fuller's earth

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noun

an absorbent clay, used especially for removing grease from fabrics, in fulling cloth, as a filter, and as a dusting powder.

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Origin of fuller's earth

First recorded in 1515–25

Words nearby fuller's earth

fuller, fullerene, fulleride, fullerite, Fuller rose beetle, fuller's earth, fuller's teasel, Fullerton, full-faced, full faith and credit, full-fashioned

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How to use fuller's earth in a sentence

The questions going through my mind are: How on earth are there Kalashnikovs and rocket launchers in the heart of Paris?
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One is forced to ask, what on earth was Andrew doing hanging out with scantily clad teenagers?
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They carved a refuge out of the wilderness and then, in 200 years, built it into the most powerful nation on earth.
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“A guy drives up in a 2008 Mercedes, brand new,” Harry S. Connelly Jr. says in the video, according to the Times.
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“Personal hotspots can get speeds of up to 60 Mb/s down, whereas hotel Wi-Fi can be as slow as 1.5 Mb/s,” Sesar said.
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The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
The Majesty on high has a colony and a people on earth, which otherwise is under the supremacy of the Evil One.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
All things that are of the earth, shall return to the earth again, and all waters shall return to the sea.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
It was difficult, with the mean appliances of the time, to wring subsistence from the reluctant earth.
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He felt himself the meanest, vilest thing a-crawl upon this sinful earth, and she—dear God!
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British Dictionary definitions for fuller's earth

fuller's earth

noun

a natural absorbent clay used, after heating, for decolorizing oils and fats, fulling cloth, etc

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