adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + foul. ] In collision; entangled. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]
To run afoul of,
The second day of November; a feast day of the Roman Catholic church, on which supplications are made for the souls of the faithful dead. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
v. t.
adj. made disgustingly dirty.
adj. having unusually large shoulders.
n. A curved handle. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From
n. [ F. boulangisme. ] The spirit or principles of a French political movement identified with Gen. Georges Boulanger (d. 1891), whose militarism and advocacy of revenge on Germany attracted to him a miscellaneous party of monarchists and Republican malcontents. --
n. Same as Bowlder. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bowlder clay,
Bowlder wall,
adj. abounding in large rocks or stones;
a. Characterized by bowlders. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ]
‖n. [ F. boulevard, boulevart, fr. G. bollwerk. See Bulwark. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. ] A frequenter of a city boulevard, esp. in Paris. F. Harrison. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
‖n. [ F., fr. bouleverser to overthrow. ] Complete overthrow; disorder; a turning upside down. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Corrupted form Bolt. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] A long, stout fishing line to which many hooks are attached. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. same as big-shouldered.
n. [ Obs. ] See Jowl. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. See Choltry. [ 1913 Webster ]
imp.
‖n. [ F. coulée, fr. couler to run or flow. ] A stream; (Geol.) a stream of lava. Also, in the Western United States, the bed of a stream, even if dry, when deep and having inclined sides; distinguished from a cañon, which has precipitous sides. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. ]
‖n. [ F., fr. couler to flow, glide. ]
n.
‖n. [ F., a strainer. ]
‖n. [ From Coulomb, a French physicist and electrican. ] (Physics) The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the quantity transferred by one ampère in one second. Formerly called
(Elec.) Any instrument by which electricity can be measured in coulombs. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
(Physics) The law that the force exerted between two electric or magnetic charges is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely to the square of the distance between them. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. Same as Colter. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) The puffin. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., prop., a dropping. ] (Hort.) A disease affecting grapes, esp. in California, manifested by the premature dropping of the fruit. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
v. t. [ See Defile, v. t. ]
‖n. [ Prob. of Arabic or Bedouin origin. ] (Zool.) A special breed of the dromedary used for rapid traveling; the swift camel; -- called also
n. [ Gr.
‖n. (Zool.) A small, nocturnal, South American monkey of the genus
‖ [ F. ] (Bot.) A variety of pear of large size and excellent flavor. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. en- + OF. fouldre, foldre, lightning, F. foudre, L. fulgur. ] Mixed with, or emitting, lightning. [ Obs. ] “With foul enfouldred smoke.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Her.) Partly swallowed; disappearing in the jaws of anything;
‖a. [ F., p. p. of engouler to swallow up; pref. en- (L. in) + gueule mouth. ] (Her.) Same as Engouled. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To indue or imbue (a body) with soul. [ R. ] Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Fowl. ] A bird. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
My face is foul with weeping. Job. xvi. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]
Who first seduced them to that foul revolt? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let us, like merchants, show our foulest wares. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
So foul a sky clears not without a storm. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Foul anchor. (Naut.)
Foul ball (Baseball),
Foul ball lines (Baseball),
Foul berth (Naut.),
Foul bill,
Foul bill of health
Foul copy,
Foul proof,
Foul strike (Baseball),
To fall foul,
To fall foul of
To run foul of
To make foul water,
v. t.
v. i.