Ful"ly (?), adv. In a full manner or degree; completely; entirely;
without lack or defect; adequately; satisfactorily; as, to be fully
persuaded of the truth of a proposition.
Fully committed (Law), committed to prison for trial, in distinction
from being detained for examination.
Syn. -- Completely; entirely; maturely; plentifully; abundantly;
plenteously; copiously; largely; amply; sufficiently; clearly;
distinctly; perfectly.
Ful"mar (flm‰r), n. [Icel. flmr. See foul, and Man a gull.] (Zoˆl.) One
of several species of sea birds, of the family ProcellariidÊ, allied to
the albatrosses and petrels. Among the well-known species are the
arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) (called also fulmar petrel, malduck,
and mollemock), and the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea).
Ful"mi*nant (?), a. [L. fulminans, p. pr. of fulminare to lighten: cf.
F. fulminant.] Thundering; fulminating. [R.] Bailey.
Ful"mi*nate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fulminated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Fulminating.] [L. fulminatus, p. p. of fulminare to lighten, strike
with lightning, fr. fulmen thunderbolt, fr. fulgere to shine. See
Fulgent, and cf. Fulmine.] 1. To thunder; hence, to make a loud, sudden
noise; to detonate; to explode with a violent report.
2. To issue or send forth decrees or censures with the assumption of
supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces.
Ful"mi*nate, v. t. 1. To cause to explode. Sprat.
2. To utter or send out with denunciations or censures; -- said
especially of menaces or censures uttered by ecclesiastical authority.
They fulminated the most hostile of all decrees.
De Quincey.
Ful"mi*nate (?), n. [Cf. P. fulminate. See Fulminate, v. i.] (Chem.)
(a) A salt of fulminic acid. See under Fulminic. (b) A fulminating
powder.
Fulminate of gold, an explosive compound of gold; -- called also
fulminating gold, and aurum fulminans.
Ful"mi*na"ting (?), a. 1. Thundering; exploding in a peculiarly sudden
or violent manner.