fuligulinæ

[Mod. Lat. fuligul (a), and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -inæ.] Ornith.: Sea-ducks; a sub-family of Anatide. The base of the bill is as broad as high; there is a curved nail on the upper mandibles; the hind toe of foot has a membranous lobe. The best khoe genera are: Sommern Eider duck), Oidst mia (Surf duck), Fuligula (Pochard), and Clangula (Golden eye). *fulk'-er, s . [Etym. doubtful.] A pawnbroker. full, fol, *ful, *fulle, *vol, a., adv . & 8. [A. S. ful ; cogn. with Dut. vol ; Icel. fullr ; Dan. fuld ; Sw.full ; Goth. fulls ; Ger. voll ; O. H. Ger. fol ; Gr. plērēs ; Lat. plenus ; Skt. purna .] chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; A. As adjective : full I. Ordinary Language: 1. Filled up, replete; having no space unfilled or void. 2. Well supplied; abounding; having an abundance or large quantity of anything. 3. Abundant in quantity; plentiful; satisfying. "Water digest eth a full meal sooner than any liquor." -Arbuthnot : On Aliments. *4. Filled up; supplied; not vacant; occupied. "Had the throne been full , their meeting would not have been regular."-Black stone. 5. Sated; filled to repletion; satiated. "Glutted, gorged, and full." Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt. I. , iii. 2. IMG:content-0214.png:[blocks in formation] "Suppose a nation, where the custom were that after full age the sons should expulse their fathers out of their po e ions."- Bacon . *12. Strong; not faint or attenuated; powerful: sonorous. "I did never know so full a voice i ue from so empty a heart."-Shakesp.: Henry V., iv. 4. *13. Accomplished, perfect. "The man commands like a full soldier." -Shakesp. Othello, ii. 1. 14. Visible in its full dimensions. "Till about the end of the third century, I do not re. member to have seen the head of a Roman emperor drawn with a full face; they always appear in profile."- -Add is on On Medals. 15. Applied to the moon when it presents to the spectator its whole disc illuminated. 16. Applied to an intoxicated person in some portions of this country. ( Slang .) IMG:content-0215.png:[blocks in formation] "With dagger's hilt on the wicket strong He struck full loud, and struck full long." Scott: Lay of the Last Minstrel , ii. 2. II. Music : With all the voices or instruments; as An anthem is sung full . IMG:content-0216.png:[blocks in formation] (b) Fig .: Hot pursuit. (5) Full - run : The same as full - swing (q. v.). (6) Full - swing : Full working; perfect or unrestrained liberty. (7) In full : Without deduction, diminution, or abatement. (8) Written in full : Written without contractions; written in words, not figures. Full is largely used in composition with other words, particularly participles, with the force of fully, to the utmost extent or degree. Obvious compounds are: Full - accomplished , full adjusted, full - aged , full - blazing , full - breasted , full celled, full -crammed, full - extended , full -eyed, full - faced , full - fed , full - flowing , full - foliaged , full gorged , full - juiced , full - limbed , full -proportioned, full - stuffed , full -swelling, full - swollen , full - tided, full - toned , full - tuned , full - voiced , full - welling , . *full-acorned, a. Having fed to the full on IMG:content-0217.png:[blocks in formation] Bookbinding: Covered with leather.