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, pyx 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.
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Who grasp the earth and heaven with my fist. Herbert.
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2. The talons of a bird of prey. [Obs.]
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More light than culver in the falcon's fist. Spenser.
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3. (print.) the index mark [&hand_;], used to direct special attention to the passage which follows.
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Hand over fist (Naut.), rapidly; hand over hand.
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