Obs. [f. as prec. + -NESS.]
[Johnson quotes for this the following passage from Shaks., where the reading is brim ful·nesse in two words (like brim full, with brim in attributive relation to fulness.]
1599. Shaks., Hen. V., I. ii. 150. The Scot … Came pouring like the Tyde into a breach With ample and brim fulnesse of his force.
