a. [f. FIST sb.1 -Y1.] Of or pertaining to fists, or their use in boxing.
1681. Colvil, Whig’s Supplic. (1751), 34.
| Which raised once a fisty strife | |
| Between a preacher and his wife. |
1821. Byron, Juan, XI. lv.
| In twice five years the ‘greatest living poet,’ | |
| Like to the champion in the fisty ring, | |
| Is call’d on to support his claim, or show it, | |
| Although ’tis an imaginary thing. |
1840. Thackeray, Paris Sk. Bk. (1867), 409. To the edification of the public, he engages in a fisty combat with a notorious boxer.
