Had the throne been full, their meeting would not have been regular. Blackstone.

It came to pass, at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh
dreamed. Gen. xii. 1.

The man commands
Like a full soldier. Shak.

I can not
Request a fuller satisfaction
Than you have freely granted. Ford.

I am full of the burnt offerings of rams. Is. i. 11.

Reading maketh a full man. Bacon.

Every one is full of the miracles done by cold baths on decayed and weak constitutions. Locke.

The heart is so full that a drop overfills it. Lowell.

Ilia, the fair, . . . full of Mars. Dryden.

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 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.

The swan's-down feather,
That stands upon the swell at full of tide. Shak.

Full of the moon, the time of full moon.

The pawn I proffer shall be full as good. Dryden.

The diapason closing full in man. Dryden.

Full in the center of the sacred wood. Addison.

* Full is placed before adjectives and adverbs to heighten or strengthen their signification. "Full sad." Milton. "Master of a full poor cell." Shak. "Full many a gem of purest ray serene." T. Gray.

Full is also prefixed to participles to express utmost extent or degree; as, full-bloomed, full-blown, full-crammed full-grown, full-laden, full-stuffed, etc. Such compounds, for the most part, are self-defining.