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n. pl.; sing. Fulah, Foolah /sing>. (Ethnol.) A peculiar African race of uncertain origin, but distinct from the negro tribes, inhabiting an extensive region of Western Soudan. Their color is brown or yellowish bronze. They are Muslims. Called also Fellatahs, Foulahs, and Fellani. Fulah and Fulani are also used adjectively; as, Fulah or Fulani empire, tribes, language. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Ethnol.) Same as Fulahs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fulcire to prop. ] Capable of being propped up. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fulcimentum, fr. fulcire to prop. ] A prop; a fulcrum. [ Obs. ] Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. See Fulcrum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Fulcrum. ] 1. (Bot.) Propped; supported by accessory organs. [ R. ] Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Furnished with fulcrums. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. L. Fulcra E. Fulcrums [ L., bedpost, fr. fulcire to prop. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A prop or support. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mech.) That by which a lever is sustained, or about which it turns in lifting or moving a body. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) An accessory organ such as a tendril, stipule, spine, and the like. [ R. ] Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) (a) The horny inferior surface of the lingua of certain insects. (b) One of the small, spiniform scales found on the front edge of the dorsal and caudal fins of many ganoid fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Anat.) The connective tissue supporting the framework of the retina of the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fulfilled p. pr. & vb. n. Fulfilling. ] [ OE. fulfillen, fulfullen, AS. fulfyllan; ful full + fyllan to fill. See Full, a., and Fill, v. t. ] [ Written also fulfil. ] 1. To fill up; to make full or complete. [ Obs. ] “Fulfill her week” Gen. xxix. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

Suffer thou that the children be fulfilled first, for it is not good to take the bread of children and give to hounds. Wyclif (Mark vii. 27). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To accomplish or carry into effect, as an intention, promise, or prophecy, a desire, prayer, or requirement, etc.; to complete by performance; to answer the requisitions of; to bring to pass, as a purpose or design; to effectuate. [ 1913 Webster ]

He will, fulfill the desire of them fear him. Ps. cxlv. 199. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here Nature seems fulfilled in all her ends. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Servants must their masters' minds fulfill. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]