513
in gross1538
by wholesale1592
full tide1709
1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body ii. ii. 25 Such Swi-m-ing in the Brain,..carries many a Guinea full-tide to the Doctor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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