▪ I. glassful, n.
(ˈglɑːsfʊl, -æ-)
Pl. glassfuls.
[f. glass n.1 + -ful 2.]
As much as fills a glass (sense 5).
| [c 900 tr. Bæda's Hist. v. v. (1891) 398 He..sende him glæs fulne wines [MS. Ca.; an glæs-fæt mid wine ᵹefylled MS. B.].] 1663 Sir T. Herbert Mem. Chas. I (1702) 133 The King..drank a small Glassful of Claret-Wine. 1683 Salmon Doron Med. i. 258 Put into a Glass-full of Water. 1747 H. Glasse Cookery iii. 54 Then boil a Glass full of Milk. 1823 Byron Juan xiii. xxxvii, About a liquid glassful will remain. 1840 Dickens Old C. Shop xxi, Quilp..drank three small glass-fulls of the raw spirit. |
▪ II. † ˈglassful, a. Obs. rare—1.
[f. glass n.1+ -ful 1.]
? Mirror-like.
| 1606 Marston Fawne Epil., Mineruas glassefull shield. |