In England, there are some “fulling mills” around thecountry. What is a “fulling mill”, and what is “fulling”?The process of fulling seems to have been known to thePersians at least as far back as the 10th century, and thefirst fulling mill in England which was recorded was in1117, the 12th.
       Fulling is a process to make a woolen cloth scoured,clean and thick. In some places, the process was called as“tucking” and in Scotland it was known as “waulking”.That’s where the surnames of Fuller, Tucker and Walkercome from.
      The process starts by cleaning the wool of dirt and oil. Inold times, people used urine to clean the oil on the wool.You will be happy to learn that people use soaps insteadof urine today.
      Today, new and more convenient clothing have beeninvented, and the need for fulling drop sharply. Manymills have been already changed into corn mills.

process 過程 woolen 羊毛的 scour 沖刷 surname 姓invent 發明 urine 尿
【題組】32.Which of the following surname is not from theprocess “fulling”?
(A) Tucker
(B) Fuller
(C) Walker
(D) Urine