What is ugly; homely; poor. [Obs.] Chaucer. Let us, like merchants, show our foulest wares. Shak called?
foul — Ugly; homely; poor. [Obs.] Chaucer. Let us, like merchants, show our foulest wares. Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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