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Webster 1913 Edition

Foist

Foist

(foist)
,
Noun.
[OF.
fuste
stick, boat, fr. L.
fustis
cudgel. Cf. 1st
Fust
.]
A light and fast-sailing ship.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.

Foist

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Foisted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Foisting
.]
[Cf. OD.
vysten
to fizzle, D.
veesten
, E.
fizz
,
fitchet
, bull
fist
.]
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.

Foist

,
Noun.
1.
A foister; a sharper.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.
2.
A trick or fraud; a swindle.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Foist

FOIST

,
Verb.
T.
To insert surreptitiously, wrongfully, or without warrant.
Lest negligence or partiality might admit or foist in abuses and corruption.

FOIST

,
Noun.
A light and fast sailing ship. Obs.

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