fist 1
/fist/ , n.
1. the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
2. Informal. the hand.
3. Informal. a person's handwriting.
4. Print. index (def. 8).
v.t.
5. to make (one's hand) into a fist.
6. to grasp in the fist.
[ bef. 900; ME; OE fyst; c. G Faust fist; perh. akin to FIVE ]
fist 2
/fuyst/ , n.
feist.