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Having abundance of mettle; ardent; full of fire; as, a high- mettled steed.

A superabundance or congestion of blood in an organ or part of the body. Active hyperæmia, cognestion d%ue to increased flow of blood to a part. -- Passive hyperæmia, interchange due to obstruction in the return of blood from a part. -- Hy`per*æ"mic, a.

The state or quality of being inexhaustible; abundance.

A coming in; infusion; intromission; introduction; importation in abundance; also, that which flows or comes in; as, a great influx of goods into a country, or an influx of gold and silver. The influx of food into the Celtic region, however, was far from keeping pace with the influx of consumers. Macaulau. The general…

To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; as, the country was inundated with bills of credit.

An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx; as, an inundation of tourists. To stop the inundation of her tears. Shak.

The state or quality of being luxuriant; rank, vigorous growth; excessive abundance produced by rank growth. "Tropical luxuriance." B. Taylor.

To grow exuberantly; to grow to superfluous abundance. " Corn luxuriates in a better mold." Burton.

Abounding in mast; producing mast in abundance; as, the mastful forest; a mastful chestnut. Dryden.

The name of several cereal and forage grasses which bear an abundance of small roundish grains. The common millets of Germany and Southern Europe are Panicum miliaceum, and Setaria Italica.

Plenty; abundance. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

The quality of having a nap; abundance of nap, as on cloth.

That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance. Shak.

In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle.

The quality or state of being in excess; superabundance. [R.] B. Jonson.

Superabundance of weight; preponderance.

To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load. To pile arms or muskets (Mil.), to place three guns together so that they may stand upright, supporting each other; to stack arms.

The quality or state of being full or complete; fullness; completeness; abundance; as, the plenitude of space or power.

Yielding abundance; productive; fruitful. "The seven plenteous years." Gen. xli. 34.

Yielding abundance; prolific; fruitful. If it be a long winter, it is commonly a more plentiful year. Bacon.