| 单词 | to foist in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto foist in ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > play at dice [verb (intransitive)] > cheat cog1545 foist1545 to cog a die or the dice1564 top1663 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > play at dice [verb (transitive)] > cheat foist1545 strike1586 stop1596 top1663 palm1671 slip1711 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 19 If they be true dise, what shyfte wil they make to set ye one of them with slyding, with cogging, with foysting, with coytinge as they call it. c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Civ R. But what shift haue they to bring the flat in & out? M. A ioly fine shifte yt properly is called foysting, & it is..a sleight to cary easely within the hand, as often as the foister list. So yt when either he or his partener shall cast ye dice, the flat comes not abrod, til he haue made a great hande, and won as much as him list. c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Cii If..this young scholler haue not so redy..an eye, to deserne the flat at euery time that hee is foysted in. 1564 T. Harding Answere to Iuelles Chalenge iii. f. 59 Through fooysting and coggyng their dye, and other false playe. < as lemmas |
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