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     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 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.