Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - fist
Fist
fist
n. & v. --n. 1 a tightly closed hand. 2 sl. handwriting (writes a good fist; I know his fist). 3 sl. a hand (give us your fist). --v.tr. 1 strike with the fist. 2 Naut. handle (a sail, an oar, etc.). Phrases and idioms make a good (or poor etc.) fist (foll. by at, of) colloq. make a good (or poor etc.) attempt at. Derivatives fisted adj. (also in comb.). fistful n. (pl. -fuls). Etymology: OE fyst f. WG
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fȳst; akin to Old High German fūst ~, Polish pięść, and probably to Old English fīf five Date: before 12th century the hand clenched with the fingers doubled into the palm and the thumb doubled inward across the fingers, the hand closed as in grasping ; clutch, index 5, II. transitive verb Date: 1607 to grip with the ~ ; handle, to clench into a ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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