pailfuln.

Brit.

/ˈpeɪlfʊl/, U.S.

/ˈpeɪlˌfʊl/

Forms: see pail n.¹ and -ful suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pail n.¹, -ful suffix.

Etymology: < pail n.¹ + -ful suffix.

The quantity of liquid, etc., contained in a pail; an amount such as would fill a pail. Also figurative: a large quantity.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a receptacle > a bucket or pail

bucketful1564

skeelful1575

stoupful1590

pailful1591

pail1592

bucketload1842

1591 J. Lyly Endimion iv. ii. sig. G^v He is resolued to weep some three or foure payle-fuls.

1607 G. Markham Cavelarice v. 37 You shal take a Peale-full of colde water.

1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre iii. vi. 48 in Wks. II I'll in, and ioy Vrsla, with telling, how her pigge works, two and a halfe he eate to his share. And he has drunke a pailefull.

1707–12 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husb. (1721) II. 284 Bestow a Pale-full of Water on every Tree.

1766 Compl. Farmer at Cyder At first tunning they do not fill their hogsheads to the bung, but leave an empty space to receive a pailful of fresh cyder from the press.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. v. 54 Gin by pailfuls, wine in rivers, Dash the window-glass to shivers!

1853 T. B. Macaulay in Life & Lett. (1880) II. 373 The rain was falling by pailfuls.

1894 A. Morrison Tales Mean Streets 88 Profanity was sluiced down, as it were, by pailfuls.

1909 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Avonlea xii. 126 Barbara Shaw..poured a pailful of half frozen water over Prillie's face and shoulders.

1966 Amer. Q. 18 580 As a parting gesture he lays out a fish, a pailful of carrots and his finest melon.

1996 Amer. Rec. Guide (Nexis) 59 246 Cherkassky usually played Morton Gould's Boogie-Woogie Etude as a final encore in his last years... Amazing pianistics.., pailfuls of charm, joy abounding.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pailful
释义	pailfuln. Brit. /ˈpeɪlfʊl/, U.S. /ˈpeɪlˌfʊl/ Forms: see pail n.¹ and -ful suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pail n.¹, -ful suffix. Etymology: < pail n.¹ + -ful suffix. The quantity of liquid, etc., contained in a pail; an amount such as would fill a pail. Also figurative: a large quantity. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a receptacle > a bucket or pail bucketful1564 skeelful1575 stoupful1590 pailful1591 pail1592 bucketload1842 1591 J. Lyly Endimion iv. ii. sig. G^v He is resolued to weep some three or foure payle-fuls. 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice v. 37 You shal take a Peale-full of colde water. 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre iii. vi. 48 in Wks. II I'll in, and ioy Vrsla, with telling, how her pigge works, two and a halfe he eate to his share. And he has drunke a pailefull. 1707–12 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husb. (1721) II. 284 Bestow a Pale-full of Water on every Tree. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Cyder At first tunning they do not fill their hogsheads to the bung, but leave an empty space to receive a pailful of fresh cyder from the press. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. v. 54 Gin by pailfuls, wine in rivers, Dash the window-glass to shivers! 1853 T. B. Macaulay in Life & Lett. (1880) II. 373 The rain was falling by pailfuls. 1894 A. Morrison Tales Mean Streets 88 Profanity was sluiced down, as it were, by pailfuls. 1909 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Avonlea xii. 126 Barbara Shaw..poured a pailful of half frozen water over Prillie's face and shoulders. 1966 Amer. Q. 18 580 As a parting gesture he lays out a fish, a pailful of carrots and his finest melon. 1996 Amer. Rec. Guide (Nexis) 59 246 Cherkassky usually played Morton Gould's Boogie-Woogie Etude as a final encore in his last years... Amazing pianistics.., pailfuls of charm, joy abounding. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1591
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