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fuller (n.)
"one who fulls cloth," Old English fullere "fuller" (Mark ix.3), from Latin fullo "fuller" (see foil (v.)). The native word is walker. Fuller's earth (silicate of alumina) is recorded by 1520s; so called because it was used in cleansing cloth.
updated on September 27, 2016
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Dictionary entries near fuller
fulgent
full
fullback
full-blown
full-circle
fuller
full-fledged
full-grown
fulling
full-length
fullness