Part 6380

<blockquote>I might be very <b>large</b> upon the importance and advantages of education. <i> Felton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; -- said of the mind and heart.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Free; unembarrassed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Of burdens all he set the Paynims <b>large</b>. <i>Fairfax.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Unrestrained by decorum; -- said of language.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Some <i>large</i> jests he will make."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Prodigal in expending; lavish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>8.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; -- said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.</def>

<cs><col>At large</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Without restraint or confinement; as, to go <i>at large<i>; to be left <i>at large<i>. <sd>(b)</sd> Diffusely; fully; in the full extent; <as>as, to discourse on a subject <ex>at large<ex></as>.</cd> -- <col>Common at large</col>. <cd>See under <er>Common</er>, <tt>n.</tt></cd> -- <mcol><col>Electors at large</col>, <col>Representative at large</col>, <cd>electors, or a representative, as in Congress, chosen to represent the whole of a State, in distinction from those chosen to represent particular districts in a State.</cd> <mark>[U. S.]</mark> -- <mcol><col>To give, go, run, &or; sail large</col></mcol> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to have the wind crossing the direction of a vessel's course in such a way that the sails feel its full force, and the vessel gains its highest speed. See <er>Large</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, 8.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Big; bulky; huge; capacious; comprehensive; ample; abundant; plentiful; populous; copious; diffusive; liberal.</syn>

<h1>Large</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Large</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Freely; licentiously.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Large</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Large</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves.</def>

<h1>Large-acred</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Large"-a`cred</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Possessing much land.</def>

<h1>Large-handed</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Large"-hand`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having large hands, Fig.: Taking, or giving, in large quantities; rapacious or bountiful.</def>

<h1>Large-hearted</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Large"-heart`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Large"-heart`ed*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Largely</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Large"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a large manner.</def>

<i>Dryden. Milton.</i>

<h1>Largeness</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Large"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being large.</def>

<h1>Largess, Largesse</h1> <Xpage=830>