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fuller
[fuller 词源字典]
fuller:
see
foil
[fuller etymology, fuller origin, 英语词源]
fuller (n.)
"one who fulls cloth," Old English
fullere
"fuller" (Mark ix:3), from Latin
fullo
"fuller" (see
foil
(v.)). The native word is
walker
.
Fuller's earth
(silicate of alumina) is recorded by 1520s; so called because it was used in cleansing cloth.