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Noun, Verb (transitive)

HYPHEN

full=er

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun fuller has 3 senses

fuller(n = noun.person) melville w. fuller, melville weston fuller - United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910);

is a kind of chief justice

fuller(n = noun.person) buckminster fuller, r. buckminster fuller, richard buckminster fuller - United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983);

is a kind of applied scientist, engineer, technologist, architect, designer

fuller(n = noun.person) - a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living;

Derived form verb full₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

fuller, n. [AS. fullere, fr. L. fullo. See Full, v. t.].

One whose occupation is to full cloth. [1913 Webster]

Fuller's earth, a variety of clay, used in scouring and cleansing cloth, to imbibe grease. -- Fuller's herb (Bot.), the soapwort (Saponaria officinalis), formerly used to remove stains from cloth. -- Fuller's thistle or Fuller's weed (Bot.), the teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) whose burs are used by fullers in dressing cloth. See Teasel.

fuller, n. [From Full, a.].

A die; a half-round set hammer, used for forming grooves and spreading iron; -- called also a creaser. [1913 Webster]

fuller, v. t.

To form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set hammer; as, to fuller a bayonet. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

fuller, n. a person who fulls cloth.

Idiom

fuller's earth a type of clay used in fulling cloth and as an adsorbent.

fuller, n. & v.
--n.
1 a grooved or rounded tool on which iron is shaped.
2 a groove made by this esp. in a horseshoe.
--v.tr. stamp with a fuller.

Etymology

19th c.: orig. unkn.

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