foisty

answer Answers

ProphetesAI is thinking...

MindMap

Loading...

Sources

1
foisty
foisty, a. (ˈfɔɪstɪ) See also fusty. [f. foist n.2 + -y1.] Fusty, musty, mouldy. lit. and fig.1519 W. Horman Vulg. 151 b, Lest suche placis waxe filthy and foysty. 1566 Drant Horace's Sat. iv. H, As if..thou shouldst..sauce thy meate with foystie oyles. 1619 Favour Antiq. Tri. over Novelty xiii. 334... Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai 0.0 3.0 0.0
2
fusty
fusty, a. (ˈfʌstɪ) Also 6 fewsty; and see foisty. [f. fust n.1 2.] 1. That has lost its freshness, stale-smelling, musty. a. Of a wine-cask or vessel. Also of the wine: Tasting of the cask. Obs. exc. dial.1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. iii. xii. (1495) 57 Wyne and other licour takyth infeccion of a ves... Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai 0.0 1.5 0.0
3
finewed
† ˈfinewed, a. Obs. exc. dial. Forms: α. 6–7 fenoed, fen(n)owed, finnowed, 7 finewed. β. 6–9 vin(n)ewed, (6 ven-, vinued, 7 whinid, vinnowed), 9 vinned, -ied. [f. finew n. or v. + -ed.] Mouldy.α 1574 Hellowes Gueuara's Fam. Ep. (1577) 94 Bread long kept groweth finnowed. 1669 Boyle Contn. New Exp. i... Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai 0.0 0.90000004 0.0
4
foist
▪ I. † foist, fust, n.1 Obs. Forms: 5–7 fuste, (6 fuyst), 6–7 foiste, foyst(e, 6–8, 9 Hist. foist, (7 foise). [a. OF. fuste, ad. It. fusta fem. originally log, piece of timber, f. L. fustis cudgel.] 1. A light galley; a vessel propelled both by sails and oars. Cf. felucca.1485 Caxton Paris & V. 80 B... Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai 0.0 0.6 0.0