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<h1>Fulham</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Ful"ham</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[So named because supposed to have been chiefly made at Fulham, in Middlesex, Eng.) A false die.</def> <mark></mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>fullam</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Fuliginosity</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Fu*lig"i*nos"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fuliginosit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The condition or quality of being fuliginous; sootiness; matter deposited by smoke.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Fuliginous</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Fu*lig"i*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fuliginosus</ets>, from fuligo soot: cf. F. fuligineux. See <er>Fume</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to soot; sooty; dark; dusky.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Pertaining to smoke; resembling smoke.</def>

<h1>Fuliginously</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Fu*lig"i*nous*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a smoky manner.</def>

<h1>Fulimart</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Fu"li*mart</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Foumart</er>.</def>

<h1>Full</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Full</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Fuller</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; superl. <er>Fullest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. & AS. <ets>ful</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>ful</ets>, D. <ets>vol</ets>, OHG. <ets>fol</ets>, G. <ets>voll</ets>, Icel. <ets>fullr</ets>, Sw. <ets>full</ets>, Dan. <ets>fuld</ets>, Goth. <ets>fulls</ets>, L. <ets>plenus</ets>, Gr. <?/, Skr. <ets>p<?/rna full</ets>, <ets>pr<?/</ets> to fill, also to Gr. <?/ much, E. <ets>poly-</ets>, pref., G. <ets>viel</ets>, AS. <ets>fela</ets>. &root;80. Cf. <er>Complete</er>, <er>Fill</er>, <er>Plenary</er>, <er>Plenty</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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>as, a cup <ex>full</ex> of water; a house <ex>full</ex> of people.</as></def>

<blockquote>Had the throne been <b>full</b>, their meeting would not have been regular. <i>Blackstone.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Abundantly furnished or provided; sufficient in. quantity, quality, or degree; copious; plenteous; ample; adequate; <as>as, a <ex>full</ex> meal; a <ex>full</ex> supply; a <ex>full</ex> voice; a <ex>full</ex> compensation; a house <ex>full</ex> of furniture.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Not wanting in any essential quality; complete, entire; perfect; adequate; <as>as, a <ex>full</ex> narrative; a person of <ex>full</ex> age; a <ex>full</ex> stop; a <ex>full</ex> face; the <ex>full</ex> moon.</as></def>

<blockquote>It came to pass, at the end of two <b>full</b> years, that Pharaoh dreamed. <i>Gen. xii. 1.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The man commands Like a <b>full</b> soldier. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I can not Request a <b>fuller</b> satisfaction Than you have freely granted. <i>Ford.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Sated; surfeited.</def>

<blockquote>I am <b>full</b> of the burnt offerings of rams. <i>Is. i. 11.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information.</def>

<blockquote>Reading maketh a <b>full</b> man. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it, <as>as, to be <ex>full</ex> of some project</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Every one is <b>full</b> of the miracles done by cold baths on decayed and weak constitutions. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Filled with emotions.</def>

<blockquote>The heart is so <b>full</b> that a drop overfills it. <i>Lowell.</i></blockquote>

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