FISTS

Noun

fists

plural of fist

Verb

fists

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fist

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


FIST

Fist, n. Etym: [OE. fist, fust, AS. f; akin to D. vuist, OHG. f, G. faust, and prob. to L. pugnus, Gr. 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.)

Definition: the index mark [], used to direct special attention to the passage which follows. Hand over fist (Naut.), rapidly; hand over hand.

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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