Fuller, Thomas

one of the wittiest and most original of English authors, B. at Aldwinkle, North amp tons hire, in 1608. His first clerical appointment was that of minister of St. Benet's parish, Cambridge, where he acquired great popularity as a preacher. He afterwards obtained the rectory of Broad Windsor, Dor sets hire. His first literary production was a poem entitled David's Hainous Sin, Heartie Repentance, and Heavie Punishment. In 1640 he published his History of the Holy War; soon after which he removed to London, and was chosen lecturer at the Savoy church, in the Strand. On the departure of Charles I. from London, previously to the commencement of hostilities, F. delivered a sermon at Westminster Abbey, on the anniversary of his majesty's inauguration in 1642, from 2 Samuel xix. 30"Yea, let them take all, so that my lord the king return in peace," which greatly offended the popular leaders, and endangered the safety of the preacher. About this time he published his Holy and Profane State. In 1643 he went to Oxford, and joined the king, but having lost his living by sequestration, and also all his books, he became chaplain to Sir Ralph Hopton, and employed his leisure in making collections relative to English history and antiquities. He was present at the siege of Basing House, and also at that of Exeter. About 1648 he was appointed rector of Waltham. In 1650 appeared his Pisgah Sight of Palestine, and his Abel Redivivus; and six years later, his Church History of Great Britain; but it was not till after his death that his principal literary work was published, entitled The Worthies of Eng land -a production valuable alike for the solid information it affords relative to the provincial history of the country, and for its profusion of biographical anecdote and acute observation on men and manners. At the Restoration he was made D.D. and chaplain to the king. Dr. F.'s writings po e much learning, wit, and humor, with an elaborate, display of quaint conceit - a quality highly esteemed at the time he wrote, and one which appears quite natural to him. Many extraordinary stories are told respecting his prodigiously retentive memory; the following punning anecdote, old as it is, and though not strictly biographical, is worth repeating. Dr. P. was, it seems, an inveterate punster; but once attempting to play off a joke upon a gentleman named Sparrowhawk, he met with the following retort: "What is the difference," said the Dr. (who was very corpulent), "between an owl and a sparrow-hawk?" "It is," replied the other, " fuller in the head, fuller in the body, and fuller all over." D. 1661. Fullers burg, in Illinois , a post-office of Du Page co. Full'er's Earth, n. ( Min .) An earthy, hydrated silicate of alumina, having, like other soft aluminous minerals, the property of absorbing grease. It is used to cleanse woollen fabrics by removing the grease and oily matter by capillary attraction. When pure, its comp . is silica 45, alumina 20, water 25. Fuller's Station, in N. Y. , a post-office of Albany co. Fuller's-thistle, FULLER'S WEED, n. The Teasel, a plant so called because its bristly head is used by fullers in dre ing cloths. Fulix, n. ( Zool .) A genus of birds, order Nat a to res ; has the bill as long as the feet; head, neck, body an- terior to the shoulders, tail and tail-coverts, rump, and lower back, black; tail rounded, of fourteen feathers; under parts white, finely waved with black behind and on the sides. To this genus belong the species popularly known as Broad-Bill, Big Black-Head, or Scaup Duck, Little Black-Head or Blue Bill, and Ring-necked Duck. Full, a. [A.S. full , from fyllan , to fill; Ger. voll . See FILL.] Filled to the utmost extent of capacity; replete; having within its limits all that it can contain; as, a Fuller ton, in Nebraska , a post-village, the capital of Fullersville, or FULLERVILLE IRON WORKS, in New York , a post-village of St. Lawrence co., about 28 miles S.S.W. of Canton. Fuller ton, in Alabama , a P. O. of Cherokee co. Fuller ton, in California , a P. O. of Orange co. Vance co. Pop . (1897) about 1,400.