a fuller ; a WALK-MILL, a fulling mill : a Belg. WALCHER, fullo; hoc ii verb. Belg. WALCHEN ; Ital. GUALCARE, pannos, premere, calcare ; Teut, WALCKEN, pannum polire ; all probably from the Latin CALCARE. Skinner.
·vt A fuller of cloth. II. Walker ·noun One who walks; a pedestrian. III. Walker ·noun That with w...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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