单词 | fontful |
释义 | fontfuln. As much as a font will hold. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a receptacle > other vessels or receptacles fontfulc1405 shellfulc1450 eggshell-fula1475 cruseful1561 mangerful1600 thimbleful1607 hornful1610 vatful1632 flask1730 fanful1807 urnful1820 watch-glassful1830 thimble1841 eyeful1853 vaseful1856 kettleful1862 sink1868 sinkful1873 troughful1877 tankful1887 teapotful1895 walletful1909 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale (Ellesmere) (1871) l. 357 Thogh she a font ful water with hire lede. 1866 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell I. iii. 25 Labourers moistened their semi-regenerate clay with many a fontful of good ale. 1894 Chautauquan Jan. 455/1 The amount of water used for baptism may be a fontful or a pondful. 2009 Observer (Nexis) 25 Oct. 32 Extravagant claims that this could be the end of the Protestant Reformation need to be taken with several fontfuls of salt. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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