'Full bottom' definitions:
Definition of 'Full bottom'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Full bottom'
From: GCIDE
- Bottom \Bot"tom\ (b[o^]t"t[u^]m), n. [OE. botum, botme, AS. botm; akin to OS. bodom, D. bodem, OHG. podam, G. boden, Icel. botn, Sw. botten, Dan. bund (for budn), L. fundus (for fudnus), Gr. pyqmh`n (for fyqmh`n), Skr. budhna (for bhudhna), and Ir. bonn sole of the foot, W. bon stem, base. [root]257. Cf. 4th Found, Fund, n.]
- 1. The lowest part of anything; the foot; as, the bottom of a tree or well; the bottom of a hill, a lane, or a page. [1913 Webster]
- Or dive into the bottom of the deep. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The part of anything which is beneath the contents and supports them, as the part of a chair on which a person sits, the circular base or lower head of a cask or tub, or the plank floor of a ship's hold; the under surface. [1913 Webster]
- Barrels with the bottom knocked out. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- No two chairs were alike; such high backs and low backs and leather bottoms and worsted bottoms. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That upon which anything rests or is founded, in a literal or a figurative sense; foundation; groundwork. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, sea. [1913 Webster]
- 5. The fundament; the buttocks. [1913 Webster]
- 6. An abyss. [Obs.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river; low-lying ground; a dale; a valley. "The bottoms and the high grounds." --Stoddard. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Naut.) The part of a ship which is ordinarily under water; hence, the vessel itself; a ship. [1913 Webster]
- My ventures are not in one bottom trusted. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Not to sell the teas, but to return them to London in the same bottoms in which they were shipped. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster]
- Full bottom, a hull of such shape as permits carrying a large amount of merchandise. [1913 Webster]
- 9. Power of endurance; as, a horse of a good bottom. [1913 Webster]
- 10. Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
- At bottom, At the bottom, at the foundation or basis; in reality. "He was at the bottom a good man." --J. F. Cooper.
- To be at the bottom of, to be the cause or originator of; to be the source of. [Usually in an opprobrious sense.] --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster]
- He was at the bottom of many excellent counsels. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- To go to the bottom, to sink; esp. to be wrecked.
- To touch bottom, to reach the lowest point; to find something on which to rest. [1913 Webster]