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Fuller   /fˈʊlər/   Listen
adjective
Full  adj.  (compar. fuller; superl. fullest)  
1.
Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anything else; as, a cup full of water; a house full of people. "Had the throne been full, their meeting would not have been regular."
2.
Abundantly furnished or provided; sufficient in quantity, quality, or degree; copious; plenteous; ample; adequate; as, a full meal; a full supply; a full voice; a full compensation; a house full of furniture.
3.
Not wanting in any essential quality; complete; entire; perfect; adequate; as, a full narrative; a person of full age; a full stop; a full face; the full moon. "It came to pass, at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed." "The man commands Like a full soldier." "I can not Request a fuller satisfaction Than you have freely granted."
4.
Sated; surfeited. "I am full of the burnt offerings of rams."
5.
Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information. "Reading maketh a full man."
6.
Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it, as, to be full of some project. "Every one is full of the miracles done by cold baths on decayed and weak constitutions."
7.
Filled with emotions. "The heart is so full that a drop overfills it."
8.
Impregnated; made pregnant. (Obs.) "Ilia, the fair,... full of Mars."
At full, when full or complete.
Full age (Law) the age at which one attains full personal rights; majority; in England and the United States the age of 21 years.
Full and by (Naut.), sailing closehauled, having all the sails full, and lying as near the wind as poesible.
Full band (Mus.), a band in which all the instruments are employed.
Full binding, the binding of a book when made wholly of leather, as distinguished from half binding.
Full bottom, a kind of wig full and large at the bottom.
Full brother or Full sister, a brother or sister having the same parents as another.
Full cry (Hunting), eager chase; said of hounds that have caught the scent, and give tongue together.
Full dress, the dress prescribed by authority or by etiquette to be worn on occasions of ceremony.
Full hand (Poker), three of a kind and a pair.
Full moon.
(a)
The moon with its whole disk illuminated, as when opposite to the sun.
(b)
The time when the moon is full.
Full organ (Mus.), the organ when all or most stops are out.
Full score (Mus.), a score in which all the parts for voices and instruments are given.
Full sea, high water.
Full swing, free course; unrestrained liberty; "Leaving corrupt nature to... the full swing and freedom of its own extravagant actings." South (Colloq.)
In full, at length; uncontracted; unabridged; written out in words, and not indicated by figures.
In full blast. See under Blast.


noun
Fuller  n.  One whose occupation is to full cloth.
Fuller's earth, a variety of clay, used in scouring and cleansing cloth, to imbibe grease.
Fuller's herb (Bot.), the soapwort (Saponaria officinalis), formerly used to remove stains from cloth.
Fuller's thistle or Fuller's weed (Bot.), the teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) whose burs are used by fullers in dressing cloth. See Teasel.


Fuller  n.  (Blacksmith's Work) A die; a half-round set hammer, used for forming grooves and spreading iron; called also a creaser.


verb
Fuller  v. t.  To form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set hammer; as, to fuller a bayonet.





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"Fuller" Quotes from Famous Books



... purchase more honor, than by effecting a matter of greater difficulty or virtue, wherein he is but a follower. If a man so temper his actions, as in some one of them he doth content every faction, or combination of people, the music will be the fuller. A man is an ill husband of bis honor, that entereth into any action, the failing wherein may disgrace him, more than the carrying of it through, can honor him. Honor that is gained and broken upon another, hath the quickest reflection, ...
— Essays - The Essays Or Counsels, Civil And Moral, Of Francis Ld. - Verulam Viscount St. Albans • Francis Bacon
... Colonel Wood, my chief commissary, arrived from the front and gave me fuller intelligence, reporting that everything was gone, my headquarters captured, and the troops dispersed. When I heard this I took two of my aides-de-camp, Major. George A. Forsyth and Captain Joseph O'Keefe, and with ...
— The Memoirs of General P. H. Sheridan, Complete • General Philip Henry Sheridan
... fuller knowledge which he had recently acquired, he now in January, 1796, elaborated this plan of campaign, so that it at once gained Carnot's admiration. The Directors forwarded it to General Scherer, who was in command of the Army of Italy, but promptly received ...
— The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2) • John Holland Rose
... even built of empty boxes piled up for walls, with a canvas roof. But all these stores were full of goods, many not yet unpacked, and of buyers, and every third or fourth store was a saloon and gambling house, fuller still. As for the streets, they were full, too,—and with what ...
— Gold Seekers of '49 • Edwin L. Sabin
... a fuller discussion of the subject, and references to the authorities, which our space here forbids, I must refer the curious reader to the Princeton Review, Vol. XL. No. 4, where I have noticed every fact bearing on the subject up to that date; merely adding that no new fact, establishing ...
— Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith - Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity • Robert Patterson


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