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verb

Foul v. t. (past & past part. fouled; pres. part. fouling)

1.

To make filthy; to defile; to daub; to dirty; to soil; as, to foul the face or hands with mire.

2.

(Mil.) To incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in the process of firing.

3.

To cover (a ship's bottom) with anything that impered its sailing; as, a bottom fouled with barnacles.

4.

To entangle, so as to impede motion; as, to foul a rope or cable in paying it out; to come into collision with; as, one boat fouled the other in a race.

Foul v. i.

1.

To become clogged with burnt powder in the process of firing, as a gun.

2.

To become entagled, as ropes; to come into collision with something; as, the two boats fouled.

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Etymology of 'Fouled'

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"Fouled" Quotes from Famous Books

... would be bribery in folio! How would mortals stare at such a present as this to the son of a fallen minister! I believe half of it would reinstate us again though the vast box of essences would not half sweeten the treasury after the dirty wretches that have fouled it since. ...

— The Letters of Horace Walpole, Volume 1 • Horace Walpole

... "Fouled me," he said. "Filthy lot, anyhow. Wonder they didn't walk on me when I was down." He turned to the grounds-keeper, who had come up. "You ought to know better than to let those fellows cut up this turf," he said angrily. "What're you ...

— A Poor Wise Man • Mary Roberts Rinehart

... may here be distinctly laid down. As a child's breath becomes hot and feverish, or strong, or acid, we may be certain that "digestion and surfeit have fouled and disturbed the blood; and now is the time to apply a proper remedy, and prevent a train of impending evils. Let the child be restrained in its food. Let it eat less, live upon milk or thin broth for a day or two, and be carried (or ...

— The Young Mother - Management of Children in Regard to Health • William A. Alcott

... Stevens, and bringing them forth from that pestilential hole next door, he convoyed them in to stay overnight with us. They told us that by now the air in the improvised prison was absolutely suffocating, what with the closeness, the fouled straw, the stale food and the proximity of so many dirty human bodies all ...

— Paths of Glory - Impressions of War Written At and Near the Front • Irvin S. Cobb

... about, and steer round the islet, on the other side of which he fully expected to find the pirate. But time was lost in attempting to do this, in consequence of the wreck of the mizzen-mast having fouled the rudder. When the Talisman at last got under way, and rounded the outside point of the islet, no vessel of any kind was to ...

— Gascoyne, The Sandal Wood Trader - A Tale of the Pacific • R. M. Ballantyne

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