'Full and by' definitions:
Definition of 'Full and by'
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- Full \Full\ (f[.u]l), a. [Compar. Fuller (f[.u]l"[~e]r); superl. Fullest.] [OE. & AS. ful; akin to OS. ful, D. vol, OHG. fol, G. voll, Icel. fullr, Sw. full, Dan. fuld, Goth. fulls, L. plenus, Gr. plh`rhs, Skr. p[=u][.r]na full, pr[=a] to fill, also to Gr. poly`s much, E. poly-, pref., G. viel, AS. fela. [root]80. Cf. Complete, Fill, Plenary, Plenty.]
- 1. 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, a cup full of water; a house full of people. [1913 Webster]
- Had the throne been full, their meeting would not have been regular. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Abundantly furnished or provided; sufficient in quantity, quality, or degree; copious; plenteous; ample; adequate; as, a full meal; a full supply; a full voice; a full compensation; a house full of furniture. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Not wanting in any essential quality; complete; entire; perfect; adequate; as, a full narrative; a person of full age; a full stop; a full face; the full moon. [1913 Webster]
- It came to pass, at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed. --Gen. xii. 1. [1913 Webster]
- The man commands Like a full soldier. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- I can not Request a fuller satisfaction Than you have freely granted. --Ford. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Sated; surfeited. [1913 Webster]
- I am full of the burnt offerings of rams. --Is. i. 11. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information. [1913 Webster]
- Reading maketh a full man. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it, as, to be full of some project. [1913 Webster]
- Every one is full of the miracles done by cold baths on decayed and weak constitutions. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Filled with emotions. [1913 Webster]
- The heart is so full that a drop overfills it. --Lowell. [1913 Webster]
- 8. Impregnated; made pregnant. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Ilia, the fair, . . . full of Mars. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- At full, when full or complete. --Shak.
- Full age (Law) the age at which one attains full personal rights; majority; -- in England and the United States the age of 21 years. --Abbott.
- Full and by (Naut.), sailing closehauled, having all the sails full, and lying as near the wind as poesible.
- Full band (Mus.), a band in which all the instruments are employed.
- Full binding, the binding of a book when made wholly of leather, as distinguished from half binding.
- Full bottom, a kind of wig full and large at the bottom.
- Full brother or Full sister, a brother or sister having the same parents as another.
- Full cry (Hunting), eager chase; -- said of hounds that have caught the scent, and give tongue together.
- Full dress, the dress prescribed by authority or by etiquette to be worn on occasions of ceremony.
- Full hand (Poker), three of a kind and a pair.
- Full moon. (a) The moon with its whole disk illuminated, as when opposite to the sun. (b) The time when the moon is full.
- Full organ (Mus.), the organ when all or most stops are out.
- Full score (Mus.), a score in which all the parts for voices and instruments are given.
- Full sea, high water.
- Full swing, free course; unrestrained liberty; "Leaving corrupt nature to . . . the full swing and freedom of its own extravagant actings." South (Colloq.)
- In full, at length; uncontracted; unabridged; written out in words, and not indicated by figures.
- In full blast. See under Blast. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Full and by'
- At full,
- Full,
- Fulled,
- Fulling,
- Fullness,
- In full,
- be full,
- to the full,
- At full cock,
- At full sea,
- Full age,
- Full back,
- Full band,
- Full binding,
- Full bottom,
- Full brother,
- Full butt,
- Full canonicals,
- Full cry,
- Full dress,
- Full hand,
- Full house,
- Full moon,
- Full of the moon,
- Full organ,
- Full pay,
- Full score,
- Full sea,
- Full sister,
- Full swing,
- Full tilt,
- Fulling mill,
- In full blast,
- In full uniform,
- To be in full feather,
- chock full,
- cram full,
- full admiral,
- full blast,
- full blood,
- full blooded,
- full bloom,
- full bodied,
- full circle,
- full complement,
- full cousin,
- full duplex,
- full employment,
- full fledged,
- full gainer,
- full general,
- full grown,
- full measure,
- full nelson,
- full of beans,
- full of life,
- full page,
- full point,
- full professor,
- full radiator,
- full scale,
- full scope,
- full skirt,
- full stop,
- full term,
- full time,
- full tontine,
- full treatment,
- in full action,
- in full swing,
- in full view,
- make full,
- Chock-full,
- Choke-full,
- Full-blooded,
- Full-bloomed,
- Full-blown,
- Full-bottomed,
- Full-butt,
- Full-drive,
- Full-formed,
- Full-grown,
- Full-hearted,
- Full-hot,
- Full-manned,
- Full-orbed,
- Full-sailed,
- Full-winged,
- To have one's hands full,
- chuck-full,
- full faith and credit,
- full metal jacket,
- full moon maple,
- full phase of the moon,
- full service bank,
- full-blood,
- full-bodied,
- full-bosomed,
- full-clad,
- full-dress,
- full-face,
- full-fashioned,
- full-fledged,
- full-length,
- full-of-the-moon,
- full-page,
- full-scale,
- full-size,
- full-strength,
- full-term,
- full-time,
- give full measure,
- full-dress uniform,
- full-wave rectifier,
- full jammed jam-packed packed,
- chockablockpredicate chock-fullpredicate chockfullpredicate chockfulpredicate choke-fullpredicate chuck-fullpredicate cram full,
- abounding inpredicate abounding withpredicate bristling withpredicate full ofpredicate overflowing overflowing withpredicate rich inpredicate rife withpredicate thick withpredicate