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▪ I. glassful, n.|ˈglɑːsfʊl, -æ-|
Pl. glassfuls.
[f. glass n.1 + -ful 2.]
As much as fills a glass (sense 5).
[c900tr. Bæda's Hist. v. v. (1891) 398 He..sende him glæs fulne wines [MS. Ca.; an glæs-fæt mid wine ᵹefylled MS. B.]. ]1663Sir T. Herbert Mem. Chas. I (1702) 133 The King..drank a small Glassful of Claret-Wine. 1683Salmon Doron Med. i. 258 Put into a Glass-full of Water. 1747H. Glasse Cookery iii. 54 Then boil a Glass full of Milk. 1823Byron Juan xiii. xxxvii, About a liquid glassful will remain. 1840Dickens Old C. Shop xxi, Quilp..drank three small glass-fulls of the raw spirit.
▪ II. † ˈglassful, a. Obs. rare—1.
[f. glass n.1+ -ful 1.]
? Mirror-like.
1606Marston Fawne Epil., Mineruas glassefull shield. |