[fist] n [ME, fr. OE fyst; akin to OHG fust fist, Pol piesc, and prob. to OE fif five] (bef. 12c) 1: the hand clenched with the fingers doubled into the palm and the thumb doubled inward across the fingers
2: the hand closed as in grasping: clutch
3: index
5.
[2]fist vt (1607) 1: to grip with the fist: handle
2: to clench into a fist