n. [ OF. fuste stick, boat, fr. L. fustis cudgel. Cf. 1st Fust. ] A light and fast-sailing ship. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Lest negligence or partiality might admit or foist in abuses and corruption. R. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]
When a scripture has been corrupted . . . by a supposititious foisting of some words in. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. One who foists something surreptitiously; a falsifier. Mir. for Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See 2d Fust. ] Fusty. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Fustiness; mustiness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Fusty; musty. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]