Fist: alternatives and connections

A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest.

A kind of pump for exhausting air from a vessel or closed space; also, a pump to condense air or force it into a closed space.

A palm tree (Saguerus saccharifer) which furnishes sago, wine, and fibers for ropes; the gomuti palm.

A name in the East Indies and the Indian islands for all ardent spirits. Arrack is often distilled from a fermented mixture of rice, m…

The Brazilian wax palm. See Wax palm.

Having, beside the usual flowers, other minute, closed flowers, without petals or with minute petals; -- said of certain species of pl…

The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing.

A blow; esp.,, a blow with the open hand; a box; a slap.

A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck.

The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.

Of or performance to the fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination.

To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy idleness; to trifl…

The manner of using the fingers in playing or striking the keys of an instrument of music; movement or management of the fingers in pl…

A musical wind instrument, consisting of a hollow cylinder or pipe, with holes along its length, stopped by the fingers or by keys whi…

A harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by mean…

A modified respiratory movement; a spasmodic inspiration, consisting of a sudden contraction of the diaphragm, accompanied with closur…

To communicative ideas by the fingers; to show or compute by the fingers.

To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or…