Fouling

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

  Foul \Foul\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fouled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Fouling}.]
     1. To make filthy; to defile; to daub; to dirty; to soil; as,
        to foul the face or hands with mire.
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     2. (Mil.) To incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in
        the process of firing.
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     3. To cover (a ship's bottom) with anything that impered its
        sailing; as, a bottom fouled with barnacles.
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     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.
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