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foul 1. Nautical (of the bottom of a vessel) covered with barnacles and other growth that slow forward motion 2. Sport a. a violation of the rules b. (as modifier): a foul shot How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Your anchor must drop from the bow of your ship with no turn of cable on any of its limbs, else you would be riding to a foul anchor. Because it was summer, when it is so beautiful out in the fields, the little town presented a particularly dismal appearance with its broken roofs and fences, its foul streets, tattered inhabitants, and the sick and drunken soldiers wandering about. As a matter of fact, the mob was playing in exceedingly foul fashion. |
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