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.
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            Had the throne been full, their meeting would not
            have been regular.                    --Blackstone.
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   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.
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   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.
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            It came to pass, at the end of two full years, that
            Pharaoh
            dreamed.                              --Gen. xii. 1.
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            The man commands
            Like a full soldier.                  --Shak.
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            I can not
            Request a fuller satisfaction
            Than you have freely granted.         --Ford.
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   4. Sated; surfeited.
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            I am full of the burnt offerings of rams. --Is. i.
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   5. Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge;
      stored with information.
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            Reading maketh a full man.            --Bacon.
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   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.
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            Every one is full of the miracles done by cold baths
            on decayed and weak constitutions.    --Locke.
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   7. Filled with emotions.
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            The heart is so full that a drop overfills it.
                                                  --Lowell.
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   8. Impregnated; made pregnant. [Obs.]
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            Ilia, the fair, . . . full of Mars.   --Dryden.
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   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.
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sibling \sib"ling\ [sub + -ling.] (s[i^]b"l[i^]ng), n.
   a brother or a sister.

   Note: Siblings have at least one parent in common. Those
         related only by a common mother are uterine siblings;
         those related only by a common father are agnate
         siblings or consanguine siblings (a legal term). A
         sibling having both parents in common is a
         sibling-german or a full brother or full sister.
         These modifying terms are more commonly used for the
         more specific uterine brother, uterine sister,
         agnate brother, brother-german, etc.
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Brother \Broth"er\ (br[u^][th]"[~e]r), n.; pl. Brothers
   (br[u^][th]"[~e]rz) or Brethren (br[e^][th]"r[e^]n). See
   Brethren. [OE. brother, AS. br[=o][eth]or; akin to OS.
   brothar, D. broeder, OHG. pruodar, G. bruder, Icel.
   br[=o][eth]ir, Sw. & Dan. broder, Goth. br[=o][thorn]ar, Ir.
   brathair, W. brawd, pl. brodyr, Lith. brolis, Lett. brahlis,
   Russ. brat', Pol. & Serv. brat, OSlav. bratr[u^], L. frater,
   Skr. bhr[=a]t[.r], Zend bratar brother, Gr. fra`thr, fra`twr,
   a clansman. The common plural is Brothers; in the solemn
   style, Brethren, OE. pl. brether, bretheren, AS. dative
   sing. br[=e][eth]er, nom. pl. br[=o][eth]or, br[=o][eth]ru.
   [root]258. Cf. Friar, Fraternal.]
   1. A male person who has the same father and mother with
      another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter
      case he is more definitely called a half brother, or
      brother of the half blood.

   Note: A brother having the same mother but different fathers
         is called a uterine brother, and one having the same
         father but a different mother is called an agnate
         brother, or in (Law) a consanguine brother. A
         brother having the same father and mother is called a
         brother-german or full brother. The same modifying
         terms are applied to sister or sibling.
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               Two of us in the churchyard lie,
               My sister and my brother.          --Wordsworth.
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   2. One related or closely united to another by some common
      tie or interest, as of rank, profession, membership in a
      society, toil, suffering, etc.; -- used among judges,
      clergymen, monks, physicians, lawyers, professors of
      religion, etc. "A brother of your order." --Shak.
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            We few, we happy few, we band of brothers,
            For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
            Shall be my brother.                  --Shak.
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   3. One who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive
      qualities or traits of character.
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            He also that is slothful in his work is brother to
            him that is a great waster.           --Prov. xviii.
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            That April morn
            Of this the very brother.             --Wordsworth.
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   Note: In Scripture, the term brother is applied to a kinsman
         by blood more remote than a son of the same parents, as
         in the case of Abraham and Lot, Jacob and Laban. In a
         more general sense, brother or brethren is used for
         fellow-man or fellow-men.
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               For of whom such massacre
               Make they but of their brethren, men of men?
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   Brother Jonathan, a humorous designation for the people of
      the United States collectively. The phrase is said to have
      originated from Washington's referring to the patriotic
      Jonathan Trumbull, governor of Connecticut, as "Brother
      Jonathan."

   Blood brother. See under Blood.
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