fulll (ful)

[ The virgin-bays shall not withstand the lightning With a more carele danger than my constancy The full of thy relation. Ford , Broken Heart, v. 1. 2. That phase in the revolution of the moon when it presents to the earth its whole face illuminated. As le er stars That wait on Phœbe in her full of brightne , Compared to her, you are. Mas singer , Roman Actor, ii. 1. The moon, that night, though past the full , was still large and oval. Hawthorne, Blithe dale Romance, xxvii. 3. In the game of poker, a hand consisting of three cards of the same denomination and a pair, counting between a flush and fours; a full hand. Sometimes called a full house . At full. (a) At the highest point; at the height; complete. Now are my joys at full , When I behold you safe, my loving subjects. Beau, and Fl., King and No King, ii. 2. (b) To the highest degree; completely; thoroughly. Every ill-sounding word or threatening look Thou shew'st to me will be reveng'd at full. Beau, and Fl . , Maid's Tragedy, ii. 1. At the full. (a) In the fullest state (of anything); in the height (of one's fortune). The swan's down feather, IMG:content-1928.png:[blocks in formation] In full. ( a ) Without reduction; to or for the full amount: as, a receipt in full. (b) Without abbreviation or contraction; written in words, not in figures: said of writing, as a signature. What parchment have we here?-0, our genealogy in full. Sheridan, School for Scandal, iv. 1. To the full. (a) In full degree or measure; very fully or completely: as, he enjoyed himself to the full. (b) the same degree or extent; equally. I can't say indeed that my generals wear black wigs, but they have long full-bottomed hoods which cover as little entertainment to the full. Walpole , Letters, II. 124. fulll (ful), adv. [ fication. Thus me pileth the pore and pyketh ful clene [thus they rob the poor, and pick them full clean]. Political Songs (ed. Wright), p. 156. Shak, T. G. of V., iii. 1. Inform her full of my particular fear. Shak ., Lear, i. 4. As to my Sister, so mild and so dear, She has lain in the Church-yard full many a Year. Prior, Down-Hall, st. 19. I now am full resolv'd to take a wife. 2. Quite; to the same degree; equally. The canker-blooms have full as deep a dye As the perfumed tincture of the roses. Shak ., Sonnets, liv. The Saxons were now full as wicked as the Britans were at their arrival. Milton , Hist. Eng., v. Our curious men Will choose a pheasant still before a hen; Yet hens of Guinea full as good I hold. Pope , Imit. of Horace, II. ii. 19. 3. Exactly; precisely; directly; straight. Full in the middle way there stood a lake. Pope , Dunciad, ii. 69. Add is on. stared him full in the face upon so strange a question. Add is on, Advice in Love. Full in the centre of the sacred wood. Then first her anger, leaving Pelleas, burn'd Full on her knights. Tennyson, Pelleas and Ettarre. 4. In full measure; to a great degree; abundantly; very. Betwene that Mount and the Cytee, is not but the Vale of Josaphathe, that is not fulle large. Mandeville, Travels, p. 96. It was full colde weder and grete froste, and therfore the i were at more disese for hunger and for grete colde. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 171. Full fast she fled, ne ever lookt behynd. Spenser, F. Q., I. iii. 12. Full and by ( naut .), close-hauled, with all the sails full.- Full outt, quite; altogether. Davies. Sacrilege the Apostle ranks with idolatry, as being full out as evil, if not worse than it. Bp. Andrews, Works, II. 351. Rap full (naut.), with the sails completely full without shaking. and forereach all he can. His proper course would be to sail his boat " rap full " Qualtrough , Boat Sailer's Manual, p. 135. [ Full is often prefixed to other words, chiefly participles, to expre completene in extent or degree, as in full - blown , full-grown, etc. Such compounds are mostly self-explaining. Many are wholly or chiefly poetical; some are col loquial or vulgar.] fulll (ful), v. [ fullen , in part merely another spelling of fyllen , fillen ( fyllan , E. filll ), in part full i an , tr., fill; both verbs being from the adj.: see full1 , a.] I. trans. In sewing , to bring (the cloth) on one side of a seam to a little greater fullne than on the other by gathering or tucking very slightly, as is done to produce certain effects of tailoring, etc. II. in trans. To draw up; pucker; bunch: as, the skirt fulls too much in front. full2 (ful), v . [ fullen , full, a verb derived, at least so far as the form is concerned, from the older noun fuller , fullere , fullere , a fuller: see fuller1. The alleged "AS. full i an, to whiten, to full or make white as a fuller," does not exist, except as a doubtful inference from full i an , baptize, which is a umed, without proof, to be a figurative use of the supposed literal sense 'whiten or cleanse' (see full3 ). The ME. fullen (= MD. vollen , D. vollen ), full, is whence also the AS. fullere: see fuller1. The native E. word for 'full' is walk, q. v.] I. trans. To thicken or make compact in a mill, as cloth. See fulling - mill. Clooth that cometh fro the weuyng is nouzt comly to were Tyl it is fulled vnder fote, or in fullyng-stokkes. Piers Plowman (B), xv. 445. II. in trans. To become compacted or felted: as, a cloth which fulls well. full3t, v . t . [ME. fullen , follen , fulwen , folwen, folewen , full i an , fulwian , baptize; origin obscure. See full2 .] To baptize. In the nome of the fader Ioseph him fulwede , And calles him Naciens and his nome tornde. Joseph of Arimathie (E. E. T. S.), p. 22. Al that marc he he torned To Cryst and to Cry sten do me and cro e to honoure, And julled folke faste and the faith tauzte.