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Ful·ler  (flr), Melville Weston 1833-1910.

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

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Fuller, R(ichard) Buckminster 1895-1983.

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.

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Fuller, (Sarah) Margaret 1810-1850.

American writer and critic who edited the transcendentalist periodical 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.

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full·er ¹  (flr)

n.

One that fulls cloth.

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full·er ²  (flr)

n.

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

2. A groove made by such a hammer.

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[Possibly from full, to pleat.]

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Fuller [ˈfʊlə]

n

1. (Biographies / Fuller, Richard) Buckminster (1895-1983) M, US, ARCHITECTURE: architect, TECHNOLOGY: engineer) (Richard) Buckminster. 1895-1983, US architect and engineer: developed the geodesic dome

2. (Biographies / Fuller, Roy (Broadbent) (1912-1991) M, British, WRITING: poet, WRITING: writer) 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. (Biographies / Fuller, Thomas (1608-1661) M, English, RELIGION: clergyman, ARTS AND CRAFTS: antiquarian) Thomas. 1608-61, English clergyman and antiquarian; author of

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fuller¹

n

(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a person who fulls cloth for his living

[Old English fullere, from Latin fullō]

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fuller²

n

1. (Engineering / Tools) Also called fullering tool a tool for forging a groove

2. (Engineering / Tools) a tool for caulking a riveted joint

vb

(Engineering / Tools) (tr) to forge (a groove) or caulk (a riveted joint) with a fuller

[perhaps from the name Fuller]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Fuller - United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910) Melville W. Fuller, Melville Weston Fuller
	2.	Fuller - United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983) Buckminster Fuller, R. Buckminster Fuller, Richard Buckminster Fuller
	3.	fuller - a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living working man, working person, workingman, workman - an employee who performs manual or industrial labor