FULL, FULLNESS
ADJECTIVES
1300 — RANK abounding in, full of → obs.
1400 — TOR full, replete → obs.
1530 — HEAP-FULL full and heaped up → obs.
1553 — TOP-FULL full to the top; brim-full
1633 — UBEROUS abundant, copious, full
1647 — PLENITUDINARY characterized by fullness or completeness; thorough, full, complete
1678 — FULL AS A TICK completely full, as with food → Eng. dial.
1678 — TEEM full → Eng. dial. obs.
1697 — BURSTENED filled to bursting → obs.
1714 — GLUTTED crammed full or choked up
1721 — RAM-FULL crammed full → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1773 — PANGED stuffed, full to overflowing → Sc.
1787 — REAMING foaming, frothing; brimful, overflowing → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1790 — REAMING-FULL full to overflowing → Sc. & Eng. dial.
..19C — FULL TO THE GUNWALES absolutely full → colloq.
..19C — PACKED TO THE GUNWALES absolutely full → colloq.
..19C — TEEMFUL full to the brim → Eng. dial.
..19C — TEEMING-FULL running over; full to the brim → Eng. dial.
1808 — FULL TO THE THROPPLE having eaten as much as one can → Eng. dial.
1808 — FULL TO THE THROPPLE END having eaten as much as one can → Eng. dial.
1818 — HEAPED having the contents piled above the brim, not levelled → Eng. dial.
1822 — CHOCK-A-BLOCK crammed full; as full as may be → orig. nautical usage
1827 — RICH full → Sc. obs.
1837 — CRAM-FULL very full, over-full
1839 — EGGFULL as full as an egg is of meat
1842 — PANG-FULL full, packed tight, stuffed, crammed → Sc.
.M19 — SOLID full, complete, entire, esp. of time
1858 — PACK-FULL as full as can be packed
1875 — BANK-FULL full to the brim, quite filled up → Eng. dial.
1878 — EVEN FULL completely full, brimfull → Amer. dial.
1879 — RAM-JAM FULL crammed full → Eng. dial. & sl.
1880 — CHUCK-FULL quite full → obs. (Bk.)
1887 — HEAP AND THRATCH filled to overflowing → Eng. dial.
1888 — BANG FULL brimful, quite full → Eng. dial.
1894 — JAM FULL very full, full to overflowing → Eng. dial.
1895 — RAM-JAM tightly packed; full to excess; generally used with ‘full’ → Eng. dial.
1895 — SCAT cluttered, full to overflowing, littered → Sc.
1898 — BEAKING-FULL full to repletion → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — BEAMFULL full or overflowing → Sc. (Bk.)
1898 — BELKIN FULL full to repletion → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 — JAM CRAM very full, full to overflowing → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 — JAM CRAM FULL very full, full to overflowing → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 — LEVEL FULL completely full → Amer. dial.
1903 — CRAM-JAM FULL as full as possible → Amer. dial.
1905 — QUAFFED satisfied; full → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — RANK FULL full to overflowing → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — TIP-FULL full to the brim, quite full → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1913 — CHUG FULL chock full → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1923 — PANG completely filled; full to overflowing; at bursting point → Sc.
1931 — HELLFULL extremely full, chock-full → Amer. dial.
1953 — LIPPING FULL full to overflowing → Amer. dial.
1956 — CHOCKER completely full, crammed with ; also, crowded close together → colloq.
1956 — CHOCKERS filled to capacity → Aust. sl.
1959 — PLUMB FULL completely full → Amer. dial.
1962 — BURSTING AT THE SEAMS overfull → UK sl.
1967 — CRACK FULL entirely full → Amer. dial.
1975 — RAP FULL of a person: full of food → Amer. dial.
1980 — RAM — RAM UP full → Black British sl.
1986 — CHUCK-UP crowded, full → W. Indies
1996 — RAMMED crammed, stuffed full → UK sl.
1999 — CHOCKERS full up, filled to capacity → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1999 — FULL AS A FAIRY’S PHONE BOOK full, replete → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1999 — FULL AS A FAT WOMAN’S SOCK full, replete → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1999 — FULL AS A STATE SCHOOL full, replete → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
ADVERBS
1691 — AQUAT — AQUOT full to satiety → Eng. dial.
1903 — CRAM-JAM chock-full
1968 — BUDGING entirely full → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
1583 — IMPLETION the act of filling, the condition of being filled; fullness
1707 — TRUNKFUL a full or abundant supply → colloq.