Fist , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fisted;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Fisting.]
1. To strike with the fist. Dryden.
2. To gripe with the fist. [Obs.]
Shak.
Fist (f&ibreve;st), n. [OE. fist, fust, AS. f&ymacr;st; akin to D. vuist, OHG. fūst, G. faust, and prob. to L.
pugnus, Gr. pygmh` fist, py`x with the
fist. Cf. Pugnacious, Pigmy.]
1. The hand with
the fingers doubled into the palm; the
closed hand, especially
as clinched tightly for the purpose of striking a blow.
Who
grasp the earth and heaven with my fist.
Herbert. 2. The
talons of a bird of prey. [Obs.]
More light than culver in the falcon's fist.
Spenser.
3. (print.) the index mark [&fist;], used to direct special attention to the passage which
follows.
Hand over fist (Naut.),
rapidly; hand over hand.
Hear it pronounced