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Foul-mouthed
·adj Using language scurrilous, opprobrious, obscene, or profane; abusive.
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Mouthed
·adj Furnished with a mouth.
II. Mouthed ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Mouth>>.
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Foul
·superl Ugly; homely; poor.
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foul
To foul a plate with a man, to take a dinner with him.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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foul
Generally used in opposition to clear, and implies entangled, embarrassed, or contrary to: as "a shi...
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Bell-mouthed
·adj Expanding at the mouth; as, a bell-mouthed gun.
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Black-mouthed
·adj Using foul or scurrilous language; slanderous.
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Deep-mouthed
·adj Having a loud and sonorous voice.
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Flap-mouthed
·adj Having broad, hangling lips.
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Hard-mouthed
·adj Not sensible to the bit; not easily governed; as, a hard-mouthed horse.
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Honey-mouthed
·adj Soft to sweet in speech; persuasive.
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Hot-mouthed
·adj <<Headstrong>>.
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Loud-mouthed
·adj Having a loud voice; talking or sounding noisily; noisily impudent.
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Meal-mouthed
·adj ·see Mealy-mouthed.
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Mealy-mouthed
·adj Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the tr...
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Open-mouthed
·adj Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous.
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Pouch-mouthed
·adj Having a pouch mouth; blobber-lipped.
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Tut-mouthed
·adj Having a projecting under jaw; prognathous.
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mealy-mouthed
Over-modest or backward in speech.
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sparrow-mouthed
Wide-mouthed, like the mouth of a sparrow: it is said of such persons, that they do not hold their m...
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flopper -mouthed
blubber-lipped. Lane.
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Foul-spoken
·adj Using profane, scurrilous, slanderous, or obscene language.
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foul air
May be generated by circumstances beyond control: decomposing fungi, timber injected with coal tar, ...
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foul anchor
An anchor is said to be foul, or fouled, either when it hooks some impediment under water, or when t...
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foul berth
When a ship anchors in the hawse of another she gives the latter a foul berth; or she may anchor on ...
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foul bill
See bill of health.
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foul bottom
A ship to which sea-weed, shells, or other encumbrances adhere. Also, the bottom of the sea if rocky...
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foul coast
One beset with reefs and breakers, offering dangerous impediments to navigation.
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foul fish
Applied to salmon in the spawning state, or such as have not for the current year made their way to ...
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foul ground
Synonymous with foul bottom.
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foul hawse
When a vessel is riding with two anchors out, and the cables are crossed round each other outside th...
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foul rope
A rope entangled or unfit for immediate use.
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foul weather
That which reduces a ship to snug-sail.
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foul wind
That which prevents a ship from laying her course.
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running foul
A vessel, by accident or bad steerage, falling in contact with another under sail. (See athwart // h...
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foul-weather breeder
A name given to the Gulf Stream from such a volume of warm water occasioning great perturbations in ...
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foul-weather flag
Denotes danger for boats leaving the shore; watermen's fares increase with these signals.
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fall foul of, to
To reprimand severely. (See fall aboard of, to.)
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