Chapter Fortunize to Foul of F by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

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. — Tofall, 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.