FULLER


Meaning of FULLER in English

fuller 1

/fool"euhr/ , n.

a person who fulls cloth.

[ bef. 1000; ME; OE fullere fullo fuller; see -ER 1 ]

fuller 2

/fool"euhr/ , n.

1. a half-round hammer used for grooving and spreading iron.

2. a tool or part of a die for reducing the sectional area of a piece of work.

3. a groove running along the flat of a sword blade.

v.t.

4. to reduce the sectional area of (a piece of metal) with a fuller or fullers.

[ 1810-20; orig. n., appar. FULL 1 in sense to make full, close, compact + -ER 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .