| 单词 | fulling earth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfulling earth fulling earth n. now historical = fuller's earth n. 1. [Earlier currency is implied by Anglo-Norman fullingerthe: see etymology note.] ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [noun] > strata containing minerals fuller's eartha1350 fulling eartha1399 fulling clay1647 second bottom1787 iron pan1811 ledge1847 blue lead1854 oil shale1866 oil sand1875 Cambridge coprolite1881 Cambridge greensand1882 gem-bed1886 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > smectites > fuller's earth fuller's eartha1350 fulling eartha1399 fulling clay1647 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > cleaning > fuller's earth fuller's eartha1350 fulling eartha1399 walker's earth1403 fuller's clay1581 fulling clay1647 scouring clay1660 scouring earth1661 a1399 in W. G. Benham Oath Bk. Colchester (1907) 9 (MED) Fullying erthe, for the bolk. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2094/1 A certain poore man..went to the Sea, mynding to haue gone into Kent for fullyng earth. 1687 G. L. Gentleman's New Jockey xvi. 53 If so it happen that your Horse be mirey and foul, then may you use Fulling-earth, Soap, and other scowring Materials. 1866 I. Shinn Ready Adviser 159 Make a mixture of dried fulling earth and powdered alum. 1987 D. Nicholas Ghent vi. 155 Their trade, stamping fulling earth into textiles to soften the prickly texture of raw wool, was the least skilled. < as lemmas |
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