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Definition of Foists

Foist
Foist Foist (foist), n. [OF. fuste stick, boat, fr. L. fustis cudgel. Cf. 1st Fust.] A light and fast-sailing ship. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
Foist
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.
Foist
Foist Foist, n. 1. A foister; a sharper. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. 2. A trick or fraud; a swindle. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

Meaning of Foists from wikipedia

- backing vocalist Keith Wallen, guitarist Jasen Rauch, and drummer Shaun Foist. The band afterward released Dark Before Dawn (2015) and Ember (2018), which...
- son of a rich woman Rajarajeswari. When Rajarajeswari learns of this, she foists a false case on her and puts her in jail. It is then that Aarumugam has...
- Title Directed by Story by Original air date U.S. viewers (millions) 81 1 "Foisted!" Jeff **** Larry David & Jeff **** October 1, 2017 (2017-10-01)...
- The fusta or fuste (also called foist) was a narrow, light and fast ship with shallow draft, powered by both oars and sail—in essence a small galley....
- Australian women's rights were lampooned in this 1887 Melbourne Punch cartoon: A hypothetical female member foists her baby's care on the House Speaker....
- lampooned in this 1887 Melbourne Punch cartoon: A hypothetical female member foists her baby's care on the House Speaker. South Australian women were to achieve...
- don't exist anymore," and added "M****ive demographic changes have been foisted upon the American people. And they're changes that none of us ever voted...
- 11; Foister, 103. Foister, however, is doubtful, owing to "the inconsistency in the sizes of the drawn heads". Parker, 28; Rowlands, 118–20. Foister, 15...
- wild horses than that this abominable translation (KJV) should ever be foisted upon the English people". Walton's London Polyglot of 1657 disregards the...
- dispatched 200 men to reinforce the fort by sea aboard a galley and eight foists, The small fleet managed to reach the fort despite the monsoon weather and...