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foist verb1. M16.
[Dutch dial. vuisten, from vuist FIST noun1.]
verb trans. & intrans. Palm (a false die) so as to be able to produce it at the right moment. Only in M16.
b. verb intrans. Practise roguery or deception; spec. pick a pocket. L16-L18.
verb trans. Introduce in, into surreptitiously or unwarrantably. L16.
Lytton The..interpolations..supposed to be foisted into the Odyssey.
verb trans. Impose (an unwelcome person or thing) on, upon; palm off or off (something worthless). Also, falsely fix the authorship of (a composition) on, upon. L16.
Milton The unskilfull fraud of him that foisted this Epistle upon Ignatius. G. A. Sala You have inferior articles foisted on you while being charged for the best. W. van T. Clark Men..only too willing to foist the burden..on to others. G. Greene God knows what Foreign Office type they might foist on us.