These are the meanings of the letters OOFTISH when you unscramble them.
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Foist (n.)
A light and fast-sailing ship.
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Foist (v. t.)
To insert surreptitiously, wrongfully, or without warrant; to interpolate; to pass off (something spurious or counterfeit) as genuine, true, or worthy; -- usually followed by in.
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Foist (n.)
A foister; a sharper.
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Foist (n.)
A trick or fraud; a swindle.
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Foots (n. pl.)
The settlings of oil, molasses, etc., at the bottom of a barrel or hogshead.
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Hoist (v. t.)
To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight.
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Hoist (n.)
That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods.
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Hoist (n.)
The act of hoisting; a lift.
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Hoist (n.)
The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length when flying from a staff.
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Hoist (n.)
The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay.
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Hoist (p. p.)
Hoisted.
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Hoofs (pl. )
of Hoof
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Shift (v. t.)
To divide; to distribute; to apportion.
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Shift (v. t.)
To change the place of; to move or remove from one place to another; as, to shift a burden from one shoulder to another; to shift the blame.
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Shift (v. t.)
To change the position of; to alter the bearings of; to turn; as, to shift the helm or sails.
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Shift (v. t.)
To exchange for another of the same class; to remove and to put some similar thing in its place; to change; as, to shift the clothes; to shift the scenes.
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Shift (v. t.)
To change the clothing of; -- used reflexively.
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Shift (v. t.)
To put off or out of the way by some expedient.
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Shift (v. t.)
The act of shifting.
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Shift (v. t.)
The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing; change; substitution.
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Shift (v. t.)
Something frequently shifted; especially, a woman's under-garment; a chemise.
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Shift (v. t.)
The change of one set of workmen for another; hence, a spell, or turn, of work; also, a set of workmen who work in turn with other sets; as, a night shift.
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Shift (v. t.)
In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
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Shift (v. t.)
A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
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Shift (v. t.)
A change of the position of the hand on the finger board, in playing the violin.
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Shoot (n.)
An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course.
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Shoot (v. i.)
To let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; -- followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object.
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Shoot (v. i.)
To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; -- followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; -- often with off; as, to shoot a gun.
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Shoot (v. i.)
To strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a firearm; -- followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object.
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Shoot (v. i.)
To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
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Shoot (v. i.)
To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.
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Shoot (v. i.)
To plane straight; to fit by planing.
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Shoot (v. i.)
To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.
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Shoot (v. i.)
To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.
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Shoot (v. i.)
To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; -- said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides.
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Shoot (v. i.)
To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.
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Shoot (v. i.)
To be shot or propelled forcibly; -- said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star.
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Shoot (v. i.)
To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.
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Shoot (v. i.)
To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
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Shoot (v. i.)
To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
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Shoot (v. i.)
To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.
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Shoot (v. i.)
To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
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Shoot (v. i.)
To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory.
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Shoot (v. i.)
To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
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Shoot (n.)
The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.
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Shoot (n.)
A young branch or growth.
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Shoot (n.)
A rush of water; a rapid.
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Shoot (n.)
A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
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Shoot (n.)
A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
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Shoot (n.)
A shoat; a young hog.
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Sooth (superl.)
True; faithful; trustworthy.
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Sooth (superl.)
Pleasing; delightful; sweet.
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Sooth (a.)
Truth; reality.
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Sooth (a.)
Augury; prognostication.
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Sooth (a.)
Blandishment; cajolery.