Word Meanings - WALK-MILL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A fulling mill. Halliwell.

Related words: (words related to WALK-MILL)

• FULL-FORMED
  Full in form or shape; rounded out with flesh. The full-formed maids of Afric. Thomson.
• FULL HOUSE
  A hand containing three of a kind and a pair, as three kings and two tens. It ranks above a flush and below four of a kind.
• FULLAM
  A false die. See Fulham.
• FULL-GROWN
  Having reached the limits of growth; mature. "Full-grown wings." Lowell.
• 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
• FULL-BLOOMED
  Like a perfect blossom. "Full-bloomed lips." Crashaw.
• FULL-DRIVE
  With full speed.
• FULL-BUTT
  With direct and violentop position; with sudden collision. L'Estrange.
• FULLNESS
  The state of being full, or of abounding; abundance; completeness. "In thy presence is fullness of joy." Ps. xvi. 11.
• FULL-WINGED
  1. Having large and strong or complete wings. Shak. 2. Beady for flight; eager. Beau. & Fl.
• FULL-HEARTED
  Full of courage or confidence. Shak.
• FULLY
  In a full manner or degree; completely; entirely; without lack or defect; adequately; satisfactorily; as, to be fully persuaded of the truth of a proposition. Fully committed , committed to prison for trial, in distinction from being detained for
• FULL
  akin to OS. ful, D. vol, OHG. fol, G. voll, Icel. fullr, Sw. full, Dan. fuld, Goth. fulls, L. plenus, Gr. p, pr to fill, also to Gr. poly-, pref., G. viel, AS. fela. sq. root80. Cf. Complete, Fill, 1. Filled up, having within its limits all that
• FULL-MANNED
  Completely furnished wiith men, as a ship.
• FULLERY
  The place or the works where the fulling of cloth is carried on.
• FULLAGE
  The money or price paid for fulling or cleansing cloth. Johnson.
• FULLMART
  See JONSON
• FULLING
  The process of cleansing, shrinking, and thickening cloth by moisture, heat, and pressure. Fulling mill, a mill for fulling cloth as by means of pesties or stampers, which alternately fall into and rise from troughs where the cloth is placed with
• FULL-BOTTOMED
  Of great capacity below the water line. (more info) 1. Full and large at the bottom, as wigs worn by certain civil officers in Great Britain.
• FULL-BLOWN
  1. Fully expanded, as a blossom; as, a full-bloun rose. Denham. 2. Fully distended with wind, as a sail. Dryden.
• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.
• DOUBTFULLY
  In a doubtful manner. Nor did the goddess doubtfully declare. Dryden.
• HEALTHFULLY
  In health; wholesomely.
• RAPFULLY
  Violently.
• CAREFULLY
  In a careful manner.
• FRIGHTFULLY
  In a frightful manner; to a frightful dagree.
• FEARFULLY
  In a fearful manner.
• OVERFULLNESS
  The state of being excessively or abnormally full, so as to cause overflow, distention, or congestion; excess of fullness; surfeit.
• MASTERFULLY
  In a masterful manner; imperiously. A lawless and rebellious man who held lands masterfully and in high contempt of the royal authority. Macaulay.
• BALEFULLY
  In a baleful manner; perniciously.