| 单词 | foisting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈfoisting ˈfoisting n. and adj. ΚΠ 1586 T. Newton tr. L. Daneau Dice-play vi As many foysting coseners..use to do. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxiv. 416 If it be possible for a booke to bee preserued from falsifying and foysting, what booke shall that be but the Byble? 1621 R. Speed Counter-scuffle sig. C Thou cogging, Base foysting Lawyer. 1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd ix. 105 You well enough perceive her foystings and her flatteries. 1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. v. 70 The bold foysting in (to use the Remonstrants words) of a Parenthesis. a1687 C. Cotton Poet. Wks. (1765) 18 Make no more such Foisting here. ˈfoisting ˈfoisting adj. usually in foisting cur, foisting hound, etc.; cf. fisting adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of breaking wind > [adjective] > silently or quietly foistingc1611 fizzling1758 c1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliad (1857) Pref. 65 The barkings of puppies, or foisting hounds. 1673 Siege in W. Davenant Wks. iv.72/2 D'ye snarl ye foysting Mongrels? 1677 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 2) i. 24 As for Shepherds dogs, foisting Curs, and such whom some fond Ladies make their daily..Companions. < as lemmas |
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