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fist1

[fist] Pronunciation Key

–noun

1.	the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.

2.	Informal. the hand.

3.	Informal. a person's handwriting.

4.	Printing. index (def. 8).

–verb (used with object)

5.	to make (one's hand) into a fist.

6.	to grasp in the fist.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE fȳst; c. G Faust fist; perh. akin to five

]

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[fahyst] Pronunciation Key

–noun

feist.

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fist (fĭst) Pronunciation Key
n.

The hand closed tightly with the fingers bent against the palm.
Informal A grasp; a clutch: had a fortune in their fists and let it go.
Printing See index.

tr.v. fist·ed, fist·ing, fists

To clench into a fist.
To grasp with the fist.
Vulgar To insert the fist into the rectum or vagina of (another) as a means of sexual stimulation.

[Middle English, from Old English fȳst; see penk^we in Indo-European roots.]

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in·dex (ĭn'děks') Pronunciation Key
n. pl. in·dex·es or in·di·ces (-dĭ-sēz')

Something that serves to guide, point out, or otherwise facilitate reference, especially:
1. An alphabetized list of names, places, and subjects treated in a printed work, giving the page or pages on which each item is mentioned.
2. A thumb index.
3. A table, file, or catalog.
4. Computer Science A list of keywords associated with a record or document, used especially as an aid in searching for information.
5. Mathematics A number or symbol, often written as a subscript or superscript to a mathematical expression, that indicates an operation to be performed, an ordering relation, or a use of the associated expression.
6. A number derived from a formula, used to characterize a set of data.
Something that reveals or indicates; a sign: "Her face . . . was a fair index to her disposition" (Samuel Butler).
A character () used in printing to call attention to a particular paragraph or section. Also called fist, hand.
An indicator or pointer, as on a scientific instrument.
1. Mathematics A number or symbol, often written as a subscript or superscript to a mathematical expression, that indicates an operation to be performed, an ordering relation, or a use of the associated expression.
2. A number derived from a formula, used to characterize a set of data.
A number that represents the change in price or value of an aggregate of goods, services, wages, or other measurable quantity in comparison with a reference number for a previous period of time.
Index Roman Catholic Church A list formerly published by Church authority, restricting or forbidding the reading of certain books.

tr.v. in·dexed, in·dex·ing, in·dex·es

To furnish with an index: index a book.
To enter in an index.
To indicate or signal.
To adjust through indexation.

[Middle English, forefinger, from Latin; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]

in'dex'er n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
fist

O.E. fyst, from W.Gmc. *fustiz (cf. O.H.G. fust, O.Fris. fest, M.Du. vuust, Ger. Faust), from P.Gmc. *fukhstiz, probably ult. from PIE *pengke "five" (cf. O.C.S. pesti, Rus. piasti "fist"). Fisticuff is first recorded 1605, from fist + cuff (q.v.).

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fist
noun
a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)

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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This

fist

see hand over fist.

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Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: fist
Pronunciation: 'fist
Function: noun
: the hand clenched with the fingers doubled into the palm and the thumb doubled inward across thefingers

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Fist

Fest\, n. [See Fist.] The fist. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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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.

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