Fulled

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Full \Full\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fulled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Fulling}.] [OE. fullen, OF. fuler, fouler, F. fouler, LL.
     fullare, fr. L. fullo fuller, cloth fuller, cf. Gr. ?
     shining, white, AS. fullian to whiten as a fuller, to
     baptize, fullere a fuller. Cf. {Defile} to foul, {Foil} to
     frustrate, {Fuller}. n. ]


     To thicken by moistening, heating, and pressing, as cloth; to
     mill; to make compact; to scour, cleanse, and thicken in a
     mill.
     [1913 Webster]