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▪ I. † ˈwombful, n. Obs.
[f. womb n. + -ful.]
As much as will fill the womb or the stomach.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) III. 437 Sche leved þere thrittene dayes in flescheliche likyng, and hadde her wombeful, and went hir wey [L. impleto utero abscessit]. 1637Rutherford Lett., to Parishioners 13 July (1664) 7 The earth worme, who can never get his wombfull of clay. 1637― Let. to A. Gordon 234, I would break the door and be in upon him, to get a wombfull of love; for I am an hungered..soul.
▪ II. † ˈwombful, a. Obs. rare.
[f. womb n. + full a.]
Having a full stomach.
1450–80tr. Secr. Secr. xlix. 30 He that lythe with women wombe fulle [cf. ante with fulle wombe]. |