Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The process of cleansing, scouring, and pressing woolen goods to felt the fibers together and make the cloth stronger and firmer. It is also termed milling, because the cloth is scoured in a water-mill.
- noun The act of becoming full: as, the fulling of the moon.
- noun Baptism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The process of cleansing, shrinking, and thickening cloth by moisture, heat, and pressure.
- noun a mill for fulling cloth as by means of pesties or stampers, which alternately fall into and rise from troughs where the cloth is placed with hot water and fuller's earth, or other cleansing materials.
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- verb Present participle of
full . To make cloth denser and firmer. - noun
Baptism .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Another type of song: the fuller's song, used in fulling the homespun in the old-fashioned style.
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Flannels are subjected to several finishing operations, such as fulling, teaseling, pressing, and stretching.
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After "fulling" cloth is woolly and rough; to improve the appearance it is first
Rides on Railways Samuel Sidney 1848
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Some Jews settled in Adrianople, where they learned a more advanced way to fabricate fine woolens using the process of "fulling", which repeatedly beats the wool until the threads are very tight and the fabric shrinks to half its size, turning it into felt.
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Some Jews settled in Adrianople, where they learned a more advanced way to fabricate fine woolens using the process of "fulling", which repeatedly beats the wool until the threads are very tight and the fabric shrinks to half its size, turning it into felt.
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The scratching surface also needs to be at least tall enough for the cat to fulling stretch itself out while scratching.
Keep Your Cats From Destroying Your Furniture | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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In fact, apply for the job advertised, and sell your qualities for fulling those requirements, but come with a creative plan about how you are going to keep the citizens of the district involved and inspired.
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Taking some of the excess profits out of the drug trade by creating a legitimate channel will help reduce this as will reducing the amount of western aid cash which must also be fulling these local rivalries.
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So we started fulling around with ways to get the as many teams as possible into a “playoff” type system that makes fans of the BCS, and those who do not want to get ride of the Bowls happy.
What’s the Best Playoff System For College Football? | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2008
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In fact, apply for the job advertised, and sell your qualities for fulling those requirements, but come with a creative plan about how you are going to keep the citizens of the district involved and inspired.
Lorelei Kelly: Bloggers: Get Thee to Congressional Staffs! 2010
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