"fulling" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Middle English fulling, fullynge, from fullen, fulwen (“to baptise”), equivalent to full + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fulling}} Middle English fulling, {{suffix|en|full|ing}} full + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} fulling (uncountable)
  1. Baptism. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-fulling-en-noun-HEBtH2PS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: fullings [plural]
Etymology: From full + -ing. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|full|-ing|text=+|tree=1}} From full + -ing. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fulling (countable and uncountable, plural fullings)
  1. The process of cloth being fulled. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fulling-en-noun-pNPSiOd9 Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 9 83 9 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 8 80 11 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 8 72 19 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 8 84 8 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 91 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 13 74 13 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 24 70 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 82 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 84 4 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 19 77 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Etymology: From full + -ing. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|full|-ing|text=+|tree=1}} From full + -ing. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} fulling
  1. present participle and gerund of full Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: full
    Sense id: en-fulling-en-verb-43l938kY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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