Fist /(fĭst)/

Fist

n.
  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.
  2. The talons of a bird of prey. [Obs.]
    More light than culver in the falcon's fist.
  3. the index mark [☞], used to direct special attention to the passage which follows. (print.)

Phrases & Compounds
Hand over fist
rapidly; hand over hand.

Fist

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Fisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fisting

  1. To strike with the fist.
  2. To gripe with the fist. [Obs.]