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† ˈfisting, ppl. a. Obs.
[f. fist v.2]
That fists: applied as a contemptuous epithet. fisting cur, fisting dog, fisting hound: a small pet dog (cf. foisting hound).
1529More Comf. agst. Trib. iii. Wks. 1262/2 A lyttle fysting curre. 1535Lyndesay Satyre 2141 Quhat kynd of woman is thy wyfe?.. Ane fistand flag, a flagartie fuffe. 1546Bale Eng. Votaries i. (1550) 49 Where as your fisting Nonnes were of Antichrist and the deuill. 1576Fleming tr. Caius' Dogs in Arb. Garner III. 267 This cur [the Spaniel gentle] which some frumpingly term Fisting Hounds serve in a manner to no good use. 1611Cotgr., Vessaille, a fysting; or a crue of fysting slouens or sluts. 1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Wks. ii. 227/1 No Daintie Ladies fisting-hound. 1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 186/2 The Puppy, or Fisting-Dog, [is] such as Ladies delight in. |