fulth
Pronunciation Noun

fulth (uncountable)

  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Fullness; abundance; plenty.
    • 1910, Thomas Hardy, "A Singer Asleep".
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    • 1911, John Payne (tr.), The Poetical Works of Heinrich Heine: Now First Completely Rendered Into English Verse, in Accordance with the Original Forms, Volume 3, page 134.
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    • 1952, Yorkshire Dialect Society, Summer Bulletin, page 18.
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  2. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Fill; sufficiency; repletion; satiety.
    • 1641, Henry Best, Rural Economy in Yorkshire in 1641: Being the Farming and Account Books of Henry Best, of Elmswell, in the East Riding of the County of York, in The Publications of the Surtees Society, publ. by George Andrews, 1857, pages 4 & 5.
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    • 1853, Michael Theakston, A List of Natural Flies that are Taken by Trout, Grayling, & Smelt, in the Streams of Ripon, W. Harrison (publ.), page 62.
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    • 1853, Michael Theakston, A List of Natural Flies that are Taken by Trout, Grayling, & Smelt, in the Streams of Ripon, W. Harrison (publ.), page 73.
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    • 1924, Yorkshire Dialect Society, Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society, page 41.
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