Crossword clues for feist
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also fist, "a breaking wind, foul smell, fart," mid-15c. (Old English had present participle fisting, glossing Latin festiculatio), a general West Germanic word with cognates in Middle Dutch veest, Dutch vijst; see feisty.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context US regional English) a small snappy belligerent mixed-breed dog 2 (context vulgar English) A silent (but pungent) fart (flatus)
WordNet
n. a nervous belligerent little mongrel dog [syn: fice]
Wikipedia
Feist may refer to:
- Feist (dog), a specific class of small hunting dogs, though not a recognized pedigree
- Feist Publications, a United States telephone directory publisher acquired by Yellow Book in 2004
- Feist Publications v. Rural Telephone Service (commonly Feist v. Rural), a 1991 United States Supreme Court copyright case
Leslie Feist (born 13 February 1976), known professionally as Feist, is a Canadian indie pop singer-songwriter, performing both as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock group Broken Social Scene.
Feist launched her solo music career in 1999 with the release of Monarch. Her subsequent studio albums, Let It Die, released in 2004, and The Reminder, released in 2007, were critically acclaimed and commercially successful, selling over 2.5 million copies. The Reminder earned Feist four Grammy nominations, including a nomination for Best New Artist. She was the top winner at the 2008 Juno Awards in Calgary with five awards, including Songwriter of the Year, Artist of the Year, Pop Album of the Year, Album of the Year and Single of the Year. Her fourth studio album, Metals, was released on 30 September 2011. In 2012, Feist collaborated on a split EP with metal group Mastodon, releasing an interactive music video in the process.
Feist received three Juno awards at the 2012 ceremony: Artist of the Year, Adult Alternative Album of the Year for Metals, and Music DVD of the Year for her documentary Look at What the Light Did Now.
A Feist (or Feisty) is a type of small hunting dog, developed via crossbreeding of various other hunting breeds in the rural southern United States.
Usage examples of "feist".
Feist Jimmy glanced at his servant and said, "If I've scratched my chin asmuch as you, it is certain I look like a chimney sweep.
Feist Using his hand, Nakor made a curving motion, as if describing asphere in the air.
Feist SHARDS OF A BROKEN CROWN below it any soldiers coming down along the base of the hills would betrapped in a narrowing defile.
FEIST Calis was silent a moment, then said, 'I know as much about the Lifestone as any living, Miranda, save those who saw it at Sethanon.
FEIST I SHADOW OF A DARK QUEEN 249 Calis said, 'Start calling me Captain, Erik.
FEIST Nakor kept up a nearly nonstop narrative of some of the things he had been involved in since the last time Calis and de Loungville had visited.
FEIST usual position near the head of the column, near enough to Calis to overhear his conversations with the men around him.
FEIST SHADOW OF A DARK QUEEN 407 A short time later, Calis said, 'If we don't find something within the next half hour, we should return.
FEIST At several points along the way they encountered entrances to new tunnels, and they paused to see if Calis had marked any, indicating they should leave the upwardly spiraling path.
FEIST his wound and told Calis that with him and Sho Pi working on it all night, the man would be slightly better each day.
FEIST SHADOW OF A DARK QUEEN 473 Nakor slowly grinned as Calis said, 'Whatt' Roo looked embarrassed as he repeated, 'How are they planning on getting there?
FEIST Calis said, 'If things are as confused on this flank as he says, whoever comes to replace this Nahoot might not have any idea what he looks like.
FEIST Erik returned to Calis and reported, 'All eighteen are truly asleep.
Feist lives with his wife, novelist Kathlyn Starbuck and daughter Jessica Michele in Rancho Santa Fe, California.