FIST
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Traducere: română
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Fist (fĭst), n. [OE. fist, fust, AS. f&ymacr_;st; akin to D. vuist, OHG. f&ū;st, G. faust, and prob. to L. pugnus, Gr. pygmh` fist, py`x 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.
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Who grasp the earth and heaven with my fist.
Herbert.
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2. The talons of a bird of prey. [Obs.]
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More light than culver in the falcon's fist.
Spenser.
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3. (print.) the index mark [&hand_;], used to direct special attention to the passage which follows.
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Hand over fist (Naut.), rapidly; hand over hand.
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Fist, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fisting.] 1. To strike with the fist. Dryden.
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2. To gripe with the fist. [Obs.] Shak.
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