fuller

Definition of Fuller in English :

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Noun

1. fuller, melville w. fuller, melville weston fuller

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

2. buckminster fuller, fuller, r. buckminster fuller, richard buckminster fuller

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

3. fuller

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fuller

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noun

a person who fulls cloth for his or her living

noun

1. Also called: fullering tool

a tool for forging a groove

2.

a tool for caulking a riveted joint

verb

3. (transitive)

to forge (a groove) or caulk (a riveted joint) with a fuller

noun

1.

(Richard) Buckminster. 1895–1983, US architect and engineer: developed the geodesic dome

2.

Roy (Broadbent). 1912–91, British poet and writer, whose collections include The Middle of a War (1942) and A Lost Season (1944), both of which are concerned with World War II, Epitaphs and Occasions (1949), and Available for Dreams (1989)

3.

Thomas. 1608–61, English clergyman and antiquarian; author of The Worthies of England (1662)

Fuller

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1.

ˈ(Richard) Buckminster (ˈbʌkmɪnstər ) ; bukˈminstər) 1895-1983; U.S. engineer, inventor, & philosopher

2.

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

3.

ˈMelville Weston (ˈwɛstən ) ; wesˈtən) 1833-1910; U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. (1888-1910)

noun

a person whose work is to full cloth

noun

1.

a tool used by blacksmiths to hammer grooves into iron

2.

a groove so made

Fuller

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n.

One that fulls cloth.

n.

1. A hammer used by a blacksmith for grooving or spreading iron.

2. A groove made by such a hammer.

American writer and critic who edited the transcendentalist periodical The Dial (1840-1842), was a pioneering literary critic for the New York Tribune (1844-1846), and wrote Woman in the Nineteenth Century (1845), a major feminist tract.

American architect and inventor who sought to solve practical problems with simple designs that require a minimum of materials and energy. The geodesic dome is his best-known invention.

American jurist who served as the chief justice of the US Supreme Court (1888-1910) and maintained that governmental powers must derive from a strict interpretation of the Constitution.

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