† 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).
| 1529 More Comf. agst. Trib. iii. Wks. 1262/2 A lyttle fysting curre. 1535 Lyndesay Satyre 2141 Quhat kynd of woman is thy wyfe?.. Ane fistand flag, a flagartie fuffe. 1546 Bale Eng. Votaries i. (1550) 49 Where as your fisting Nonnes were of Antichrist and the deuill. 1576 Fleming 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. 1611 Cotgr., Vessaille, a fysting; or a crue of fysting slouens or sluts. 1630 J. Taylor (Water P.) Wks. ii. 227/1 No Daintie Ladies fisting-hound. 1688 R. Holme Armoury ii. 186/2 The Puppy, or Fisting-Dog, [is] such as Ladies delight in. |