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Definition of Topful
1. a. Full to the top, ore brim; brimfull.
Definition of Topful
1. Adjective. Full to the top or brim. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Topful
1. topfull [adj] - See also: topfull
Lexicographical Neighbors of Topful
Literary usage of Topful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"... out of the receiver, the tube continued topful of water as at first. ...
but so topful ot himself, that he One was ingenious in his thoughts, ..."
2. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"Till a considerable part of the air was drawn out of the receiver, the tube
continued topful of water as at first. ... Fill the largest tankard-cup topful. ..."
3. The Life and Letters of Sir George Savile, Bart., First Marquis of Halifax &c by Helen Charlotte Foxcroft, George Savile Halifax (1898)
"Johnson quotes examples from Shakespeare, Boyle, Swift, and Watts's Improvement
of the Mind: ' One was ... so topful of himself, that be let it spill on all ..."
4. The Life and Letters of Sir George Savile, Bart., First Marquis of Halifax &c by Helen Charlotte Foxcroft, George Savile Halifax (1898)
"Vanity maketh a woman tainted with it, so topful' of herself that she ... Mind: '
One was ... so topful of himself, that he lot it spill on all the company. ..."
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