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Foist
Pronunciation : Foist (foist)
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OF. fuste stick, boat, fr. L. fustis cudgel. Cf. 1st Fust.]
Definition : Defn: A light and fast-sailing ship. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Foist
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. OD. vysten to fizzle, D. veesten, E. fizz, fitchet, bullfist.]
Definition : Defn: To insert surreptitiously, wrongfully, or without warrant; to interpolate; to pass off (something spurious or counterfeit) as genuine, true, or worthy; -- usually followed by in. Lest negligence or partiality might admit or fois in abuses corruption. R. Carew. When a scripture has been corrupted . . . by a supposititious foisting of some words in. South.
t. [imp. & p. p. Foisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Foisting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Foist
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. A foister; a sharper. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
2. A trick or fraud; a swindle. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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