Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: FULL-BOT-TOM-ED – FULL'ING-MILL
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FULL-BOT-TOM-ED, a.
Having a large bottom, as a wig.
FULL-BUTT, adv.
Meeting directly and with violence. [Vulgar.] L'Estrange.
FULL-CHARG-ED, a.
Charged to fullness. Shak.
FULL-CRAM-MED, a.
Crammed to fullness. Marston.
FULL-DRESS-ED, a.
Dressed in form or costume.
FULL-DRIVE, a.
Driving with full speed. Chaucer.
FULL-EAR-ED, a.
Having the ears or heads full of grain.
FULL'ED, pp.
Cleansed; thickened; made dense and firm in a mill.
FULL'ER, n.
One whose occupation is to full cloth.
FULL'ER'S-EARTH, n.
A variety of clay, compact, but friable, unctuous to the touch, and of various colors, usually with a shade of green. It is useful in scouring and cleansing cloth, as it imbibes the grease and oil used in preparing wool. Cleaveland. Encyc.
FULL'ER'S-THIS-TLE, or FULL'ER'S-WEED, n.
Teasel, a plant of the genus Dipsacus. The burs are used in dressing cloth.
FULL'ER-Y, n.
The place or the works where the fulling of cloth is carried on.
FULL-EY-ED, a.
Having large prominent eyes.
FULL-FAC-ED, a.
Having a broad face.
FULL-FED, a.
Fed to fullness; plump with fat.
FULL'-FLESH-ED, a.
Having full flesh; corpulent. Lamb.
FULL'-FORM-ED, a.
Having full form. Coleridge.
FULL-FRAUGHT, a.
Laden or stored to fullness. Shak.
FULL-GORG-ED, a.
Over fed; a term of hawking. Shak.
FULL-GROWN, a.
Grown to full size. Milton.
FULL-HEART-ED, a.
Full of courage or confidence. Shak.
FULL-HOT, a.
- Heated to the utmost. Shak.
- Quite as hot as it ought to be.
FULL'ING, n.
The art or practice of thickening cloth and making it compact and firm in a mill, at the same time the cloth is cleansed of oily matter.
FULL'ING, ppr.
Thickening cloth in a mill; making compact.
FULL'ING-MILL, n.
A mill for fulling cloth by means of pestles or stampers which beat and press it to a close or compact state and cleanse it.