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Bible Dictionaries
Foul
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) See Foul ball, under Foul, a.
(2):
(superl.) Scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words; foul language.
(3):
(v. t.) To make filthy; to defile; to daub; to dirty; to soil; as, to foul the face or hands with mire.
(4):
(superl.) Having freedom of motion interfered with by collision or entanglement; entangled; - opposed to clear; as, a rope or cable may get foul while paying it out.
(5):
(n.) A bird.
(6):
(superl.) Hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched.
(7):
(superl.) Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play.
(8):
(n.) An entanglement; a collision, as in a boat race.
(9):
(superl.) Not favorable; unpropitious; not fair or advantageous; as, a foul wind; a foul road; cloudy or rainy; stormy; not fair; - said of the weather, sky, etc.
(10):
(v. i.) To become entagled, as ropes; to come into collision with something; as, the two boats fouled.
(11):
(v. i.) To become clogged with burnt powder in the process of firing, as a gun.
(12):
(v. t.) 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.
(13):
(v. t.) To cover (a ship's bottom) with anything that impered its sailing; as, a bottom fouled with barnacles.
(14):
(v. t.) To incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in the process of firing.
(15):
(superl.) Loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease.
(16):
(superl.) Ugly; homely; poor.
(17):
(superl.) Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; defiled; as, a foul cloth; foul hands; a foul chimney; foul air; a ship's bottom is foul when overgrown with barnacles; a gun becomes foul from repeated firing; a well is foul with polluted water.
(18):
(n.) In various games or sports, an act done contrary to the rules; a foul stroke, hit, play, or the like.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Foul'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/f/foul.html. 1828.
