ˌfull-ˈmouthed, a.
[f. full a. + mouth n. + -ed2.]
Having a full mouth.
1. Of cattle: Having the mouth full of teeth; having the full complement of teeth.
| 1577 Harrison England i. iv, Now forasmuch as in such as bee full mouthed, eche chap hath 16 teeth at the least. 1685 Lond. Gaz. No. 1998/4 A brown bay Mare above 14 hands high, full Mouth'd. 1709 Ibid. No. 4521/4 Stoln..a blood-bay Mare..full mouth'd. 1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 93 These six teeth tolerably developed..probably misled Mr. Parkinson.. to say that at four years old cattle were full-mouthed. 1892 Salisbury Jrnl. 6 Aug. 4/1, 100 grand full-mouthed ewes. |
† 2. Having the mouth filled with food; hence, Festive.
transf. Of a sail: Filled with wind. Also
fig. Obs.| 1635 Quarles Embl. v. vii. Epig. 271 Cheare up, my soule: call home thy spir'ts, and beare One bad Good-Friday; Full-mouth'd Easter's neare. 1645 G. Daniel Poems Wks. 1878 II. 12 Where, where resides content? 'Tis neither in Extent Of Power, nor full-mouth'd gaine. 1645 Quarles Sol. Recant. iv. 39 Force and bold-fac'd Wrong May hap to roar upon thy full-mouth'd Sailes. a 1701 Sedley Poems Wks. 1722 I. 16 Like murm'ring full-mouth'd Isra'lites we stand. |
3. a. Having a loud voice or sound; sounding or talking loud. Of dogs: Baying loudly.
b. Produced or uttered with a loud voice or with violence.
| a. 1648 J. Beaumont Psyche ii. 161 Whom both the full-mouth'd Elders hastened To catch th' Adulterer. 1698 Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 314 He came to me full mouth'd in the King's Name. 1735 Somerville Chase iii. 410 The full-mouth'd Pack With dreadful Consort thunder in his Rear. |
| b. 1605 Narr. Murthers Sir J. Fitz (1860) 6 The fulmouth'd report of infamous rumour. 1620 Quarles Jonah K j b, Had Boreas blown His full-mouth'd blast. c 1645 Howell Lett. (1655) II. 76 A full-mouth'd Language she [German] is, and pronounc'd with that strength as if one had bones in his tongue insteed of nerfs. 1708 Motteux Rabelais iv. lxvii. (1737) 276 With a full mouth'd laugh. 1856 Kane Arct. Expl. I. xxii. 279 These faithful servants generally bayed their full-mouthed welcome from afar off. |
Hence
fullˈmouthedly adv., with a full mouth; uncompromisingly.
| 1887 Saintsbury Hist. Elizab. Lit. iv. (1890) 154 The earlier Satires..denounce lewd verses most fullmouthedly. |