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- English Word Fother Definition See Fodder, a unit of weight.
- English Word Fother Definition To stop (a leak in a ship at sea) by drawing under its bottom a thrummed sail, so that the pressure of the water may force it into the crack.
- English Word Fothered Definition of Fother
- English Word Fothering Definition of Fother
- English Word Fotive Definition Nourishing.
- English Word Fotmal Definition Seventy pounds of lead.
- English Word Fougade Definition Alt. of Fougasse
- English Word Fougasse Definition A small mine, in the form of a well sunk from the surface of the ground, charged with explosive and projectiles. It is made in a position likely to be occupied by the enemy.
- English Word Fought Definition imp. & p. p. of Fight.
- English Word Fought Definition of Fight
- English Word Foughten Definition p. p. of Fight.
- English Word Foul Definition A bird.
- English Word Foul Definition 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.
- English Word Foul Definition Scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words; foul language.
- English Word Foul Definition Hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched.
- English Word Foul Definition Loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease.
- English Word Foul Definition Ugly; homely; poor.
- English Word Foul Definition 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.
- English Word Foul Definition Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play.
- English Word Foul Definition 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.
- English Word Foul Definition To make filthy; to defile; to daub; to dirty; to soil; as, to foul the face or hands with mire.
- English Word Foul Definition To incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in the process of firing.
- English Word Foul Definition To cover (a ship's bottom) with anything that impered its sailing; as, a bottom fouled with barnacles.
- English Word Foul Definition 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.
- English Word Foul Definition To become clogged with burnt powder in the process of firing, as a gun.
- English Word Foul Definition To become entagled, as ropes; to come into collision with something; as, the two boats fouled.
- English Word Foul Definition An entanglement; a collision, as in a boat race.
- English Word Foul Definition See Foul ball, under Foul, a.
- English Word Foul-mouthed Definition Using language scurrilous, opprobrious, obscene, or profane; abusive.
- English Word Foul-spoken Definition Using profane, scurrilous, slanderous, or obscene language.