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† deˈfouling, deˈfoiling, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. defoul v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb defoul: a. Trampling down; b. Violation, deflowering; c. Defiling, pollution, defilement; d. Disfigurement.
c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 200 No defoulynge þerof may askape unpeyned. 1382― 2 Sam. xxii. 5 There han envyround me the defoulyngis of deeth. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. cxxiii. (1495) 685 Defoyllyng of pytche is vneth taken awaye from clothe. 14..Prose Legends in Anglia VIII. 158 Made dule for defoylinge of chirches. 1440J. Shirley Dethe K. James (1818) 5 Yn dispusellyng and defowlyng of yong madyns. a1450Knt. de la Tour 23 That defoulyng of her uisage. 1483Cath. Angl. 94 A Defowlynge, conculcacio, pollucio, etc. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 124 For the defoulling of his dochter deir. 1548Hall Chron. 247 b, The bytyng of her tethe..defoulynge of her tayle. |