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Full of ire; angry; wroth. "The ireful bastard Orleans." Shak. -- Ire"ful*ly, adv.

Wrathfulness. Wyclif.

Incapable of being refuted or disproved; indisputable. -- Ir`re*fut"a*ble*ness, n. -- Ir`re*fut"a*bly, adv.

Given to jesting; full of jokes.

Full of joy; having or causing joy; very glad; as, a joyful heart. "Joyful tidings." Shak. My soul shall be joyful in my God. Is. lxi. 10. Sad for their loss, but joyful of our life. Pope. -- Joy"ful*ly, adv. -- Joy"ful*ness, n.

A medicine to check the secretion of milk, or to dispel a supposed accumulation of milk in any part of the body.

A quantity sufficient to fill a ladle.

As much as the lap can contain.

Constituted or authorized by law; rightful; as, the lawful owner of lands. Lawful age, the age when the law recognizes one's right of independent action; majority; -- generally the age of twenty-one years.

A basketful. [Obs.]

See Leveful. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Long. [Obs.] Pope.

Allowable; permissible; lawful. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Full of vitality. Spenser.

Full of light; bright. [R.] "Lightful presence." Marston.

Attentive [Obs.] Spenser.

Full of loathing; hating; abhorring. "Loathful eyes." Spenser.

Detrimental. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Noisy. [Obs.] Marsion.

Full of love. [Obs.] Sylvester.