subs. (common).—1. Handwriting. Fr., la cape.
1864. Derby Day, p. 8. Must say, though, that your friend writes a tolerable FIST.
2. (tailors’).—A workman. GOOD FIST = a good workman.
3. (printers’).—An index hand.
Verb. 1.—To apprehend.
1598. SHAKESPEARE, 2 Henry IV., ii. 1. Fang. An I but FIST him once; an a’ come but within my vice.
2. (colloquial).—To take hold, e.g., Just you FIST that scrubbing-brush, and set to work.
3. (venery).—TO FIST IT = to take a man by the penis, for intromission or masturbation.
TO PUT UP ONE’S FIST, verb. phr. (tailors’).—To acknowledge a fact; cf., FILL THE BIN and ACKNOWLEDGE THE CORN.
FIST-FUCKING, subs. phr. (venery).—Masturbation. For synonyms, see FRIG.
