unfoul

verb
/ʌnˈfaʊl/

Etymology

From un- + foul.

  1. derived from *puH- — “foul, rotten
  2. inherited from *fūlaz — “foul, rotten
  3. inherited from *fūl
  4. inherited from fūl — “foul, dirty, unclean, impure, vile, corrupt, rotten, stinking, guilty
  5. inherited from ffoul
  6. prefixed as unfoul — “un + foul

Definitions

  1. To free (something snagged or fouled).

    • ‘We've lost quite a few men,’ the old man says as he energetically unfouls his rifle and carefully loads it with black powder that he extracts from a horn.
    • How one repairs a broken sled, the quickest way to unfoul the dog lines, how to prevent the dogs from tangling the lines after stops, and so on.
  2. Not foul

    Not foul; fair.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA