Green’s Dictionary of Slang

the human hand.

1599		Shakespeare Henry V II i: Give me thy fist, thy fore-foot to me give.
1785		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue n.p.: Forefoot, give us your fore foot; give us your hand.
1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue (3rd edn) n.p.: Forefoot, or Paw. Give us your fore foot; give us your hand.
1811		Lex. Balatronicum [as cit. 1796].
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue [as cit. 1796].
1837		R.M. Bird Nick of the Woods I 78: Thar’s my fo’paw, in token I’ve had enough of you.
1859		Matsell Vocabulum.