full (2)

t. & i. [A. S. full i an =to whiten, to purify, to baptize, from Lat. fullo to cleanse clothes, to full cloth; O. Fr. fouller to full cloth; fouler to trample on, to pre ; Ital. follare.] A. Transitive: *1. To cleanse cloth from its oil or grease. 2. To thicken in a mill, as cloth; to make thick and compact by pre ure. "Clooth that cometh fro the wevying is noght comly to were, Til it be fulled under foot or in fullyng stobbes." P. Plowman , 10,527. †B. In trans.: To become fulled or felted. füll-age (age as Ig), s . [Eng. full (2), ν.; -age.] Money paid for the fulling or cleansing of cloth. ( Eng . ) fül-lạm, fül-hạm, s . [From Fulham , a suburb of London, England, which was a notorious resort of blacklegs in the reign of Queen Elizabeth.] 1. False dice: of these there were two sorts, the one, called high, intended to throw the high numbers from five to twelve; the other, called low, to throw from one to four. ( Eng .) "For gourd and fullam holds And high and low beguile the rich and poor." Shakesp.: Merry Wives of Windsor, i. 8. 2. Any sham, fraud, or make believe. ( Eng .) fül-ler (1), s. [Eng. full ; -er.] IMG:content-0220.png:[blocks in formation] sailed confidence. (Mas singer.) IMG:content-0221.png:[blocks in formation] whose occupation is to full cloth. "The clothiers have put off The spinsters, carders, fullers , weavers." Shakesp.: Henry VIII ., i. 2.