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单词 fouling
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foulingn.

Brit. /ˈfaʊlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfaʊlɪŋ/
Forms: see foul v.1 and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: foul v.1, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < foul v.1 + -ing suffix1. In branch II. perhaps associated with -ing suffix3 or -ling suffix1.With sense 1c compare slightly later foul v.1 3b. With sense 2 compare earlier foul n. 4. With sense 3 compare earlier foul n. 5.
I. The action of foul v.1, and related senses.
1.
a. The action of making something dirty, polluted, or disfigured; the process of becoming encrusted or clogged up with dirt. Also figurative (esp. in early use), typically with reference to moral or spiritual corruption (cf. foul v.1 5a).Now frequently in dog fouling n. at dog n.1 Compounds 3a.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [noun]
rusteOE
vice1297
corrumpciona1340
infectiona1398
corruptiona1400
foulinga1400
viciousness1440
inquination1447
turpitude1490
intoxicationa1513
pravitya1513
bracery1540
insincerity1548
corruptness1561
sophistication1564
faultiness1571
depravation1577
base-mindedness1582
mangling1585
reprobacy1591
uninnocence1593
vitiosity1603
turkessing1612
reprobancea1616
debauchedness1618
tortuosity1621
depravedness1623
deboistness1628
debauchness1640
depravity1646
corruptedness1648
moral turpitude1660
unprincipledness1792
demoralization1797
erosion1804
miscreancy1804
trituration1832
unwholesomeness1881
ne'er-do-wellism1891
a1400 Nature of Women (Egerton 827) f. 30v, in Middle Eng. Dict. (at cited word) Tho partees mosten be wypyd and waschen and anoyntyd with swete oyle and aftyrward bounden with softe lyncloth for foulyng of the clothis about here.
?c1430 (?1382) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 514 Þe gospel oweþ to be kept, wiþouten ony foulinge, of alle Cristene men.
a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 40 (MED) The beme of the sonne thirleth the glas withoute any fowlynge of the glas.
1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre i. xxiii. 35 Where Bathsheba's washing of her bodie occasioned the fouling of her soul.
1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 80 As to its fouling, it fouls nothing near so soon as a Wood-sheathing.
1744 B. Franklin Acct. Pennsylvanian Fire-places 26 It prevents the Fouling of Chimneys.
1874 Chelmsford Chron. 26 June 8/4 The principal features are no recoil, smokeless,..and no fouling of the gun.
1947 Derby Evening Tel. 25 Aug. 3/4 [The] wretched condition of Derby streets owing to fouling by dogs.
2018 Western Morning News (Nexis) 2 Mar. The National Trust is to join the GB Spring-Clean campaign. Predominantly, it will be concerned with jetsam and fouling of our beaches by visitors.
b. A deposit of dirt or filth; (in later use) esp. one clogging or obstructing a gun's firing mechanism.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > [noun]
gorec725
horeeOE
filthOE
foulnessOE
dirta1300
gallc1400
ordurec1400
foulinga1425
harlotry1439
muck1440
noisance1473
horeness1495
vileness1495
naughtiness1533
vility1540
bawdiness1552
vildness1597
snottery1598
soilage1598
sordidity1600
soil?1605
sluttery1607
nastiness1611
bawdry1648
sords1653
crott1657
feculence1662
nast1789
clart1808
schmutz1838
crap1925
grunge1965
gunge1969
grot1971
spooge1987
a1425 (c1384) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) (1850) Ezek. xxiv. 11 That..the foulynge therof be wellid to gidre in the mydil therof.
1882 J. H. Walsh Mod. Sportsman's Gun I. 382 The chamber where the fouling collects.
1891 Daily News 23 Oct. 5/8 A rousing flood..will effectually cleanse out this fouling.
2016 AmmoLand.com (Nexis) 13 Jan. This tool quickly and easily cleans carbon build-up, fouling and excess oil from the vent hole.
c. The contamination of a submerged structure, esp. the hull of a ship, by the accumulation or growth of living organisms on its surfaces. Also: a deposit of such organisms. Cf. biofouling n.
ΚΠ
1841 R. Mallet in Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1840 246 One of their [sc. paints and preservative varnishes] most important uses will probably be found in their application, in union with substances poisonous to animal and vegetable life, to the bottoms of iron ships, to prevent the ‘fouling’ produced by their accumulation.
1929 J. P. Visscher in Bull. U.S. Bureau Fisheries 43 ii. 209 By analyzing the data in this table regarding the extent of fouling we find that 87 per cent of all ships were fouled to some extent.
1992 Sci. Progress 76 170 Although modern instrumentation is electronically very reliable, often the sensors are fragile, their calibration may..jump due to marine fouling.
2020 Northland Age (N.Z.) (Nexis) 3 Nov. a4 Marine pests can hitchhike and hide within boat fouling, so preventing the movement of affected vessels is the best way to stop the spread of marine invaders.
2. Originally Nautical: the action of colliding or becoming entangled with a vessel, an obstacle floating in the water, etc.; (also) the entangling of lines, cables, nets, etc. Later also more generally: the action of causing something to be obstructed, encumbered, or jammed.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > colliding with something
foul1841
fouling1860
1860 ‘Vanderdecken’ Yarns for Green Hands viii. 116 That first flag-mark must be taken a full length before any of them. All eyes look sharp now to avoid fouling.
1871 Railway Times 13 May 452/2 The occupation of the main line, or the fouling of the main line, is done in the shortest possible time, whether it is a junction or a through crossing.
1903 Courier & Argus (Dundee) 16 Nov. 5/2 Local solicitors have no fewer than forty claims pending arising through collisions, fouling of nets, and salvage services rendered.
1938 Federal Suppl. (U.S.) 20 531/1 The parting of the hawser and the fouling of the buoy was an independent act of negligence.
1965 Basic Helicopter Handbk. (U.S. Federal Aviation Agency) x. 69/1 Make sure any object placed in the cockpit of a helicopter is secured to prevent fouling of the controls.
1992 N.Y. Times 9 Aug. i. 46/3 Other clammers..told of frequent fouling of their fishing gear by broken and shifting submarine cables.
3. Sport. The action of infringing the rules of the game or event, esp. of committing a foul against an opponent.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of play, actions, or postures > [noun] > foul play
foul play1553
foul1849
hippodroming1864
fouling1866
roughing1866
misplay1867
obstruction1923
sandbagging1940
no-throw1959
1866 ‘Argonaut’ Arts Rowing & Training 146 This renders the umpire absolute, and allows a committee no power whatever to re-open questions of fouling.
1896 Macon (Georgia) Tel. 16 Aug. 6/2 Cooper started the fouling by trying to push Bald off the pole with his hand.
1960 Daily Tel. 3 Nov. 9/7 As Baker, Charlton..and Fantham began to unsettle them, the Italians began their fouling.
2021 Sunday Times (Scotland ed. 1) (Nexis) 3 Jan. (Sport section) 13 They probably should have got a penalty try given the persistent fouling by Ulster inside their 22 in the closing stages.
II. Other uses.
4. A wicked or immoral person. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > wretch > [noun]
argha1275
mixa1300
caitiffc1325
crachouna1400
crathona1400
wretcheda1425
fouling?a1475
meschant1490
miscredent?a1500
ketterela1572
miscreant1590
scroyle1602
frummer1659
fustya1732
ramscallion1734
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptible > contemptible person
wormc825
wretchOE
thingOE
hinderlingc1175
harlot?c1225
mixa1300
villain1303
whelpc1330
wonnera1340
bismera1400
vilec1400
beasta1425
creaturec1450
dog bolt1465
fouling?a1475
drivel1478
shit1508
marmoset1523
mammeta1529
pilgarlica1529
pode1528
slave1537
slim1548
skit-brains?1553
grasshopper1556
scavenger1563
old boss1566
rag1566
shrub1566
ketterela1572
shake-rag1571
skybala1572
mumpsimus1573
smatchetc1582
squib1586
scabship1589
vassal1589
baboon1592
Gibraltar1593
polecat1593
mushroom1594
nodc1595
cittern-head1598
nit1598
stockfish1598
cum-twang1599
dish-wash1599
pettitoe1599
mustard-token1600
viliaco1600
cargo1602
stump1602
snotty-nose1604
sprat1605
wormling1605
brock1607
dogfly?1611
shag-rag1611
shack-rag1612
thrum1612
rabbita1616
fitchock1616
unworthy1616
baseling1618
shag1620
glow-worm1624
snip1633
the son of a worm1633
grousea1637
shab1637
wormship1648
muckworm1649
whiffler1659
prig1679
rotten egg1686
prigster1688
begged fool1693
hang-dog1693
bugger1694
reptile1697
squinny1716
snool1718
ramscallion1734
footer1748
jackass1756
hallion1789
skite1790
rattlesnake1791
snot1809
mudworm1814
skunk1816
stirrah1816
spalpeen1817
nyaff1825
skin1825
weed1825
tiger1827
beggar1834
despicability1837
squirt1844
prawn1845
shake1846
white mouse1846
scurf1851
sweep1853
cockroach1856
bummer1857
medlar1859
cunt1860
shuck1862
missing link1863
schweinhund1871
creepa1876
bum1882
trashbag1886
tinhorn1887
snot-rag1888
rodent1889
whelpling1889
pie eatera1891
mess1891
schmuck1892
fucker1893
cheapskate1894
cocksucker1894
gutter-bird1896
perisher1896
skate1896
schmendrick1897
nyamps1900
ullage1901
fink1903
onion1904
punk1904
shitepoke1905
tinhorn sport1906
streeler1907
zob1911
stink1916
motherfucker1918
Oscar1918
shitass1918
shit-face1923
tripe-hound1923
gimp1924
garbage can1925
twerp1925
jughead1926
mong1926
fuck?1927
arsehole1928
dirty dog1928
gazook1928
muzzler1928
roach1929
shite1929
mook1930
lug1931
slug1931
woodchuck1931
crud1932
dip1932
bohunkus1933
lint-head1933
Nimrod1933
warb1933
fuck-piga1935
owl-hoot1934
pissant1935
poot1935
shmegegge1937
motheree1938
motorcycle1938
squiff1939
pendejo1940
snotnose1941
jerkface1942
slag1943
yuck1943
fuckface?1945
fuckhead?1945
shit-head1945
shite-hawk1948
schlub1950
asswipe1953
mother1955
weenie1956
hard-on1958
rass hole1959
schmucko1959
bitch ass1961
effer1961
lamer1961
arsewipe1962
asshole1962
butthole1962
cock1962
dipshit1963
motherfuck1964
dork1965
bumhole1967
mofo1967
tosspot1967
crudball1968
dipstick1968
douche1968
frickface1968
schlong1968
fuckwit1969
rassclaat1969
ass1970
wank1970
fecker1971
wanker1971
butt-fucker1972
slimeball1972
bloodclaat1973
fuckwad1974
mutha1974
suck1974
cocksuck1977
tosser1977
plank1981
sleazebag1981
spastic1981
dweeb1982
bumboclaat1983
dickwad1983
scuzzbag1983
sleazeball1983
butt-face1984
dickweed1984
saddie1985
butt plug1986
jerkweed1988
dick-sucker1989
microcephalic1989
wankstain1990
sadster1992
buttmunch1993
fanny1995
jackhole1996
fassyhole1997
fannybaws2000
fassy2002
?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 286 Spek, I say, þou foulyng.

Compounds

fouling mark n. South Asian Railways a sign or notice indicating the point at which the distance between two converging railway lines falls below the minimum required to avoid collision or obstruction (cf. sense 2).
ΚΠ
1900 Indian Engin. 30 June 404/2 The starter should be at the fouling mark of the main points.
2016 @vadakkus 5 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 3 Mar. 2021) The facing train on the joining track seems to have gone beyond the fouling mark. Driver lapse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

foulingadj.

Brit. /ˈfaʊlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfaʊlɪŋ/
Forms: see foul v.1 and -ing suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: foul v.1, -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < foul v.1 + -ing suffix2.
1. Covered or encrusted in dirt; very dirty, filthy. Cf. foul v.1 1. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 229 [Inculta criniculorum caesarie et neglegenter] squalente [capillatura] : fuliendum.
OE Bede Glosses (Copenhagen Gl. Kgl. Sam. 2034) in H. D. Meritt Old Eng. Glosses (1945) 20/2 Squalens : fuliende.
2.
a. That makes something very dirty, disgusting, or impure; (also) that clogs or obstructs something.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > full to obstruction > filling to obstruction
fouling1896
1860 Leeds Mercury 18 Feb. 7/6 When the breech-piece is unscrewed and swung aside the case is withdrawn, and with it the fouling deposits left by the explosion of the powder.
1896 Daily Chron. 23 Mar. 3/2 Ridding our soot-charged passages of the fouling stuff.
1912 Times 11 Nov. 14/3 When spread it acts as a top dressing, and its fouling influence disappears quickly.
2014 Lancs. Tel. (Nexis) 30 Oct. (headline) Hyndburn's first ‘doggy detective’ reports owner of fouling dog.
b. That accumulates or grows on the surface of a submerged structure, esp. the hull of a ship.
ΚΠ
1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 778/2 The electric towing log..will be exposed to the danger of fouling seaweed, etc., as other towing logs are.
1942 National Geographic Mag. June 728/2 Ships-of-the-line were hauled over on their side, and the barnacles and other fouling growths were scraped from their bottoms.
2019 Observer (Gladstone, Queensland) (Nexis) 5 Oct. 9 Small plates attached to the frames provide a surface for marine ‘fouling’ organisms to settle and grow so that their DNA can be tested and analysed.
3. Sport. That commits a foul; that fouls an opponent.Originally, and most commonly, U.S. in basketball contexts.
ΚΠ
1912 Evening Independent (Massillon, Ohio) 24 Feb. (Last ed.) 8/2 Frequently he did not know to which team the fouling player belonged.
1922 Washington Post 31 Oct. 12/6 The ball will be taken from the fouling team and given to the other team.
2018 Tel. Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) (Nexis) 27 June b1 The much fussed over human walls that emerge in soccer are hard to miss. They occur on fouls outside the fouling team's penalty box but near that team's goal.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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