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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Foul \Foul\ (foul), a. [Compar. Fouler (-[~e]r); superl.
     {Foulest}.] [OE. foul, ful, AS. f[=u]l; akin to D. vuil, G.
     faul rotten, OHG. f[=u]l, Icel. f[=u]l foul, fetid; Dan.
     fuul, Sw. ful foul, Goth. f[=u]ls fetid, Lith. puti to be
     putrid, L. putere to stink, be putrid, pus pus, Gr. py`on
     pus, to cause to rot, Skr. p[=u]y to stink. [root]82. Cf.


     {Defile} to foul, {File} to foul, {Filth}, {Pus}, {Putrid}.]
     1. 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.
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              My face is foul with weeping.         --Job. xvi.
                                                    16.
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     2. Scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words;
        foul language.
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     3. Hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched. "The foul
        with Sycorax." --Shak.
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              Who first seduced them to that foul revolt?
                                                    --Milton.
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     4. Loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease.
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     5. Ugly; homely; poor. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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              Let us, like merchants, show our foulest wares.
                                                    --Shak.
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     6. 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.
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              So foul a sky clears not without a storm. --Shak.
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     7. Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a
        game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest;
        dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play.
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     8. 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.
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     {Foul anchor}. (Naut.) See under {Anchor}.
  
     {Foul ball} (Baseball), a ball that first strikes the ground
        outside of the foul ball lines, or rolls outside of
        certain limits.
  
     {Foul ball lines} (Baseball), lines from the home base,
        through the first and third bases, to the boundary of the
        field.
  
     {Foul berth} (Naut.), a berth in which a ship is in danger of
        fouling another vesel.
  
     {Foul bill}, or {Foul bill of health}, a certificate, duly
        authenticated, that a ship has come from a place where a
        contagious disorder prevails, or that some of the crew are
        infected.
  
     {Foul copy}, a rough draught, with erasures and corrections;
        -- opposed to fair or clean copy. "Some writers boast of
        negligence, and others would be ashamed to show their foul
        copies." --Cowper.
  
     {Foul proof}, an uncorrected proof; a proof containing an
        excessive quantity of errors.
  
     {Foul strike} (Baseball), a strike by the batsman when any
        part of his person is outside of the lines of his
        position.
  
     {To fall foul}, to fall out; to quarrel. [Obs.] "If they be
        any ways offended, they fall foul." --Burton.
  
     {To fall foul of} or {To run foul of}. See under {Fall}.
  
     {To make foul water}, to sail in such shallow water that the
        ship's keel stirs the mud at the bottom.
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