Smith's Bible Dictionary

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FULLER

The trade of the fullers, so far as it is mentioned in Scripture, appears to have consisted chiefly in cleansing garments and whitening them. The process of fulling or cleansing...

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FULLERS FIELD, THE

a spot near Jerusalem, (2 Kings 8:17; Isaiah 7:3; 36:2) so close to the walls that a person speaking from there could be heard on them. (2 Kings 18:17,26) One resort of the full...

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FUNERALS

[BURIAL, SEPULCHRES]

58

FURLONG

[WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND MEASURES]

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FURNACE

Various kinds of furnaces are noticed in the Bible, such as a smelting or calcining furnace, (Genesis 19:28; Exodus 9:8,10; 19:18) especially a lime-kiln, (Isaiah 33:12; Amos 2:...