dishful
(ˈdɪʃfʊl)
Also 4 dissuol.
[f. dish n. + -ful.]
As much as a dish will contain.
| c 1320 Seuyn Sag. (W.) 1918 Thre dissch-fol of blod he let me blede. 1340 Ayenb. 120 Yef me yefþ..ane poure manne ane dissuol of pesen. 1577 B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. iii. (1586) 136 b, Geve to every one a little dishefull of rennet crudes. 1641 Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 105 They make account that fower mowter dishfulls is a pecke. 1719 De Foe Crusoe ii. vii. (1840) II. 170 A..dishfull of water. |