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<p><b>2.</b> <def>The talons of a bird of prey.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>More light than culver in the falcon's <b>fist</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(print.)</fld> <def>the index mark [&hand;], used to direct special attention to the passage which follows.</def>

<cs><col>Hand over fist</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>rapidly; hand over hand.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fist</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fist</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fisted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fisting</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To strike with the fist.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To gripe with the fist.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Fistic</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fist"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Fist</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to boxing, or to encounters with the fists; puglistic; <as>as, <ex>fistic</ex> exploits; <ex>fistic</ex> heroes.</as></def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Fisticuff</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fist"i*cuff</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A cuff or blow with the fist or hand</def>; <def2>(<pluf>pl.</pluf>) <def>a fight with the fists; boxing</def>.</def2>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Fistinut</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fis"ti*nut</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Fr. <ets>fistinq</ets>, <ets>fistuq</ets>. See <er>Pistachio</er>.]</ety> <def>A pistachio nut.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Fistuca</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fis*tu"ca</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>An instrument used by the ancients in driving piles.</def>

<h1>Fistula</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fis"tu*la</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Fistul\'91</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A reed; a pipe.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A pipe for convejing water.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Knight.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A permanent abnormal opening into the soft parts with a constant discharge; a deep, narrow, chronic abscess; an abnormal opening between an internal cavity and another cavity or the surface; <as>as, a salivary <ex>fistula</ex>; an anal <ex>fistula</ex>; a recto-vaginal <ex>fistula</ex>.</as></def>

<cs><col>Incomplete fistula</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a fistula open at one end only.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fistular</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fis"tu*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fistularis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fistulaire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Hollow and cylindrical, like a pipe or reed.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>