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Fist
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (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. Herbert.
2. The talons of a bird of prey. [Obs.] More light than culver in the falcon's fist. Spenser.
3. the index mark [], used to direct special attention to the passage which follows. Hand over fist (Naut.), rapidly; hand over hand.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To strike with the fist. Dryden.
2. To gripe with the fist. [Obs.] Shak.