Fist

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 39

fist, n. the closed or clenched hand.— v.t. to strike or grip with the fist.— n. Fistiā′na , anecdotes about boxing and boxers.— adj. Fist′ic ( Dickens ), pugilistic.— ns. Fist′icuff , a blow with the fist: ( pl. ) boxing, blows; Fist′-law , the law of brute force.— adj. Fist′y . [A.S. fýst ; Ger. faust .]