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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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fist2       [fahyst] Pronunciation Key
–noun
feist.
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fist       (fĭst)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The hand closed tightly with the fingers bent against the palm.
  2. Informal A grasp; a clutch: had a fortune in their fists and let it go.
  3. Printing See index.

tr.v.   fist·ed, fist·ing, fists
  1. To clench into a fist.
  2. To grasp with the fist.
  3. 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 penkwe 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')
  1. 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.
  2. Something that reveals or indicates; a sign: "Her face . . . was a fair index to her disposition" (Samuel Butler).
  3. A character () used in printing to call attention to a particular paragraph or section. Also called fist, hand.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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
  1. To furnish with an index: index a book.
  2. To enter in an index.
  3. To indicate or signal.
  4. To adjust through indexation.


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

in'dex'er n.
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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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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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