{ } n. [ Cf. G. bofist, AS. wulfes fist puffball, E. fizz, foist. ] (Bot.) A kind of fungus. See Puffball. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a deciduous or semi-evergreen tree (Cassia fistula) having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; it grows in tropical Asia, Central and South America, and Australia.
Syn. -- golden shower tree, drumstick tree, purging cassia, pudding pipe tree, canafistola. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Covetous; niggardly. Bp. Berkeley. “Closefisted contractors.” Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A large, heavy fist. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A coarse, brutal fellow. [ Obs. ] Mir. for Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a large fist. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Niggardly.
Syn. -- stingy; cheap; miserly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. fist, fust, AS. f&ymacr_;st; akin to D. vuist, OHG. fūst, G. faust, and prob. to L. pugnus, Gr. pygmh` fist, py`x 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who grasp the earth and heaven with my fist. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The talons of a bird of prey. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

More light than culver in the falcon's fist. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (print.) the index mark [ ☞ ], used to direct special attention to the passage which follows. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hand over fist (Naut.), rapidly; hand over hand. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fisting. ] 1. To strike with the fist. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To gripe with the fist. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Fist. ] Pertaining to boxing, or to encounters with the fists; puglistic; as, fistic exploits; fistic heroes. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cuff or blow with the fist or hand; (pl.) a fight with the fists; boxing. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Fr. fistinq, fistuq. See Pistachio. ] A pistachio nut. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] An instrument used by the ancients in driving piles. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Fistulæ [ L. ] 1. A reed; a pipe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A pipe for convejing water. [ Obs. ] Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) 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, a salivary fistula; an anal fistula; a recto-vaginal fistula. [ 1913 Webster ]

Incomplete fistula (Med.), a fistula open at one end only. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fistularis: cf. F. fistulaire. ] Hollow and cylindrical, like a pipe or reed. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. fistula pipe. ] (Zool.) A genus of fishes, having the head prolonged into a tube, with the mouth at the extremity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Fistularia + -oid. ] (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the genus Fistularia. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ Cf. L. fistulatus furnished with pipes. ] To make hollow or become hollow like a fistula, or pipe. [ Obs. ] “A fistulated ulcer.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fistula. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Fistula + -form. ] Of a fistular form; tubular; pipe-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stalactite often occurs fistuliform. W. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fistulosus. ] Formed like a fistula; hollow; reedlike. Craig. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. fistuleux. ] 1. Having the form or nature of a fistula; as, a fistulous ulcer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hollow, like a pipe or reed; fistulose. Lindley. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands; clumsy; bungling; -- also used metaphorically of actions; as, ham-handed governmental interference.
Syn. -- bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Having hard or strong hands; as, a hard-fisted laborer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Closefisted; stingy; mean. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Ruthless; tyrranical; allowing no opposition; as, an iron-fisted tyrant. [ PJC ]

n. 1. A person opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes.
Syn. -- pacificist, disarmer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A person whose strong belief in pacifism causes him/her to refuse to participate in military activities, especially one who refuses to be drafted into the armed forces. [ PJC ]

adj. Adhering to pacifism; opposed to war; -- of people. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A closefisted person; a miser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A puffball. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A selfish person. [ R. ] I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. tri- + fistula, fistular. ] Having three pipes. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]