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The dictionary's 1913 edition of the 1900 International, renamed Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, has in modern times been used in various free online resources, as its copyright lapsed and it became public domain.
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Foist (foist)
n.	(foist)
Foist
[OF. fuste stick, boat, fr. L. fustis cudgel. Cf. 1st Fust.]

A light and fast-sailing ship.

[Obs.] Beau. *** Fl.

Foist (foist)
v. t.
Foist

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)
n.
Foist

A foister; a sharper.

[Obs.] B. Jonson.

A trick or fraud; a swindle.

[Obs.] B. Jonson.

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The dictionary's 1913 edition of the 1900 International, renamed Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, has in modern times been used in various free online resources, as its copyright lapsed and it became public domain.
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The dictionary's 1913 edition of the 1900 International, renamed Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, has in modern times been used in various free online resources, as its copyright lapsed and it became public domain.
- Wikipedia