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Bribed. Fuller.

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
BRIBER
1. A thief. Lydgate. 2. One who bribes, or pays for corrupt practices. 3. That which bribes; a bribe. His service . . . were a sufficient briber for his life. Shak.
BRIBE
, LL. briba scrap of bread; cf. OF. briber, brifer, to eat gluttonously, to beg, and OHG. bilibi 1. A gift begged; a present. Chaucer. 2. A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the
FULLERY
The place or the works where the fulling of cloth is carried on.
BRIBERY
1. Robbery; extortion. 2. The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of influencing the official or political action of another by corrupt inducements. Bribery oath, an oath taken by a person that he has not been bribed as to voting.
BRIBELESS
Incapable of being bribed; free from bribes. From thence to heaven's bribeless hall. Sir W. Raleigh.
BRIBABLE
Capable of being bribed. A more bribable class of electors. S. Edwards.
OUTBRIBE
To surpass in bribing.