fulling

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FULL'ING, participle present tense Thickening cloth in a mill; making compact. FULL'ING, noun The art or practice of thickening cloth and making it compact and firm in a mill, at the same time the cloth is cleansed of oily matter.
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