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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of pure blood; thoroughbred; <as>as, a <ex>full-blooded</ex> horse</as>.</def>

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

<hw>Full"-bloomed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like a perfect blossom.</def> "<i>Full-bloomed</i> lips."

<i>Crashaw.</i>

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

<hw>Full"-blown`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Fully expanded, as a blossom; <as>as, a <ex>full-bloun</ex> rose</as>.</def>

<i>Denham.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fully distended with wind, as a sail.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

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

<hw>Full"-bot"tomed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Full and large at the bottom, as wigs worn by certain civil officers in Great Britain.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Of great capacity below the water line.</def>

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

<hw>Full"-butt"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With direct and violentop position; with sudden collision.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>L'Estrange.</i>

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

<hw>Full`-drive"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With full speed.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Fuller</h1> <Xpage=602>

<hw>Full"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>fullere</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fullo</ets>. See <er>Full</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>One whose occupation is to full cloth.</def>

<cs><col>Fuller's earth</col>, <cd>a variety of clay, used in scouring and cleansing cloth, to imbibe grease.</cd> -- <col>Fuller's herb</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the soapwort (<spn>Saponaria officinalis</spn>), formerly used to remove stains from cloth.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Fuller's thistle &or; weed</col></mcol> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the teasel (<spn>Dipsacus fullonum</spn>) whose burs are used by fullers in dressing cloth. See <er>Teasel</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fuller</h1> <Xpage=602>

<hw>Full"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Full</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Blacksmith's Work)</fld> <def>A die; a half-round set hammer, used for forming grooves and spreading iron; -- called also a <altname>creaser</altname>.</def>

<h1>Fuller</h1> <Xpage=602>

<hw>Full"er</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set hammer; <as>as, to <ex>fuller</ex> a bayonet</as>.</def>

<h1>Fullery</h1> <Xpage=602>

<hw>Full"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Fulleries</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <def>The place or the works where the fulling of cloth is carried on.</def>

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

<hw>Full"-formed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full in form or shape; rounded out with flesh.</def>

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