Foist : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Foist	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Foist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foist v to force onto another; "He foisted his work on me" insert surreptitiously or without warrant
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.