Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - foison

 noun  Etymology: Middle English foisoun, from Anglo-French fuisun, ~, from Latin fusion-, fusio outpouring — more at fusion  Date: 14th century  1. archaic rich harvest  2. chiefly Scottish physical energy or strength  3. plural, obsolete resources FOIST  transitive verb  Etymology: probably from obsolete Dutch vuisten to take into one's hand, from Middle Dutch vuysten, from vuyst fist; akin to Old English fy?st fist  Date: circa 1587  1.  a. to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant  b. to force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit  2. to pass off as genuine or worthy ~ costly and valueless products on the public — Jonathan Spivak