"unfoul" meaning in English

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      "form": "unfouls",
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          "ref": "1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 476:",
          "text": "‘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.",
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          "ref": "2002, David Thomas Murphy, German Exploration of the Polar World: A History, 1870-1940, page 128:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "To free (something snagged or fouled)."
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        "(transitive) To free (something snagged or fouled)."
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        "Not foul; fair."
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