| 单词 | charged to the muzzle |
| 释义 | > as lemmascharged (also crammed, primed, etc.) to the muzzle b. charged (also crammed, primed, etc.) to the muzzle: (a) (of a gun) loaded with the maximum possible amount of charge; (b) figurative full to the brim; loaded, filled, or stuffed with something. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > stuffed or crammed well-stuffed?1483 well-crammed1567 pang1568 stuffed1598 refert1642 referted1657 charged (also crammed, primed, etc.) to the muzzle1782 packed1795 chock-a-block1822 pang-full1825 pack-full1858 ram-jam full1860 jam-packed1925 1782 L. MacNally Retaliation ii. 45 Here, Sir, now defend yourself, It's charged up to the muzzle with swan shot. 1794 T. Holcroft Love's Frailties Prol. p. vi Wadded with critic spleen (Pit) and prim'd with ire, Charg'd to the muzzle, ready to give fire. 1807 Salmagundi 14 Aug. 267 Every body seems charged to the muzzle with gun-powder—every eye flashes fire-works and torpedoes. 1840 Southern Literary Messenger 6 359/1 I know you can take your glass with any body, and I am never so fit for business as when I am charged to the muzzle. 1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel I. ix. 137 So instead of beating about and setting the boy on the alert at all points, crammed to the muzzle with lies, he just said [etc.]. 1875 M. Pattison I. Casaubon ii. 69 Casaubon had, in this way, solicited Leunclavius in a letter charged to the muzzle with gratifying compliments. 1892 Catholic World Sept. 911 Don Restituto, the erudite theologian, stuffed with Latin texts, primed to the muzzle with remembered and perfectly valid propositions. 1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim xxvi. 282 But if the brass guns represent wealth, they can also, when crammed recklessly to the muzzle, send a solid shot to some little distance. < as lemmas |
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