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The hammer in the lock of a firearm. At cock, At full cock, with the hammer raised and ready to fire; -- said of firearms, also, jocularly, of one prepared for instant action. -- At half cock. See under Half. -- Cock feather (Archery), the feather of an arrow at right angles to the direction of the cock or notch. Nar…

Full of thought; thoughtful. [R.] Leigh Hunt.

defense in the action of replevin, by which the defendant insists that the goods were lawfully taken, as a distress, by defendant, acting as servant for another. [Eng.] Cowell. Mozley & W.

The flat table at the base of a brilliant. See Illust. of Brilliant. How full the collet with his jewel is! Cowley.

A small hill or mount. [Obs.] And watered park, full of fine collines and ponds. Evelyn.

A part or piece of anything; a portion. Cut two good collops out of the crown land. Fuller.

Like a colt; wanton; frisky. He was all coltish, full of ragery. Chaucer. -- Colt"ish*ly, adv. -- Colt"ish*ness, n.

commensurate; proportional. She being now removed by death, a commeasurable grief took as full possession of him as joy had one. I. Walton.

a university. [Eng.] I question whether the formality of commencing was used in that age. Fuller.

To comment on. [Archaic.] Fuller.

One sharing with another in anything. [Obs.] Fuller.

n of a regiment of troops under the command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full strength) 100 men.

An equal; a rival; a compeer. [Obs.] Gerard ever was His full comparative. Beau. & Fl.

Illustration by comprison; simile. [Obs.] Rhymes full of protest, of oath, and big compare. Shak. Beyond compare. See Beyond comparison, under Comparison.

In a compassionate manner; mercifully. Clarendon.

Rightfully or properly belonging; incident; -- followed by to. [Rare, except in legal usage.] That is the privillege of the infinite Author of things, . . . but is not competent to any finite being. Locke.

Full of complaint. [Obs.]

Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness. To exceed his complement and number appointed him which was one hundred and twenty persons. Hakluyt.

Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing. "Complemental ceremony." Prynne.

In a complete manner; fully.