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/ˈfʊləm/ · noun
(archaic, UK, slang) A false die; a die intentionally loaded, or unevenly weighted, so that it always rolls a specific number..
Captaine, you perceiue how neere both of vs are driuen, the dice of late are growen as melancholy as a dog, high men and low men both prosper alike, langrets, fullams, and all the whole fellowshippe of them will not affoord a man his dinner, some other means must be inuented to preuent imminent extremitie.
Let vultures gripe thy guts! For gourd and fullam holds / And high and low beguiles the rich and poor.
Who! he serve? 'sblood, he keeps high men, and low-men, he! he has a fair living at Fullam.
Use fullam when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fullam means (archaic, UK, slang) A false die; a die intentionally loaded, or unevenly weighted, so that it always rolls a specific number..
Common synonyms include gourd, langret, loaded dice, deception.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Captaine, you perceiue how neere both of vs are driuen, the dice of late are growen as melancholy as a dog, high men and low men both prosper alike, langrets, fullams, and all the whole fellowshippe of them will not affoord a man his dinner, some other means must be inuented to preuent imminent extremitie.
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