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~ FIST  id+ | FIVE clasped fingers make a
              FIST |
  id+ | symbol of PUGNACITY and a MEASURE OF LENGTH |
  sug> FEISTY
  see> PYGMY
  see> PUGILISM
  ger FUNF   = FIVE
  eng FIVE     or
  gr  PENTA    or lat QUINQUE or sp CINCO
      PUGNA    FIST    sug> PUNCH
  lat PUGNARE  FIGHT   sug> POUNCE
  sp  PUN~ADO  HANDFUL  A FEW
  sp  PUN~O    FIST
               HILT OF A SWORD
      PUN~AL   DAGGER or PONIARD  POINTED KNIFE
      PUNZADA  PRICK  PUNCH  PUNCTURE
      PUNZON   TOOL TO PUCH WITH
  hx> A RAISED FIST IS AN AGGRESSIVE SIGNAL
      it implies PUGNA or
  A SIGN OF WILLINGNESS TO FIGHT
  opp is an OPEN PALM SALUTE as used in
  ROMAN TIMES and reintroduced by
  MUSSOLINI [#] and later by HITLER [#]
  TO DENOTE A WEAPON FREE HAND for
  "I SALUTE YOU IN PEACE " sug> SALVE
  hx> BOXING IS THE ART OF USING THE FIST FOR
      OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE PURPOSES
  see> BOX
  etymology cont> in
  see> FINGER
  see> FIVE
  see> PUGNA for FIST

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