Palm
[pɑːm] or [pɑm]
Definition
(noun.) the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
(noun.) any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves.
(noun.) a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand.
Checker: Marge--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist.
(n.) A lineal measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand; -- used in measuring a horse's height.
(n.) A metallic disk, attached to a strap, and worn the palm of the hand, -- used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc.
(n.) The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; -- so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers.
(n.) The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.
(n.) Any endogenous tree of the order Palmae or Palmaceae; a palm tree.
(n.) A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.
(n.) Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy.
(v. t.) To handle.
(v. t.) To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand; to juggle.
(v. t.) To impose by fraud, as by sleight of hand; to put by unfair means; -- usually with off.
Typed by Freddie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Conceal in the palm (as a juggler).[2]. Impose (by fraud), obtrude, pass off.
Typist: Ted
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Trophy, prize, crown, laurels, bays
ANT:Brand, stigma, shame, blot
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Definition
branchless tree of many varieties bearing at the summit large leaves like the palm of the hand: a leaf of this tree borne in token of rejoicing or of victory: (fig.) triumph or victory.—adjs. Palmā′ceous belonging to the order of palm-trees; Palmā′rian Pal′mary worthy of the palm: pre-eminent.—ns. Palm′-butt′er palm-oil; Palm′ery a place for growing palms; Palm′house a glass house for raising palms and other tropical plants.—adjs. Palmif′erous producing palm-trees; Palmit′ic pertaining to or obtained from palm-oil.—ns. Pal′mitine a white fat usually occurring when crystallised from ether in the form of scaly crystals—abundant in palm-oil; Palm′-oil an oil or fat obtained from the pulp of the fruit of palms esp. of the oil-palm allied to the coco-nut palm: (slang) a bribe or tip; Palm′-sū′gar jaggery; Palm′-Sun′day the Sunday before Easter in commemoration of the day on which our Saviour entered Jerusalem when palm-branches were strewed in His way by the people; Palm′-wine the fermented sap of certain palms.—adj. Palm′y bearing palms: flourishing: victorious.—Palma Christi the castor-oil plant.
or to its length from wrist to finger-tip: a measure of 3 and sometimes of 4 inches: that which covers the palm: the fluke of an anchor: the flattened portion of an antler.—v.t. to stroke with the palm or hand: to conceal in the palm of the hand: (esp. with off and on or upon) to impose by fraud.—n. Pal′ma the palm: the enlarged proximal joint of the fore tarsus of a bee.—adjs. Pal′mar -y relating to the palm of the hand; Pal′māte -d shaped like the palm of the hand: (bot.) divided into sections the midribs of which run to a common centre: entirely webbed as the feet of a duck.—adv. Pal′mātely.—adjs. Palmat′ifid (bot.) shaped like the hand with the divisions extending half-way or slightly more down the leaf; Palmat′iform shaped like an open palm; Palmed having palms.
Editor: Segre
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A species of tree having several varieties of which the familiar 'itching palm ' (Palma hominis) is most widely distributed and sedulously cultivated. This noble vegetable exudes a kind of invisible gum which may be detected by applying to the bark a piece of gold or silver. The metal will adhere with remarkable tenacity. The fruit of the itching palm is so bitter and unsatisfying that a considerable percentage of it is sometimes given away in what are known as 'benefactions. '
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Examples
- He had checked off each bridge in its turn, with the handle of his safe-key on the palm of his hand. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I can make nothing of such a hand as that; almost without lines: besides, what is in a palm? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Holmes held it out on his open palm in the glare of the electric light. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- On the palm were three little pyramids of black, doughy clay. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Next to the cocoanut tree, the date is unquestionably the most interesting and useful of the palm tribe. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He opened one of his hands, and looked at a note crumpled up in his palm. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She approached her face to the palm, and pored over it without touching it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- At the distance of a few miles the Pyramids rising above the palms, looked very clean-cut, very grand and imposing, and very soft and filmy, as well. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Mr. Chadband, expressing a considerable amount of oil from the pores of his forehead and the palms of his hands, says aloud, Yes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She made me lie down on the couch, and, drawing a low ottoman near, sat close to my pillow, pressing my burning hands in her cold palms. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Is it a wizardry like the palms of the hands? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They were no sooner off but they were lifted from the ground above two palms. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Such, then, are the palms of victory which the gods give the just? Plato. The Republic.
- He took a small glass bottle about the size of a hen’s egg, the neck of which was two palms long, and as narrow as a straw. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Search him, slaves--for an ye suffer a second impostor to be palmed upon you, I will have your eyes torn out, and hot coals put into the sockets. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Editor: Mary