feist

n. 小狗

异体字:fice 

feist

n.Chiefly Southern U.S. （名词）【多用于美国南部】
A small mongrel dog.
一种杂种小狗

来源：
Variant of obsolete fist
废语 fist的变体
short for fisting dog
fisting dog的简写
from Middle English fisten [to break wind] * see pezd-
源自 中古英语 fisten [放屁] *参见 pezd-

<注释>Feist, also fice, is one of several regional terms for a small mixed-breed dog or mongrel. Used throughout the Midland and Southern states, feist connotes a snappy, nervous, belligerent little dog—hence the derived adjective feisty, meaning .touchy, quarrelsome, or spirited,. applicable to animals and to people.
Feist， 也作 fice， 是对一种小的混血狗或谱系不名的狗的最初几种叫法之一。用于英国中部地带和南部地区， feist 意指一种暴躁的、不安的或好战的小狗——由此而得的形容词 feisty， 意思是.暴躁的、好争吵的或者勇猛的，.指人和动物