Obs. rare1. [f. FOUL v.1 + -AGE.] Defilement, dirt. In quot. fig.

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a. 1603.  T. Cartwright, Confut. Rhem. N. T. (1618), 457. Unlesse it be made fruitfull by the sweet shower of the grace and mercy of God, and not by the filthy foulage and dung of mans merit. Ibid., Pref. p. xxx. Fowlage [printed fowtage].

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