Emily Dickinson Lexicon

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.

1. Heated to the utmost. Shak.
2. 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.