<i>Massinger.</i>
<h1>Full-winged</h1> <Xpage=602>
<hw>Full"-winged`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having large and strong or complete wings.</def>
<i>Shak.</i>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Beady for flight; eager.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>
<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>
<h1>Fully</h1> <Xpage=602>
<hw>Ful"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a full manner or degree; completely; entirely; without lack or defect; adequately; satisfactorily; <as>as, to be fully persuaded of the truth of a proposition</as>.</def>
<cs><col>Fully committed</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>committed to prison for trial, in distinction from being detained for examination.</cd></cs>
<syn>Syn. -- Completely; entirely; maturely; plentifuly; abundantly; plenteously; copiously; largely; amply; sufficiently; perfectly.</syn>
<h1>Fulmar</h1> <Xpage=602>
<hw>Ful"mar</hw> <tt>(f&ucr;lm&aum;r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>f&umac;lm&amac;r</ets>. See <er>foul</er>, and <er>Man</er> a gull.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of several species of sea birds, of the family <spn>procellariid\'91</spn>, allied to the albatrosses and petrels. Among the well-known species are the arctic fulmar (<spn>Fulmarus glacialis</spn>) (called also <stype>fulmar petrel</stype>, <stype>malduck</stype>, and <stype>mollemock</stype>), and the giant fulmar (<spn>Ossifraga gigantea</spn>).</def>
<h1>Fulminant</h1> <Xpage=602>
<hw>Ful"mi*nant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fulminans</ets>, <ets>p. pr.</ets> of <ets>fulminare</ets> to lighten: cf. F. <ets>fulminant</ets>.]</ety> <def>Thundering; fulminating.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<i>Bailey.</i>
<h1>Fulminate</h1> <Xpage=602>
<hw>Ful"mi*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fulminated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fulminating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>fulminatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>fulminare</ets> to lighten, strike with lightning, fr. <ets>fulmen</ets> thunderbolt, fr. <ets>fulgere</ets> to shine. See <er>Fulgent</er>, and cf. <er>Fulmine</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To thunder; hence, to make a loud, sudden noise; to detonate; to explode with a violent report.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>To issue or send forth decrees or censures with the assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces.</def>
<h1>Fulminate</h1> <Xpage=602>
<hw>Ful"mi*nate</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cause to explode.</def>
<i>Sprat.</i>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>To utter or send out with denunciations or censures; -- said especially of menaces or censures uttered by ecclesiastical authority.</def>
<blockquote>They <b>fulminated</b> the most hostile of all decrees. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Fulminate</h1> <Xpage=602>
<hw>Ful"mi*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. P. <ets>fulminate</ets>. See <er>Fulminate</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A salt of fulminic acid. See under <er>Fulminic</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A fulminating powder.</def>
<cs><col>Fulminate of gold</col>, <cd>an explosive compound of gold; -- called also <altname><i>fulminating<i> gold</altname>, and <altname>aurum <i>fulminans<i></altname>.</cd></cs>
<h1>Fulminating</h1> <Xpage=602>
<hw>Ful"mi*na"ting</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Thundering; exploding in a peculiarly sudden or violent manner.</def>
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