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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. My face is foul with weeping. --Job. xvi. 16. 2. Scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as foul words foul language. 3. Hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched. ``The foul with Sycorax.'' --Shak. Who first seduced them to that foul revolt? --Milton. 4. Loathsome; disgusting; as a foul disease. 5. Ugly; homely; poor. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Let us like merchants, show our foulest wares. --Shak. 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 So foul a sky clears not without a storm. --Shak. 7. Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as foul play. 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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