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fuller¹ Definition

fuller (fo̵ol′ər)

noun

a person whose work is to full cloth

Etymology: ME < OE fullere < L fullo, prob. < IE *bheld-, to strike > bolt

fuller² Definition

fuller (fo̵ol′ər)

noun

  1. a tool used by blacksmiths to hammer grooves into iron
  2. a groove so made

Etymology: < ? obs. full, to make full, complete < full

Fuller Definition

Ful·ler (fo̵ol′ər)

  1. Fuller, (Richard) Buckminster (buk′min stər) 1895-1983; U.S. engineer, inventor, & philosopher

  2. fo̵ol′ər

    Fuller, (Sarah) Margaret (Marchioness Ossoli) 1810-50; U.S. writer, critic, & social reformer

  3. fo̵ol′ər

    Fuller, Melville Weston (wes′tən) 1833-1910; U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. (1888-1910)

fuller Usage Examples

Possessives

  • earth: These rocks have been altered to a soft absorbent clay mineral known as fullers ' earth or bentonite.
  • soap: For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers ' soap.

Object

  • earth: The cloth was washed in stale human urine, which contains ammonia, and fullers earth.

Converse of object

  • like: For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers ' soap.

Modifies a noun

  • earth: It pays to grease the leader down to the tippet knot and sink the tippet with fullers earth.
fuller Quotes

Money, wife, is the true fuller's earth for reputations, there is not a spot or a stain but what it can take out.

—Gay,John