Thesaurus: fuller

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1. v. t. One whose occupation is to full cloth.
2. a. A die; a half-round set hammer, used for forming grooves and spreading iron; -- called also a creaser.
3. v. t. To form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set hammer; as, to fuller a bayonet.
4. n. a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living
5. 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 or weed (Bot.), the teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) whose burs are used by fullers in dressing cloth. See Teasel. 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.
6. One whose occupation is to full cloth. Fuller's earth, avariety of clay, used in scouring and cleansing cloth, to imbibegrease.-- Fuller's herb (Bot.), the soapwort (Saponaria officinalis),formerly used to remove stains from cloth.-- Fuller's thistle or weed (Bot.), the teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)whose burs are used by fullers in dressing cloth. See Teasel.
7. n. United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910) n. United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983) n. a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living