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Full-winged


FULL-WINGED, adjective

1. Having complete wings or large strong wings.

2. Ready for flight; eager.

FULL, verb transitive [Latin fullo. Gr. that is, a crowd, a throng. foul and defile are probably of the same family.]

To thicken cloth in a mill. This is the primary sense: but in practice, to full is to mill; to make compact; or to scour, cleanse and thicken in a mill.