Foist vs. Hoist

Foistverb

(transitive) To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant.

Foistverb

(transitive) To force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit.

Foistverb

(transitive) To pass off as genuine or worthy.

Foistnoun

A thief or pickpocket.

Foistnoun

(obsolete) A light and fast-sailing ship.

Foistnoun

(obsolete) A cask for wine.

Foistnoun

Fustiness; mustiness.

Foistnoun

A light and fast-sailing ship.

Foistnoun

A foister; a sharper.

Foistnoun

A trick or fraud; a swindle.

Foistverb

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.

Foistverb

to force onto another;

Foistverb

insert surreptitiously or without warrant

Hoistverb

(transitive) To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).

Hoistverb

To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.

Hoistverb

To lift someone up to be flogged.

Hoistverb

(intransitive) To be lifted up.

Hoistverb

To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.

Hoistverb

To steal, to rob.

Hoistnoun

A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane.

Hoistnoun

The act of hoisting; a lift.

Hoistnoun

The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length, when flying from a staff.

Hoistnoun

The vertical edge of a flag which is next to the staff.

Hoistnoun

The height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay.

Hoistverb

To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight.

Hoistnoun

That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods.

Hoistnoun

The act of hoisting; a lift.

Hoistnoun

The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length when flying from a staff.

Hoist

Hoisted.

Hoistnoun

lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects

Hoistverb

raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help;

Hoistverb

move from one place to another by lifting;

Hoistverb

raise;