GALLEY FOIST

Meaning of GALLEY FOIST in English

A city barge, used formerly on the lord mayor's day, when he was sworn in at Westminster.

Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012

FOIST — transitive verb Etymology: probably from obsolete Dutch vuisten to take into one's hand, from Middle Dutch vuysten, from vuyst fist; …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GALLEY — Large seagoing vessel propelled primarily by oars. The Egyptians, Cretans, and other ancient peoples used sail-equipped galleys for war and …
Английский словарь Британика
FOIST — I. noun ( -s ) Etymology: from earlier fuste, from Middle French, from fust wood, stick, beam, barrel, from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GALLEY — ˈgalē, -li noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English galeie, from Old French galee, galie, probably from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GALLEY — (n.) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
Английский словарь Webster
FOIST — (n.) A trick or fraud; a swindle.
Английский словарь Webster
FOIST — (n.) A foister; a sharper.
Английский словарь Webster
FOIST — (v. t.) To insert surreptitiously, wrongfully, or without warrant; to interpolate; to pass off (something spurious or counterfeit) as genuine, …
Английский словарь Webster
FOIST — (n.) A light and fast-sailing ship.
Английский словарь Webster
GALLEY — ( n. ) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GALLEY — — galleylike , adj. /gal"ee/ , n. , pl. galleys . 1. a kitchen or an area with kitchen facilities …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FOIST — /foyst/ , v.t. 1. to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually fol. by on or upon ): to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GALLEY — n. type of ship propelled mainly by oars; ship's kitchen; tray to hold type that has been set (Printing); galley …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FOIST — v. defraud, con into buying goods of poor quality; penetrate through cunning
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GALLEY — noun ( plural galleys ) Etymology: Middle English galeie, from Anglo-French galie, galee, ultimately from Middle Greek galea Date: 13th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FOIST — transitive verb Etymology: probably from obsolete Dutch vuisten to take into one's hand, from Middle Dutch vuysten, from vuyst fist; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GALLEY — noun one of the small boats carried by a man-of-war. 2. galley ·noun a proof sheet taken from type while …
Webster English vocab
FOIST — noun a foister; a sharper. 2. foist ·noun a trick or fraud; a swindle. 3. foist ·noun a light and …
Webster English vocab
FOIST — [ fɔɪst ] ■ verb ( ~ someone/thing on ) impose an unwelcome or unnecessary person or thing on. Origin …
Concise Oxford English vocab
FOIST — [foist] vt [prob. fr. obs. D vuisten to take into one's hand, fr. MD vuysten, fr. vuyst fist; akin to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GALLEY — large seagoing vessel propelled primarily by oars. The Egyptians, Cretans, and other ancient peoples used sail-equipped galleys for both war …
Britannica English vocabulary
GALLEY — galley, G\~ BrE AmE ˈɡæl i ▷ galley|s z ▶ ˈ galley proof BrE AmE ▶ ˈ galley slave BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FOIST — foist BrE AmE fɔɪst ▷ foisted ˈfɔɪst ɪd -əd ▷ foisting ˈfɔɪst ɪŋ ▷ foists fɔɪsts
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FOIST — / fɔɪst; NAmE / verb • PHRASAL VERBS - foist sb/sth on / upon sb •• WORD ORIGIN mid 16th …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GALLEY — gal ‧ ley /ˈɡæli/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: galie , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOIST — foist /fɔɪst/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: Probably from early modern Dutch vuisten 'to take into your …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GALLEY — n. (pl. -eys) 1 hist. a a low flat single-decked vessel using sails and oars, and usu. rowed by slaves …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FOIST — v.tr. (foll. by (off) on, (off) upon) 1 present (a thing) falsely as genuine or superior. 2 falsely fix the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GALLEY — n. (pl. -eys) 1 hist. a a low flat single-decked vessel using sails and oars, and usu. rowed by slaves …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FOIST — v.tr. (foll. by (off) on, (off) upon) 1 present (a thing) falsely as genuine or superior. 2 falsely fix the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GALLEY — n. (pl. -eys) 1. hist. a a low flat single-decked vessel using sails and oars, and usu. rowed by slaves …
Oxford English vocab
FOIST — v.tr. (foll. by (off) on, (off) upon) 1. present (a thing) falsely as genuine or superior. 2 falsely fix the …
Oxford English vocab
GALLEY — ( galleys) 1. On a ship or aircraft, the galley is the kitchen. N-COUNT 2. In former times, a galley …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOIST — ( foists, foisting, foisted) • foist on If you say that someone foists something on you, or foists it upon …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOIST — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) ~ on If you say that someone ~s something on you, or ~s it upon you, you …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
GALLEY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN proof ▪ Catchline a temporary headline for identification on the top of a galley …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOIST — verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Some of the critics want to foist their narrow ideological positions on him. ▪ The …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GALLEY — (BOAT) [noun] [C] - (in the past) a long low ship which had sails and was usually rowed by prisoners …
Cambridge English vocab
FOIST — something on/upon someone [phrasal verb] [+ object +object], foist something off on someone [phrasal verb] [+ object +object] - to …
Cambridge English vocab
GALLEY — n. Large seagoing vessel propelled primarily by oars. The Egyptians, Cretans, and other ancient peoples used sail-equipped galleys for war …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GALLEY — Synonyms and related words : bakehouse, bakery, bireme, blue, blueprint, caboose, camboose, cold-type proof, color proof, computer proof, cookery, cookhouse, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FOIST — Synonyms and related words : bamboozle, barge in, beguile, break in, break in upon, burst in, butt in, charge in, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FOIST — To give someone an unpleasant job, task or thing. Example: I was going to pick up the folks at the …
Slang English vocab
GALLEY — Building the galley; a game formerly used at sea, in order to put a trick upon a landsman, or fresh- …
Slang English vocab
GALLEY — noun Galley is used before these nouns: ↑ kitchen , ↑ slave
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FOIST — v. palm or pass off, impose, unload, put (off), push (off), Colloq lay (off), Brit fob off: Don't try to …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
GALLEY — (историческое) галера (the *) каторжные работы - to condemn /to send/ to the *s послать на галеры, присудить к каторжным …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOIST — гл. всунуть, всучить, навязать (off) The salesman foisted the faulty machine (off) on the lady. ≈ Продавец всучил ей сломанный …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GALLEY — galley.ogg ʹgælı n 1. ист. 1> галера 2> (the galleys) каторжные работы to condemn /to send/ to the galleys - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FOIST — foist.ogg fɔıst v 1> (on, upon) всучить, навязать to foist a bad coin on smb. - всучить кому-л. фальшивую монету …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GALLEY — 1) ж.-д. кухня ( в вагоне ) 2) мор. камбуз 3) полигр. верстатка, уголок 4) полигр. гранка • - aircraft …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
GALLEY — 1) ж.-д. кухня (в вагоне) 2) мор. камбуз 3) полигр. верстатка, уголок 4) полигр. гранка • - aircraft galley
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
GALLEY — galley сущ.1) истор. галера the galleys — каторжные работы to condemn to the galleys, send to the galleys — послать …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
GALLEY — n 1. ист. 1> галера 2> (the galleys) каторжные работы to condemn /to send/ to the galleys - послать на …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FOIST — v 1> (on, upon) всучить, навязать to foist a bad coin on smb. - всучить кому-л. фальшивую монету to foist …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
GALLEY — сущ. 1) ист. галера the galleys — каторжные работы to condemn to the galleys, send to the galleys — послать …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FOIST — гл. = foist off всунуть, всучить, навязать The salesman foisted the faulty machine (off) on the lady. — Продавец всучил …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FOIST — гл. - foist off всунуть, всучить, навязать The salesman foisted the faulty machine (off) on the lady. — Продавец всучил женщине сломанный …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
GALLEY — _n. 1> _ист. галера; the galleys каторжные работы {ср. galley-slave 1} 2> _мор. вельбот; гичка 3> _мор. камбуз 4> _полигр. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
GALLEY — 1) сущ. галера galley– двух- или трехмачтовое гребное военное судно длиной до 70 м с одним рядом весел (50 и …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь морских терминов
GALLEY — (историческое) галера (the *) каторжные работы - to condemn /to send/ to the *s послать на галеры, присудить к каторжным …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOIST — гл. всунуть, всучить, навязать (off) The salesman foisted the faulty machine (off) on the lady. ≈ Продавец всучил ей сломанный …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

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