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  1. 1. n. A light and fast-sailing ship. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. 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. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A foister; a sharper. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A trick or fraud; a swindle. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. to force onto another Source: wordnet
  6. 6. v. insert surreptitiously or without warrant Source: wordnet
  7. 7. A light and fast-sailing ship. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. 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 fois in abuses corruption. R. Carew. When a scripture has been corrupted . . . by a supposititious foisting of some words in. South. 1. A foister; a sharper. [Obs.] B. Jonson. 2. A trick or fraud; a swindle. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Source: webster
  8. 8. A light and fast-sailing ship. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. Source: adambom
  9. 9. v:100 v. to force onto another v. insert surreptitiously or without warrant Source: ecdict

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