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English Dictionary: fist	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for fist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fist n a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting) Synonym(s): fist, clenched fist
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Index \In"dex\, n.; pl. E. {Indexes}, L. {Indices}([?]). [L.: cf. F. index. See {Indicate}, {Diction}.] 1. That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses. Tastes are the indexes of the different qualities of plants. --Arbuthnot. 2. That which guides, points out, informs, or directs; a pointer or a hand that directs to anything, as the hand of a watch, a movable finger on a gauge, scale, or other graduated instrument. In printing, a sign [[b5]] used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph; -- called also {fist}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fist \Fist\, n. [OE. fist, fust, AS. f[?]st; akin to D. vuist, OHG. f[?]st, G. faust, and prob. to L. pugnus, Gr. [?] fist, [?] 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 [[hand]], used to direct special attention to the passage which follows. {Hand over fist} (Naut.), rapidly; hand over hand.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fist \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.