Meanings
adjectivefoisty (comparative more foisty, superlative most foisty)
comparative more foisty · superlative most foisty
- mouldy, musty, fusty
Thrash not Wheat to keep untill March, lest it prove foisty.
1669, John Worlidge, Systema agriculturae: The Mystery of Husbandry Discovered1 more example
Papers 150 years old, mildewed, rotten and stinking like muck; and mouldy foisty old books dating from 1638.
2000, Samuel Bamford, Martin Hewitt, Robert Poole, The Diaries of Samuel Bamford, page 2
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