Fotmal
(Fot"mal) n. (Com.) Seventy pounds of lead.
Fougade
(||Fou`gade" ||Fou`gasse") , n. (Mil.) 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.
Fought
(Fought) imp. & p. p. of Fight.
Foughten
(Fought"en) p. p. of Fight. [Archaic]
Foul
(Foul) n. [See Fowl.] A bird. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Foul
(Foul) a. [Compar. Fouler (-er); superl. Foulest.] [OE. foul, ful, AS. ful; akin to D. vuil, G. faul
rotten, OHG. ful, Icel. ful foul, fetid; Dan. fuul, Sw. ful foul, Goth. fuls fetid, Lith. puti to be putrid,
L. putere to stink, be putrid, pus pus, Gr. py`on pus, to cause to rot, Skr. puy to stink. &radic82. 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.
Foul anchor.
(Naut.) See under Anchor. — Foul ball (Baseball), a ball that first strikes the ground
outside of the foul ball lines, or rolls outside of certain limits. — Foul ball lines (Baseball), lines from
the home base, through the first and third bases, to the boundary of the field. — Foul berth (Naut.),
a berth in which a ship is in danger of fouling another vesel. — Foul bill, or Foul bill of health, a
certificate, duly authenticated, that a ship has come from a place where a contagious disorder prevails,
or that some of the crew are infected. — Foul copy, a rough draught, with erasures and corrections; —
opposed to fair or clean copy. "Some writers boast of negligence, and others would be ashamed to
show their foul copies." Cowper. — Foul proof, an uncorrected proof; a proof containing an excessive
quantity of errors. — Foul strike (Baseball), a strike by the batsman when any part of his person is