fuller

[FullĀ·er]

United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833 1910)

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One whose occupation is to full cloth.

Noun
a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living

Noun
United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983)


v. t.
One whose occupation is to full cloth.

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

v. t.
To form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set hammer; as, to fuller a bayonet.


Fuller

Full"er , n. [AS. fullere, fr. L. fullo. See Full, v. t.] One whose occupation is to full cloth. 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 ∨ weed (Bot.), the teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) whose burs are used by fullers in dressing cloth. See Teasel.

Fuller

Full"er, n. [From Full, a.] (Blacksmith's Work) A die; a half-round set hammer, used for forming grooves and spreading iron; -- called also a creaser.

Fuller

Full"er, v. t. To form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set hammer; as, to fuller a bayonet.

One whose occupation is to full cloth.

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

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

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Usage Examples

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.

I don't think people change. I think they definitely mature. But I think the essence of what I am today is the same as when I was five years old. It's just maturity. I've become a healthier, fuller expression of that essence.

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The possibility of a scientific treatment of history means a wider experience, a greater maturity of practical reason, and finally a fuller realization of certain basic ideas regarding the nature of life and time.

The Ego is partly free. partly determined, and reaches fuller freedom by approaching the Individual who is most free: God.

Learning gives us a fuller conviction of the imperfections of our nature which one would think, might dispose us to modesty.

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