fuller

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See also: Fuller and Füller

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From full.

Adjective

fuller

  1. comparative form of full: more full
    • 1959 March, “Talking of Trains: Scottish reorganisation”, in Trains Illustrated, page 119:
      Comment must be circumspect until fuller particulars are available, [...].

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English fullere, from Old English fullere, from Latin fullō (“fuller”) +‎ -ere; equivalent to full (“to densen cloth”) +‎ -er.

Noun

fuller (plural fullers)

  1. A person who fulls cloth.
    Synonyms: tucker, walker, waulker
    Near-synonyms: feltmaker, felter
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Etymology 3

Sword blade with fuller along the centre.

Unknown.

Noun

fuller (plural fullers)

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  1. A convex, rounded or grooved tool, used by blacksmiths for shaping metal.
  2. A groove made by such a tool (in the blade of a sword etc.).
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Verb

fuller (third-person singular simple present fullers, present participle fullering, simple past and past participle fullered)

  1. (transitive) To form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set hammer.
    to fuller a bayonet

Middle English

Noun

fuller

  1. Alternative form of fullere
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