outside of the lines of his position. — To fall foul, to fall out; to quarrel. [Obs.] "If they be any ways
offended, they fall foul." Burton. — To fall, or run, foul of. See under Fall. — To make foul
water, to sail in such shallow water that the ship's keel stirs the mud at the bottom.
Foul
(Foul) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fouled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Fouling.]
1. To make filthy; to defile; to daub; to dirty; to soil; as, to foul the face or hands with mire.
2. (Mil.) To incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in the process of firing.
3. To cover (a ship's bottom) with anything that impered its sailing; as, a bottom fouled with barnacles.
4. 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.
Foul
(Foul), v. i.
1. To become clogged with burnt powder in the process of firing, as a gun.
2. To become entagled, as ropes; to come into collision with something; as, the two boats fouled.
Foul
(Foul), n.
1. An entanglement; a collision, as in a boat race.
2. (Baseball) See Foul ball, under Foul, a.