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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Foist \Foist\ (foist), n. [OF. fuste stick, boat, fr L. fustis cudgel. Cf 1st {Fust}.] A light and fast-sailing ship. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Foist \Foist\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foisted}; p. pr & vb n. {Foisting}.] [Cf. OD vysten to fizzle, D. veesten E. fizz, fitchet, bullfist.] 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 foist in abuses and corruption. --R. Carew. When a scripture has been corrupted . . . by a supposititious foisting of some words in --South. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Foist \Foist\, n. 1. A foister; a sharper. [Obs.] --B. Jonson 2. A trick or fraud; a swindle. [Obs.] --B. Jonson From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: foist v 1: to force onto another; "He foisted his work on me" 2: insert surreptitiously or without warrant
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