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Unfoul

//ʌnˈfaʊl// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not foul; fair.
Verb
  1. 1
    To free (something snagged or fouled). transitive

    "‘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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From un- + foul.

Etymology 2

From un- + foul.

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