foul anchor

An anchor having the cable twisted round the stock or one of the flukes. foul-ball, s . Base-ball: A ball that is batted so as to fall outside the base lines-i. e., lines drawn between the home and first, and the home and third bases. foul-copy, s . The first rough draft of any writing, with the alterations, corrections, erasures, .; opposed to a fair or clean copy. foul-fish, s . Fish in the spawning state, or such as have not for the current year made their way down to the sea to purify themselves. foul-proof, 8. Print.: The first proof before the typographical and other errors have been corrected; also applied to a proof with numerous corrections and alterations. foul, *fowle, *ful-en, v. t. & i. [A. S. fúlian; O. H. Ger. fúlen; M. H. Ger. vúlen.] [FOUL, a.] A. Transitive: I. Ordinary Language: 1. To make foul or dirty; to defile, to dirty, to soil. "She fouls her smock more in one hour than the kitchen maid doth in a week."- Swift : Directions to Servants. 2. To disgrace, to shame. " Fouling his infamous life with a low and dishonest defaulting."- Savile: Tacitus; Historie, p. 41. II. Naut . & Boat .: To fall or run foul of; to come into collision with. "In attempting to make the harbor [we] several times fouled the pier."- Guardian , March 2, 1859, p. 195. IMG:content-0082.png:[blocks in formation] spoil the best provisions in cooking." - Felton . *15. Unsound; corrupted; diseased. "You perceive the body of our kingdom, How foul it is." Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt . II . , iii. 1. *16. Difficult; dangerous. "We came down a foul hill."- Shakesp.: Taming of the Shrew, iv. 1. *17. Guilty. "The secund of the afoirsaid thré offenses sall be understuid to be commit tit efter the offendar be anis fund foul of the first offense; and the thrid offense to be takin ane offense to be commit tit efter the offendar be fund foul of the secund offense." -Balfour : Pract ., p. 611. II. Technically : 1. Billiards : Applied to a stroke when the player touches with his cue or any part of his body any ball on the table. "Thus, at billiards, if a player makes a foul stroke and scores, his adversary has the option of not enforcing the penalty."-London Field . 2. Football : Any violation of a rule of the game. 3. Naut .: Entangled; having freedom of motion interfered with by collision or entanglement with anything; as, a rope is foul . chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; *foul-feed-ing, a. [Eng. foul , and feeding .] Eating or living on filthy food. foul-ly, adv. [Eng.foul; -ly.] 1. In a foul, filthy, dirty, or nasty manner or state. 2. Shamefully, disgracefully, scandalously, or wickedly. 3. Unfairly, dishonestly. foul-mouthed, adj . [Eng. foul , and mouthed.] Given to the use of foul, obscene, or scurrilous language; addicted to calumny, scandal, and obscenity; foul-spoken, foul-tongued.