Word Meanings - IMPOSTURY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Imposture. Fuller.

Related words: (words related to IMPOSTURY)

• FULLER
  One whose occupation is to full cloth. Fuller's earth, a variety of clay, used in scouring and cleansing cloth, to imbibe grease. -- Fuller's herb , the soapwort , formerly used to remove stains from cloth. -- Fuller's thistle or weed
• IMPOSTURE
  The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating. From new legends And fill the world with follies and impostures. Johnson. Syn. -- Cheat; fraud; trick; imposition; delusion.
• IMPOSTURED
  Done by imposture.
• FULLERY
  The place or the works where the fulling of cloth is carried on.
• SELF-IMPOSTURE
  Imposture practiced on one's self; self-deceit. South.