Fist (fĭst), n. [OE. fist, fust, AS. fȳst; akin to D. vuist, OHG. fūst, G. faust, and prob. to L. pugnus, Gr. πυγμή fist, πύξ 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.
Who grasp the earth and heaven with my fist. Herbert.
2. The talons of a bird of prey.
More light than culver in the falcon's fist. Spenser.
3. (print.) the index mark, used to direct special attention to the passage which follows.
Hand over fist(Naut.), rapidly; hand over hand.