foist

Meanings

1. To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant.
2. To force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit; to stick.
3. To pass off as genuine or worthy.

1. A thief or pickpocket.

1. A type of light and fast-sailing ship.

1. A cask for wine.
2. Fustiness; mustiness.

1. Pronunciation spelling of first.

1. A follower of Chinese Buddhism.

Etymology

Probably from archaic Dutch vuisten (“to take into one’s hand”), from Middle Dutch vuysten, from vuyst (“fist”); akin to Old English fyst (“fist”).