| 释义 |
† staff-full, a. Obs.
[? f. staff n.1 + full a.
The original notion was perh. ‘full to the brim but not heaped up’, as when a staff has been passed across the brim. But cf. Norw. stappfull crammed full (Aasen), f. stappa to stamp, crush.]
Quite full.
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 494 Now ar þay stoken of sturne werk staf-ful her hond. a1400–50Wars Alex. 1543 A Mitre..Stiȝt staffull of stanes þat straȝt out bemes. c1420Liber Cocorum 34 And do hit in a barel þenne; Þe barel staf ful as I þe kenne. |