Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who fulls; one whose occupation is the fulling of cloth.
- noun The stamp of a stamping-mill or fulling-machine.
- noun In blacksmithing, a die; a half-round set-hammer.
- To form a groove or channel in, by the action of a fuller or set-hammer: as, to
fuller a bayonet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set hammer.
- noun (Blacksmith's Work) A die; a half-round set hammer, used for forming grooves and spreading iron; -- called also a
creaser . - noun One whose occupation is to full cloth.
- noun a variety of clay, used in scouring and cleansing cloth, to imbibe grease.
- noun (Bot.) the soapwort (
Saponaria officinalis ), formerly used to remove stains from cloth. - noun (Bot.) the teasel (
Dipsacus fullonum ) whose burs are used by fullers in dressing cloth. SeeTeasel .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective More
full . - noun A
person whofulls cloth . - noun A
convex , rounded orgrooved tool , used byblacksmiths for shaping metal - noun A
groove made by such a tool (in theblade of asword etc.). - verb transitive To form a
groove orchannel in, by a fuller or set hammer.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living
- noun United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910)
- noun United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Senator Boxer's spokeswoman suggests the comment should be viewed in fuller context, so here it is:
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Makes me live this life in fuller and richer terms that I ever did before.
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Hence, future progress will consist not only in fuller development of areas already occupied near the international boundary but also, and chiefly, in utilizing the resources of our more northerly areas.
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In view of the publicity already given to these subjects, it is necessary to note in fuller detail two matters connected with the health of the Canadian troops at Salisbury Plain – namely, the outbreak of cerebro-spinal fever and the veneral situation.
War Story of the Canadian Army Medical Corps John George 1918
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This was especially the case where chestnut-trees were numerous, for the foliage seems to fall in fuller showers in such spots.
Rural Hours 1887
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Rossini would preside at the first three representations, and, after receiving a grand civic banquet, set out for the next place, his portmanteau fuller of music-paper than of other effects, and perhaps a dozen sequins in his pocket.
The Great Italian and French Composers Ferris, George T 1878
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But on a comparison of this passage with Nu 14: 5, the subject and language of this prayer show that only the second act of intercession (De 9: 18) is now described in fuller detail.
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Some think this mention of his father was to distinguish him from Sosipater (the same name in fuller form), mentioned in Ro 16: 21.
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Gently Winthrop's oars dipped from time to time, bringing them a little further from the western shore and within fuller view of the opening in the mountains.
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STRANGER: The arts of washing and mending, and the other preparatory arts which belong to the causal class, and form a division of the great art of adornment, may be all comprehended under what we call the fuller’s art.
The Statesman 2006
sionnach commented on the word fuller
The 13th century is boom time for the wool trade. With three sheep to every man, woman and child, wool is our biggest export. But nobody likes stiff and itchy cloth that falls to pieces, so we have several openings for fullers.
As a fuller, you are expected to walk up and down all day in huge vats of stinking stale urine. The ammonia produced by the rotten pee may make your eyes water, but it creates the softest cloth by drawing out the grease (lanolin) from the wool. If you can dance up to your knees in urine for around two hours per length of cloth, you'll succeed in closing the fibres of the wool and interlocking them to produce cloth that is kind to the skin. You will be doing your part, along with the weavers, dyers and merchants, in making it a world-beating export.
July 16, 2008
yarb commented on the word fuller
As if the waves had been fullers, this craft was bleached like the skeleton of a stranded walrus.
- Melville, Moby-Dick, ch. 52
July 25, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word fuller
"Worker who shrinks and thickens cloth fibers through wetting and beating the material."
August 25, 2008