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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

FOISTEST, adj. ?Rnf. 1790 A. Wilson Poems 202:
That remnant o' a man Her foistest brither Jock.

[Jam. explains as “next in age,” attempting to derive from Gael. faisge, nearest, but suggests the emendation foster-, which has been adopted in all posthumous editions of Wilson. The word is certainly corrupt.]

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