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noun
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(anatomy) The front part of the head, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth and the surrounding area.
She has a pretty .
- One's facial expression.
Why the sad ?
- The public image.
The of this company.
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(geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron.
- The numbered dial of a clock or watch.
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(cricket) The front surface of a bat.
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(slang) The mouth.
Shut your !
He's always stuffing his with chips.
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(slang) Makeup.
I'll be out in a sec, just let me put on my .
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(slang, professional wrestling) The good guy; a wrestler embodying heroic or virtuous traits.
The fans cheered on the as he made his comeback.
- Any surface; especially a front or outer one.
Put a big sign on each of the building that can be seen from the road.
They climbed the north of the mountain.
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(cards) the side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck)
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(transitive, of a person or animal) to position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).
Face the sun.
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(transitive, of an object) to have its front closest to (something else).
Turn the chair so it faces the table.
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(transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person).
I'm going to have to this sooner or later.
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(intransitive) To have the front in a certain direction.
The bunkers faced north and east, toward Germany.
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(intransitive) (cricket) To be the striking batsman.
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(slang, professional wrestling) (rfd-sense) Describing the good guy wrestler.
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noun
- A cosmetic made from coloured talc, applied to the face
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| facing |
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noun
- The most external portion of exterior siding.
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| fall |
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noun
- The act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity to a lower position.
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(chiefly North America, obsolete elsewhere; from the falling of leaves during this season) autumn, Autumn.
- A loss of greatness or status; as, the fall of Rome.
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(cricket) (of a wicket) The act of a batsman being out.
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(In plural only: falls) A waterfall.
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(curling) A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown in an area to drift in a given direction
verb (falls, falling, fell or (sense 7 only) (archaic) felled, fallen or (sense 7 ony) (archaic) felled)
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(intransitive) To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity
Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground.
- to come down, to drop or descend
The rain fell at dawn.
- to come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself
He fell to the floor and begged for mercy.
- to be brought to the ground; to collapse, to be overthrown or defeated; to die
Rome fell to the Goths in 410 AD.
- to be allotted to; to come to through chance or fate
And so it falls to me to make this important decision.
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(transitive) (followed by an adjective) To become; to change into the state described by the adjective that follows.
She has fallen ill.
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Usage note: Now only used in certain set phrases and expressions (see "Derived terms" below).
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(transitive) (archaic) To cause something to fall (4); especially to cause a tree to fall (4) by cutting it down.
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| fascia |
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pronounced: ' fa shÄ“ É™ ' (w:International Phonetic Alphabet for English, IPA: /fí¦ÊƒÉªÉ‘/)
- A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters in a building.
- A flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands which make up the architrave, in the Ionic order.
- A broad well-defined band of color.
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A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller.
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pronounced: ' fÄ shÄ“ É™ ' (w:International Phonetic Alphabet for English, IPA: /fɑʃɪɑ/); plural: fasciae
- The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an aponeurosis.
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| fashioner |
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noun
- One who fashions something; the maker or designer.
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| fashion plate |
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noun
- A picture, usually an advertisement, showing the latest fashion in clothes.
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(idiom) A person who dresses in the most stylish fashions.
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| fedora |
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noun
- A felt hat with a fairly low, creased crown with a brim that can be turned up or down.
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| fell |
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noun
- That portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down
- An animal skin, hide
verb
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(transitive) To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
adjective
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(archaic) fierce, savage (e.g., one fell swoop)
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(Scot) Pungent.
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| ferret |
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noun
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A mammal, Mustela putorius furo, rather like a weasel, but which was originally bred from the polecat and often trained to hunt rats or rabbits in England.
verb
- To hunt game with ferrets.
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To uncover and bring to light by searching; usually to ferret out.
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| Fez |
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proper noun
- A city in Morocco.
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| fichu |
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noun
- A woman's lightweight triangular scarf worn over the shoulders and tied in front
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| filler |
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noun (rfc-level, Noun at L4+ not in L3 POS section)
- something added to fill a space or add weight or size
- any semisolid substance used to fill gaps, cracks or pores
- a short article in a newspaper or magazine
- a short piece of music or an announcement between radio or TV programmes
- cut tobacco used to make up the body of a cigar
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(computing) in COBOL, the description of an unnamed part of a record that may contain no data
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| fillet |
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noun
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(also filet) A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones have been removed.
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(architecture) A thin flat moulding/molding used as separation between larger mouldings.
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(clothing) A flat piece of cloth used as a headband esp. with a wimple.
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(context, engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an inside edge, added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
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- A type of weld that creates a rounded bead at an inside corner.
- Place a weld at the joint.
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verb
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(transitive) To slice, bone or make into fillets.
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(transitive) To apply, create, or specify a rounded or filled corner to.
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| fine-tooth comb |
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noun
- A comb with fine, closely-spaced teeth.
verb
- To go over or through with a fine-tooth comb
- To search meticulously.
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| fisherman |
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noun
- A person who attempts to catch fish.
The cast his line.
- A person whose profession is catching fish.
He is a , out on a trawler for days at a time.
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| fishnet |
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noun (wikipedia, fishnet (material))
(fishnets, -)
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(uncountable) netting, Netting used to catch fish
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(uncountable) A fabric with an open diamond-shaped structure; normally used for stockings etc
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(countable) Stockings made of fishnet fabric.
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| flannel |
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noun
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(uncountable) A soft cloth material woven from wool, possibly combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.
With the weather turning colder, it was time to dig out our flannel sheets and nightclothes.
- A washcloth.
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| flip-flop |
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noun (plural: flip-flops)
- An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps mounted between the big toe and its neighbour.
- An instance of flip-flopping, of repeatedly changing one's stated opinion about a matter.
verb (inf=to flip-flop, flip-flops, flip-flopping, flip-flopped)
- To alternate back and forth between directly opposite opinions, ideas, or decisions.
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| float |
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noun
- A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
Attach the and the weight to the fishing line, above the hook.
- A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces.
When pouring a new driveway, you can use a two-by-four as a .
- An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
That covered in roses is very pretty.
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(finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.
Our bank does a nightly sweep of accounts, to adjust the so we stay within our reserves limit.
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(context, finance, AU, and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange.
2006, You don't actually need a broker to buy shares in a when a company is about to be listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. — w:Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Australian Securities and Investments Commission financial tips article, Buying shares in a floathttp://www.fido.asic.gov.au/fido/fido.nsf/print/Buying+shares+in+a+float?opendocument
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(banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.
No sir, your current is not taken into account, when assets are legally garnished.
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(insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
We make a lot of interest from our nightly .
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(programming) Short form of floating-point number.
That routine should not have used an int, it should be a .
- A soft beverage with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream floating in it.
It's true - I don't consider anything other than root-beer with vanilla ice-cream to be a "real" .
- A small sum of money put in a cashier's till at the start of business to enable change to be made.
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| flounce |
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verb (flounc, ing)
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(archaic): To flounder; to make spastic motions.
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| FOB |
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noun
- A recent immigrant (from "fresh off the boat")
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| fool's cap |
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nounfool"s cap
- A cap, usually brightly coloured with bells and tassels, as worn by a court jester or fool.
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| foot |
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noun (feet)
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(countable, Anatomy) The part of a human"s body below the ankle. Used to stand and walk.
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(countable, Zoology) The equivalent part of an animal"s body.
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(countable) The bottom of anything; as, the foot of the stairs, the foot of a printed page.
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(countable) A short projection on the bottom of a piece of equipment to support it.
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(countable) A unit of measure equal to twelve inches and one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
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(context, countable, prosody) The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
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(countable, nautical) The bottom edge of a sail.
To make the mainsail fuller in shape, the outhaul is eased to reduce the tension on the of the sail.
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Printing. the bottommost part of a type page or printed page
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(used with the plural verb) foot soldiers; infantry.
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(transitive) To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
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(transitive) To pay (a bill).
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| footwear |
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noun
- An item of clothing that is worn on the foot; such as shoes, sandals, winklepickers etc.
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| formal |
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noun
- formalin
adjective
- being in accord with established forms
- official
- relating to the form or structure of something
- ceremonial
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| foundation |
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noun
- The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
The of his institute has been wrought with difficulty.
- That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork; basis.
- The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course (see Base course (a), under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
The foundations of this construction have been laid out.
- A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
- That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
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(anatomy) A fork-shaped structure, specifically the fold of skin where the labia minora meet above the perineum (the frenulum labiorum pudendi).
- A fork-shaped instrument or device, specifically the forked structure between two fingers of a glove.
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| fox |
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A small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail.
- Any of numerous species of small wild canids similar to the red fox, this term describing members of at least five genera (see the w:Fox, Wikipedia article on the fox).
- A fox terrier.
- A cunning person.
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(slang) An attractive woman.
verb (fox, es)
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(transitive) To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
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(transitive) To confuse or baffle (someone).
This crossword puzzle has completely foxed me.
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(intransitive) To act slyly or craftily.
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(intransitive). To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity.
The pages of the book show distinct foxing.
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| frill |
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noun
- A strip of pleated material used as decoration or trim; a ruffle.
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(photography) A wrinkled edge to a film.
- A luxury.
verb
- To make something into a frill.
- To become wrinkled.
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| frock |
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noun
- A dress, a piece of clothing for a female, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body.
- An outer garment worn by priests and other clericals, a habit.
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| frontal |
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noun
- A drapery covering the front of an altar.
- The faí§ade of a building.
adjective
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Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front: a frontal attack.
- Anatomy
- Of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone.
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Of or relating to the frontal plane.
- Of or relating to a weather front.
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| full |
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verb
- To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing, to waulk, walk
adjective
- Containing the maximum possible amount of that which can fit in the space available.
The jugs were to the point of overflowing.
- Complete; with nothing omitted.
Our book gives treatment to the subject of angling.
- Total, entire.
She had tattoos the length of her arms.
He was prosecuted to the extent of the law.
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(informal) satisfied, especially in relation to eating.
"I'm ", he said, pushing back from the table.
- Of a garment, of a size that is ample, wide, or having ample folds or pleats to be comfortable.
She needed her clothing during her pregnancy.
- Having depth and body; rich.
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| fuller's earth |
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nounfuller's, "s earth
- A fine clay used in fulling cloth.
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1785, On Lord Sunderland's estate, in the county of Westmeath, there is a fine strata of fuller"s earth, a commodity of which our woollen manufacturers stand much in need: yet this bed lies unnoticed to all, except the peasantry on the soil. " The Times, 17 Oct 1785, p.3 col. D
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1892, You are probably aware that fuller"s earth is a valuable product, and that it is only found in one or two places in England? " Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb" (Norton 2005 p.273)
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noun
- hairy, Hairy skin of an animal processed to be a suitable wear to cover human nakedness and to protect humans from the cold.
- A pelt used to make, trim, or line clothing apparel.
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Hairy coat of a mammal, especially: when fine, soft, and thick.
- A coating resembling fur.
- A thick pile of fabric.
- Layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.
verb (furs, furring, furred)
- To cover with fur.
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| furbelow |
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noun
- a ruffle, frill or flounce on clothing
- a small, showy ornamentation
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