Hypertext Webster Gateway: "foist"
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) 1.7 (wn)
foist
v 1: to force onto another; "He foisted his work on me"
2: insert surreptitiously or without warrant
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