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<p><b>8.</b> <def>Impregnated; made pregnant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Ilia, the fair, . . . <b>full</b> of Mars. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>At full</col>, <cd><cd>when full or complete.</cd> <i>Shak</i>.</cd> -- <col>Full age</col> <fld>(Law)</fld> <cd>the age at which one attains full personal rights; majority; -- in England and the United States the age of 21 years. <i>Abbott</i>.</cd> -- <col>Full and by</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>sailing closehauled, having all the sails <i>full</i>, and lying as near the wind as poesible.</cd> -- <col>Full band</col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>a band in which all the instruments are employed.</cd> -- <col>Full binding</col>, <cd>the binding of a book when made wholly of leather, as distinguished from half binding.</cd> -- <col>Full bottom</col>, <cd>a kind of wig <i>full</i> and large at the bottom.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Full</col> <col>brother &or; sister</col></mcol>, <cd>a brother or sister having the same parents as another.</cd> -- <col>Full cry</col> <fld>(Hunting)</fld>, <cd>eager chase; -- said of hounds that have caught the scent, and give tongue together.</cd> -- <col>Full dress</col>, <cd>the dress prescribed by authority or by etiquette to be worn on occasions of ceremony.</cd> -- <col>Full hand</col> <fld>(Poker)</fld>, <cd>three of a kind and a pair.</cd> -- <col>Full moon</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The moon with its whole disk illuminated, as when opposite to the sun.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The time when the moon is full.</cd> -- <col>Full organ</col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>the organ when all or most stops are out.</cd> -- <col>Full score</col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>a score in which all the parts for voices and instruments are given.</cd> -- <col>Full sea</col>, <cd>high water.</cd> -- <col>Full swing</col>, <cd>free course; unrestrained liberty; "Leaving corrupt nature to . . . the <i>full swing</i> and freedom of its own extravagant actings." South (<mark>Colloq</mark>.)</cd> -- <col>In full</col>, <cd>at length; uncontracted; unabridged; written out in words, and not indicated by figures.</cd> -- <col>In full blast</col>. <cd>See under <er>Blast</er>.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Full</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Complete measure; utmost extent; the highest state or degree.</def>

<blockquote>The swan's-down feather, That stands upon the swell at <b>full</b> of tide. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Full of the moon</col>, <cd>the time of full moon.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Full</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Quite; to the same degree; without abatement or diminution; with the whole force or effect; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely.</def>

<blockquote>The pawn I proffer shall be <b>full</b> as good. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The diapason closing <b>full</b> in man. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Full</b> in the center of the sacred wood. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; Full is placed before adjectives and adverbs to heighten or strengthen their signification. "Full sad." <i>Milton</i>. "Master of a <i>full</i> poor cell." <i>Shak</i>. "<i>Full</i> many a gem of purest ray serene." <i>T. Gray</i>.

<i>Full</i> is also prefixed to participles to express utmost extent or degree; as, <i>full</i>-bloomed, <i>full</i>-blown, <i>full</i>-crammed <i>full</i>-grown, <i>full</i>-laden, <i>full</i>-stuffed, etc. Such compounds, for the most part, are self-defining.</note>

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<hw>Full</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become full or wholly illuminated; <as>as, the moon fulls at midnight</as>.</def>

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<hw>Full</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fulled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fulling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>fullen</ets>, OF. <ets>fuler</ets>, <ets>fouler</ets>, F. <ets>fouler</ets>, LL. <ets>fullare</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fullo</ets> fuller, cloth fuller, cf. Gr. <?/ shining, white, AS. <ets>fullian</ets> to whiten as a fuller, to baptize, <ets>fullere</ets> a fuller. Cf. <er>Defile</er> to foul, <er>Foil</er> to frustrate, <er>Fuller</er>. <tt>n.</tt> ]</ety> <def>To thicken by moistening, heating, and pressing, as cloth; to mill; to make compact; to scour, cleanse, and thicken in a mill.</def>

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<hw>Full</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become fulled or thickened; <as>as, this material <ex>fulls</ex> well</as>.</def>

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<hw>Full"age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The money or price paid for fulling or cleansing cloth.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

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<hw>Ful"lam</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A false die. See <er>Fulham</er>.</def>

<h1>Full-blooded</h1> <Xpage=602>

<hw>Full"-blood`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having a full supply of blood.</def>