PALM
\pˈɑːm], \pˈɑːm], \p_ˈɑː_m]\
Definitions of PALM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
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any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
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touch, lift, or hold with the hands; "Don't handle the merchandise"
By Princeton University
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an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
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any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist.
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The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.
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Any endogenous tree of the order Palmae or Palmaceae; a palm tree.
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A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.
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Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy.
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To handle.
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To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand; to juggle.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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To impose by fraud, as by sleight of hand; to put by unfair means; - usually with off.
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To grease the palm of; to bribe or tip.
By Oddity Software
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The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist.
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The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.
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Any endogenous tree of the order Palmae or Palmaceae; a palm tree.
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A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.
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Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy.
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To handle.
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To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand; to juggle.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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To impose by fraud, as by sleight of hand; to put by unfair means; - usually with off.
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To grease the palm of; to bribe or tip.
By Noah Webster.
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The hollow inner part of the hand; a measure of length varying from three to four inches; a tropical tree of various species; a branch of the tree used as an emblem of victory or rejoicing.
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To conceal in the closed hand, as in a sleight-of-hand trick; impose by fraud: With off; as, to palm off inferior goods on a purchaser.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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The inner part of the hand: a tropical branchless tree of many varieties, bearing at the summit large leaves like the palm of the hand, borne in token of victory of rejoicing: (fig.) triumph or victory.
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To stroke with the palm or hand: to conceal in the palm of the hand: (esp. with off) to impose by fraud.
By Daniel Lyons
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To hide in the hand.
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To impose fraudulently; with off.
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The hollow inner surface of the hand.
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The breadth or the length of the hand.
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A tropical tree or shrub having very large leaves.
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A branch of the palm, as a symbol of victory or joy; hence, supremacy.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The hollow or inside of the hand. It is limited, without, by the thenar eminence, which answers to the thumb; within, by the hypothenar eminence, which answers to the little finger; above, by the wrist-joint; and, below, by the four fingers.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A species of the Palmae; also Salix caprea, Taxus baccata, etc. [Lat.]
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The anterior surface of the hand, superior to a line along the base of the fingers. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin][Greek] The inner part of the hand;—a lineal measure, usually a hand-breadth, reckoned three inches;—the broad triangular part of an anchor at the end of the arms;—the broad part of the horns of a full-grown deer;—an instrument used by sail makers in place of a thimble, to force a needle through canvas;—a perennial endogenous tree of several different genera, usually with an unbranching cylindrical truck, having a terminal bud;—a branch or leaf of the pal, anciently worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing;—hence, a token of success or triumph.