foyst

"foyst," [6] the Sahalah, applied himself to puffing his nicotiana out of

First Footsteps in East Africa Richard Francis Burton 1855

She threw the robe over him and set the crown upon his head, after which the damsels bore him on their arms to the foyst, where he found all kinds of silken carpets and hangings of various colours.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

He continued gazing at the ship, until it drew nigh, when he saw that it was a foyst builded all of ivory and ebony, inlaid with glistening gold made fast by nails of steel, with oars of sandal and lign-aloes.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Pilot, hauing a sonne in one of those small vessels, entreted me to cast about towards them, which at his request I did, and being something farre from them, I caused my Gunner to shoot a demycoluering at a foyst that was readie to enter one of the botes.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

We'd see they found out things Councillor Potto wanted Urbs to know, and we'd foyst in queer, too, fixed so they'd like it.

Exodus From The Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1996

London, with the aldermen in scarlet gowns, went in barges to Greenwich, with their banners, as they were wont to bring the Mayor to Westminister; and the bachelor's barge hanged with cloth of gold on the outside with banners and bells upon them in their manner, with a galley to wait upon her, and a foyst with a beast therein which shot many guns.

Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc James Anthony Froude 1856

He continued gazing at the ship, until it drew nigh, when he saw that it was a foyst builded all of ivory and ebony, inlaid with glistening gold made fast by nails of steel, with oars of sandal and lign-aloes.

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

She threw the robe over him and set the crown upon his head, after which the damsels bore him on their arms to the foyst, where he found all kinds of silken carpets and hangings of various colours.

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

I did, and being something farre from them, I caused my Gunner to shoot a demycoluering at a foyst that was readie to enter one of the botes.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe Richard Hakluyt 1584

51 A foist, foyst or buss, was a kind of felucca, partially decked.

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003